Duchess of Brabant
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Classification:
3 W-Y[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Backhouse

b 1807 d 1869

Wolsingham, Durham, England

William Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1869
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
(
Minnie Hume 3 W-W 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
Albicans x N. radiiflorus
Minnie Hume
x unknown )
Pollen Parent: 
Unknown
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Large flower with white petals; cup is canary yellow.

In the 1916 RHS Classification List, this cultivar was designated to be either lost to cultivation or surpassed by modern varieties.

‘Duchess of Brabrant’ “Absorbed” ‘Circe’, ‘Favourite’ and ‘Queen of England’.

 

Synonyms:

'Leedsii 'Duchess of Brabant'', 'Leedsii 'Vincenti'', 'Vincenti'

Click on the thumbnail to see the full size photos or historic images  

Duchess of brabantDuchess of Brabant, 3 W-Y, William Backhouse, England, 1869
Photo #18299 Unknown Historic Source