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Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1948
Hybridizer:

J.N. Hancock and Co.

J.N. Hancock and Co.
, Victoria, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1965
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: 
Truth 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1936
Naxos x [(Madame de Graaff x seedling~) x Beersheba]
Truth
Pollen Parent: 
Ivo Fell 2 Y-O 
David V. West and Hubert Fell, Australia
Year Registered: 1940
Ivo Fell
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white, of thick substance, deeply overlapping; corona short, bright yellow, with mouth straight. Resembles a more refined ‘Polindra’.

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