Straight Arrow
Classification:
6 Y-R[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1977
Raiser:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1993
Registrant:

Richard and Elise Havens

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens, daughter of Grant E. Mitsch

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued her father's business "Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils" from 1989 though 2015.

Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Seed Parent: 
Jetfire 6 Y-O 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1966
[(Market Merry x Carbineer) x Armada] x N. cyclamineus
Jetfire
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
MO10/2
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 80 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, very slightly mucronate, bright yellow, strongly reflexed, creased, overlapping half or more; the inner segments a little less strongly reflexed, more heavily creased; corona cylindrical, ribbed, deep orange-red, with mouth straight and only a little frilled, rim crenate. Sunproof. Somewhat resembles a deeper-colored ‘Jetfire’.

Origin of Name

Part of the Haven’s “Arrow” Series.

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Straight ArrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #55177 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAStraight ArrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #55176 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAStraight ArrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #55175 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAStraight ArrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #55174 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAStraight ArrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #55173 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAStraight ArrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #55172 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAStraight ArrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #36924 Rose Bradley, USAStraight arrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #16669 Becky Fox Matthews, USAStraight arrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #16124 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAStraight arrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #12695 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAStraight arrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #8341 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAStraight arrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #5652 Ralph Sowell, USAStraight arrowStraight Arrow, 6 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #3811 Elise Havens, USA