Swift
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Classification:
6 W-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
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, 1972
Seed Parent: 
Trousseau 1 W-Y 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1934
Brodie 1W-W seedling x Tunis
Trousseau
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
Z39/3
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 87 mm wide; perianth segments ivory white, reflexed; cup is long, opening pale lemon, becoming paler still.

Origin of Name

Part of Mitsch’s “Swift” Series.

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SwiftSwift, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #11247 Kirby Fong, USASwiftSwift, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #7512 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsSwiftSwift, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #4983 Wells Knierim, USA