Takoradi
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Classification:
4 W-W[ Double ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1963
Registrant:

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson
, Ireland
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: 
Falaise 4 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1945
Mary Copeland x N. poeticus ?
Falaise
Pollen Parent: 
Broughshane 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Trostan x Kanchenjunga
Broughshane
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. ice white.

A description according to Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “A fine white double which came from ‘Falaise’ x ‘Broughshane’ and can best be described as a late ‘Candida’ which it closely resembles. The outer petals are pure white, broad and slightly pointed; likewise the inner petals though they are not so broad; interspersed among these are smaller petals; the whole flower is ice-white throughout. Full flower and strong plant.”

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TakoradiTakoradi, 4 W-W, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1963
Photo #44841 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaTakoradiTakoradi, 4 W-W, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1963
Photo #4987 Wells Knierim, USA