Swansdown
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Classification:
4 W-W[ Double ]
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 1938
Awards:

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 1951.AM Haarlem 1951; 

PC(e) Award

This plant earned the Certificate of Preliminary Commendation (PC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to a new plant of promise for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1940.PC(e) 1940; 
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: 
Mitylene 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
(Beacon x unknown)
Mitylene
Pollen Parent: 
Smyrna 9 W-GOO 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1926
James Hogg x Ace of Diamonds
Smyrna
Chromosomes:
26
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or truncate at apex, only very slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading, overlapping; corona segments numerous, clustered, short, broad, creamy white, frilled, with margins minutely dentate.

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

SwansdownSwansdown, 4 W-W, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1938
Photo #54341 Bob Moore, ScotlandSwansdownSwansdown, 4 W-W, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1938
Photo #54340 Bob Moore, ScotlandSwansdownSwansdown, 4 W-W, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1938
Photo #41561 Kirby Fong, USASwansdownSwansdown, 4 W-W, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1938
Photo #4981 Wells Knierim, USA