Vestal Virgin
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Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Henry Backhouse

b 1849 d 1936

Darlington, Durham, England; Bournemouth, Hampshire

Henry Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1908
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: 
Madame de Graaff 1 W-W 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1887
Empress x N. albescens
Madame de Graaff
Pollen Parent: 
Weardale Perfection 1 W-Y 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
N. abscissus
Weardale Perfection
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 6 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, inflexed, with margins wavy, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, twisted; corona cylindrical, smoothly angled, with rim neatly rolled. Madame de Graaff coloring, i.e., creamy white.

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

Vestal VirginVestal Virgin, 1 W-W, Henry Backhouse, England, 1908
Photo #43564 Albert F. Calvert, England