Canisp
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1960
Seed Parent: 
Ave 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1942
Truth x Slemish
Ave
Pollen Parent: 
Early Mist 2 W-W 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1953
Glendalough x Ardclinis
Early Mist
Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
19 times as seed, 18 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle or sometimes more rounded, 120 mm wide, pale creamy white; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt or rounded at apex, more or less prominently mucronate, spreading, plane, with margins incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments more nearly acute, a little inflexed, twisted or with margins wavy; corona cylindrical or somewhat funnel-shaped, lightly angled, with mouth expanded and even, rim shallowly crenate and sometimes rolled. Resembles ‘Ave’ but with wider perianth and green in tube. Cup can come with or without a roll.