Space Age
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1955
Hybridizer:

Murray Evans

b 1912 d 1988

Corbett, Oregon, USA

Murray Evans
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1965
Registrant:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Polindra 2 W-Y 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Polindra
Pollen Parent: 
Playboy 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Carbineer x Rosslare
Playboy
Seedling Number:
M-54/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 108 mm wide, clear mid-yellow.

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Space AgeSpace Age, 2 Y-Y, Murray Evans, United States, 1965
Photo #40618 Becky Fox Matthews, USASpace AgeSpace Age, 2 Y-Y, Murray Evans, United States, 1965
Photo #40617 Becky Fox Matthews, USASpace ageSpace Age, 2 Y-Y, Murray Evans, United States, 1965
Photo #7357 Becky Fox Matthews, USASpace ageSpace Age, 2 Y-Y, Murray Evans, United States, 1965
Photo #7356 Becky Fox Matthews, USASpace ageSpace Age, 2 Y-Y, Murray Evans, United States, 1965
Photo #7355 Becky Fox Matthews, USA