Smyrna
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Classification:
9 W-GOO[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

The Brodie of Brodie

b 1868 d 1943

Forres, Grampian, Scotland

The Brodie of Brodie
, Scotland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1926
Awards:

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1933.AM(e) 1933; 
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
James Hogg 9 W-YYR 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1917
Oliver Goldsmith x Hildegarde
James Hogg
Pollen Parent: 
Ace of Diamonds 9 W-R 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1921
Ace of Diamonds
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed, 17 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, truncate, pure white, spreading, of good substance, deeply overlapping; corona proportionately large, disc-shaped, ribbed, bright reddish orange, paling towards base, with base moss green. Earlier-flowered than most Poeticus daffodils

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

SmyrnaSmyrna, 9 W-GOO, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1926
Photo #4951 Wells Knierim, USASmyrnaSmyrna, 9 W-GOO, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1926
Photo #2781 Kirby Fong, USA