Spencer Tracy
Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J.W.A. Lefeber

Established 1910. Lisse, Holland; Noordwijkerhout

J.W.A. Lefeber
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1943
Awards:

FCC Haarlem Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1949.FCC Haarlem 1949; 

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1944.AM Haarlem 1944; 
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white; corona broad, golden orange, heavily frilled.

A description according to White Flower Farm 1972 catalog: “This huge round thing has another of those gorgeous John Evelyn flat cups-this one of purest orange.”

Origin of Name

Believed to be named after the popular movie actor, Spencer Tracy.

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Spencer TracySpencer Tracy, 2 W-O, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1943
Photo #52920 Fentongollan Farms, EnglandSpencer TracySpencer Tracy, 2 W-O, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1943
Photo #52728 Fentongollan Farms, EnglandSpencer TracySpencer Tracy, 2 W-O, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1943
Photo #44384 Drew Mc Farland, USASpencer tracySpencer Tracy, 2 W-O, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1943
Photo #12931 Drew Mc Farland, USA