Young American
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Classification:
1 YYW-WWY[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1974
Hybridizer:

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens

Grant E. Mitsch b 1907, d 1989.

Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens ( Mrs Elise Havens )

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued the business of Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils from 1989 though 2015.

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1988
Seed Parent: 
Daydream 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Binkie x K43 (King of the North x Content)
Daydream
Pollen Parent: 
Arctic Gold 1 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1951
Goldcourt x Kingscourt
Arctic Gold
Seedling Number:
JEJ2/6
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, deep lemon yellow, with slight white mucro and with a band of white at base, spreading, slightly concave, with margins sometimes incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments slightly inflexed, with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, opening yellow, becoming white, with lemon yellow at rim, mouth ribbed, straight or very slightly flared, even, with rim crenate.

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Young americanYoung American, 1 YYW-WWY, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1988
Photo #9928 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandYoung americanYoung American, 1 YYW-WWY, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1988
Photo #3616 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA