Swallow
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Classification:
6 YYW-W[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

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
Registered:
Yes, 1976
Seed Parent: 
Nazareth 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Binkie x (King of the North x Content)
Nazareth
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
G78/3
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 80 mm wide; perianth segments opening pale yellow, becoming deeper in tone, with white at base, reflexed; corona becoming lighter in tone than the perianth.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”.

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SwallowSwallow, 6 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #53849 Christopher Harley, USASwallowSwallow, 6 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #52469 Heath Family Archives, USASwallowSwallow, 6 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #52468 Heath Family Archives, USASwallowSwallow, 6 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #32871 Rose Bradley, USASwallowSwallow, 6 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #3564 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA