Kinglet
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Classification:
7 Y-O[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
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, 1959
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Narvik 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1940
Carbineer x Porthilly
Narvik
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
O60/5
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Kinglet
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 1-3 per stem; perianth segments ovate, acute, bright yellow, spreading, plane or occasionally slightly twisted, overlapping at base only; the inner segments more often and more markedly twisted; corona cup-shaped, loosely ribbed, with mouth straight and rim widely crenate.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s Bird Series.

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KingletKinglet, 7 Y-O, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1959
Photo #53625 J.N. Hancock and Co., AustraliaKingletKinglet, 7 Y-O, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1959
Photo #32556 Fermi de Sousa, AustraliaKingletKinglet, 7 Y-O, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1959
Photo #2047 Kirby Fong, USA