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Daffodil details
Yellow Cheerfulness
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
Eggink Bros |
Date of first flowering |
1937 |
Parent notes |
`Cheerfulness' sport |
Description |
Fls several per stem, 19 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate or roundish, slightly or sometimes fairly prominently mucronate, light greenish yellow 6D, spreading or reflexed, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments more usually spreading, with margins wavy; corona segments half as long as the perianth segments, clustered at centre, vivid yellow 9A, with orange-yellow at rim, inflexed or strongly inflexed. Late to very late. Scented. 2n=24 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1946 *AM(p) 1976 AGM 1995 AM Haarlem 1937 FCC Haarlem 1942 |
Notes |
Received AM 1946 as `Ruth Fox' |
Date when entry last modified |
16 April 2009 |
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