Ballysillan
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Classification:
3 Y-R[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1947
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: 
Therm 3 Y-R 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Varna x Cornish Fire
Therm
Pollen Parent: 
Bahram 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Penquite x Porthilly
Bahram
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments clear yellow; corona deep red.

A description according to the 1972-73 issue of E.W. Cotter’s catalog Daffodils: “An early and brilliant Barrii of fine quality with clear yellow perianth of very smooth firm texture and shallow vivid deep red cup; good pose.”

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BallysillanBallysillan, 3 Y-R, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1947
Photo #225 ADS Photo, USA