White Owl
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Classification:
12 W-W[ Miscellaneous ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Barr and Sons

See Peter Barr

Barr and SonsBarr and Sons
, 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: 
Scilly White 8 W-W 
: Unknown,
Year Registered: 1865
N. tazetta subsp. ochroleucus ?
Scilly White
Pollen Parent: 
Minnie Hume 3 W-W 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
Albicans x N. radiiflorus
Minnie Hume
Chromosomes:
35
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for White Owl
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of White Owl
Comments

Fls 1-3 per stem; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, spreading or a little inflexed, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more usually inflexed, with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, smooth at base, loosely ribbed above, creamy white, mouth straight, wavy, somewhat triangular, with rim entire.

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White OwlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #44931 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaWhite OwlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #42305 Drew Mc Farland, USAWhite OwlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #33164 Ian Tyler, EnglandWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #14931 Kirby Fong, USAWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #13026 Theodore E. Snazelle, USAWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #13025 Theodore E. Snazelle, USAWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #12943 Drew Mc Farland, USAWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #12942 Drew Mc Farland, USAWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #12358 William R.P. (Bill) Welch, USAWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #9382 Kirby Fong, USAWhite owlWhite Owl, 12 W-W, Barr and Sons, England, 1908
Photo #3090 Kirby Fong, USA