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Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to 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, 1958
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: 
Fermoy 2 W-YOO 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Niphetos x Backhouse 263 seedling~ 2W-R
Fermoy
Pollen Parent: 
Arbar 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1948
Monaco x Forfar
Arbar
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Northern Light
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as seed
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Northern Light
Comments

A description according to deJager’s 1964 catalog: “truly a magnificent and striking flower, with broad well-overlapped pure white perianth of lovely quality and substance and a large saucer shaped crown of solid bright glowing orange-red.”

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Northern LightNorthern Light, 2 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1958
Photo #44497 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaNorthern lightNorthern Light, 2 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1958
Photo #372 ADS Photo, USA