Harmony Bells
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Classification:
5 Y-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Matthew Fowlds

b 1880 d 1972

Salem, Oregon, USA

Matthew Fowlds
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1962
Registrant:

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
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: 
Whiteley Gem 2 Y-O 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1934
Hospodar x Fortune
Whiteley Gem
Pollen Parent: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Harmony Bells
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Harmony Bells
Comments

Fls 1-3 per stem, 76 mm wide, clear yellow, at an acute angle to the stem; perianth segments broadly ovate, reflexed, plane, overlapping; corona cylindrical or somewhat funnel-shaped, short, darker in tone than the perianth, with mouth a little expanded and rim crenate. Resembles a shorter- stemmed and more floriferous ‘King’s Sutton’.

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HARMONY BELLSHarmony Bells, 5 Y-Y, Matthew Fowlds, United States, 1962
Photo #55422 Michael Baxter, EnglandHarmony BellsHarmony Bells, 5 Y-Y, Matthew Fowlds, United States, 1962
Photo #50212 Ralph Sowell, USAHarmony BellsHarmony Bells, 5 Y-Y, Matthew Fowlds, United States, 1962
Photo #46682 Robert Whittington, USAHarmony BellsHarmony Bells, 5 Y-Y, Matthew Fowlds, United States, 1962
Photo #34451 Kirby Fong, USAHarmony bellsHarmony Bells, 5 Y-Y, Matthew Fowlds, United States, 1962
Photo #13012 Theodore E. Snazelle, USAHarmony bellsHarmony Bells, 5 Y-Y, Matthew Fowlds, United States, 1962
Photo #4742 Wells Knierim, USA