Daffodil Types, Standards

ID this flower

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Dear friends,
  I have a couple of photos attached and am hoping someone out there can identify this daffodil for me.  My wife and I dug these many years ago in Charleston, South Carolina.  The lot was being cleared in order to build a Jiffy lube.  I apologize for the quality of the photo.  I was quite surprised to see a swallowtail visiting this early in the year.  If anyone can identify this old heirloom I would appreciate it.  It is especially fragrant.
  The other photo I included was one I thought many enthusiasts could enjoy.  My wife and I were just out driving around when we found ourselves in the wonderful old town of Edgefield, South Carolina.  As the home of the local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Edgefield has done much to restore the wild turkey back to it’s former range.  There were other large turkeys dressed in other garb there on main street but I thought many of you would especially appreciate this one.
Hoping all of you have a great daffodil season,
Waymon

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    Grand Primo would be a good start at guessing. From the late 1790’s so it was widely available and very hardy. Also Grand Monarque is like a sister cross available about the same time so they were widely spread across the south before the Civil War. Lots of folks dug these up after the war and moved west and planted them at their new homesteads. Keith Kridler

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