White Queen
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Registered:
Yes, before 1898
Seed Parent: 
Minnie Hume 3 W-W 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
Albicans x N. radiiflorus
Minnie Hume
Pollen Parent: 
Madame de Graaff 1 W-W 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1887
Empress x N. albescens
Madame de Graaff
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Comments

Fl. 89 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, pure white, spreading, ribbed, plane, overlapping one-third; the inner segments with margins wavy; corona short funnel-shaped, broad, ribbed, opening pale citron yellow, becoming milk white, mouth straight, closely frilled. Resembles ‘Sir Watkin’ in form.

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White QueenWhite Queen, 2 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1898
Photo #37225 Biodiversity Library, USA