Rose of Tralee
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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
J. Lionel Richardson, b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1937
Awards:
This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1950. AM Haarlem 1950;
Special Class:
ADS Historics
Seed Parent: 
White Sentinel 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1915
Beacon x 2 W-W seedling~
White Sentinel
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Chromosomes:
27
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
32 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, blunt, fairly prominently mucronate, pure white, spreading, overlapping one-third; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, rosy apricot-pink, lightly frilled, with rim crenate and a little flanged.

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