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The Payne Medal

Payne Medal

The highest award given by the American Iris Society strictly to Japanese Irises.

History from Clarence Mahan: ........................................................related links: Awards; 2015 Payne Medal Candidates.

This medal is restricted to Japanese irises (JI). It is named in honor of W. Arlie Payne (1881-1971).

Payne

W. Arlie Payne was born on a farm near Terre Haute, Indiana. He graduated from Central Normal Collage in Danville, Indiana, and studied pattern making. Payne worked as a lumberjack, photographer, real estate agent, and pattern maker until he established a landscaping business on sixteen acres of land south of Terre Haute. He was at first especially interested in peonies, but in the late 1920's, he "discovered" Japanese irises. He started hybridizing Japanese in irises in 1932. Over the next three and a half decades, he raised many thousands of seedlings.

During the 1930's and .1940's, there was a sharp decline in the popularity of Japanese irises in the United States, especially during the period of WW II. One of the few nurseries on the West Coast that continued to offer them for sale renamed them "Pearl Harbor irises." Arlie Payne continued his, extensive breeding program striving to produce "a race suitable for outdoor American plants." He sought a beautiful flower of symmetrical form and a plant that demonstrated exceptional vigor. One of the most exceptional aspects of his breeding program was that it was developed in the early years using only six cultivars of the Edo type. Payne took line breeding to a new level of intensity.

Arlie Payne did not start introducing his irises until the early 1950's. When he did, it was apparent that he had developed a strain of wonderful new Japanese irises. He ultimately registered 170 cultivars, most of which were of exceptional quality. When his new cultivars were sent to Japan, the Japanese were astonished to see their diversity and quality. The gigantic maroon, 3-fall cultivar 'The Great Mogul' (1958) was especially admired by Japanese specialists. Payne cultivars took the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals in the Internationale Garten Ausstellug in 1963. 'The Great Mogul' won the Silver Medal at the Vienna Intenationale Gartenschaus in 1964, and 'Confetti Shower' won the Bronze Medal at the same event.

The American Iris Society awarded Arlie Payne its coveted Hybridizers Medal in 1964. When he died at the age of 90, in 1971, he was universally revered as the world's premier breeder of Japanese irises.

From the Society for Japanese Irises (SJI):

The Payne Medal (named for W. Arlie Payne) is the highest award given by the American Iris Society that a Japanese iris can receive in its class. Payne Medal winners are then eligible to win the Dykes Medal, which is the highest award an iris can receive from The American Iris Society. Prior to 1992 the highest award a Japanese Iris could receive was the Payne Award. This award has now been elevated to a medal status.

List of Payne Medal winners - Japanese (JI) Irises:
    'Sugar Dome'
2015 - Bob Bauer & John Coble
'Lady In Pink'
2014 - Terry Aitken
'Bewitching Twilight'
2013 - Chad Harris
'Coho'
2012 - Chad Harris
Coho
'Lake Effect'
2011 - Bob Bauer & John Coble
Lake Effect
'Sue Jo'
2010 - Don Delmez
Sue Jo
'Little Bow Pink'
2009 - Don Delmez
Little Bow Pink
'Raspberry Candy'
2008 - John Coble & Bob Bauer
Raspberry Candy
'Dirigo Pink Milestone'
2007 - John White
Dirigo Pink Milestone
'Sing The Blues'
2006 - Lorena Reid
Sing The Blues
'Blue Spritz'
2005 - Don Delmez
Blue Spritz
'Epimetheus'
2004 - Sterling Innerst
Epimethus
'Lion King'
2003 (Tie) - John Coble & Bob Bauer
Lion King
'Raspberry Glow'
2003 (Tie) - Terry Aitken
Raspberry Glow
'Electric Glow'
2002 - Terry Aitken
Electric Glow
'Picotee Princess'
2001 - Lorena Reid
Picottee Princess
'Bellender Blues'
2000 - Bob Bauer & John Coble
Bellender Blue
'Geisha Obi'
1999 - L. Rich
Geisha Obi
'Butterflies In Flight'
1998 - Terry Aitken
Butterflies In Flight
'Electric Rays'
1997 (Tie) - Terry Aitken
Electric Rays
'Iapetus'
1997 (Tie) - Sterling Innerst
Iapetus
'Edge Of Frost'
1996 (Tie) - Dienstbach
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'Kalamazoo'
1996 (Tie) - Hazzard
'Cascade Crest'
1995 - Terry Aitken
Cascade Crest
'Caprician Butterfly'
1994 - Marx Rogers
Caprician Butterfly
'Oriental Eyes'
1993 - Vogt
Oriental Eyes

List of Payne Award winners - Japanese (JI) Irises:
1992 - 'Japanese Pinwheel' - McEwen 1991 - 'Lilac Peaks' - Vogt 1990 - 'Caprician Butterfly' - Marx
1989 - 'Blueberry Rimmed' - McEwen 1988 - 'Oriental Eyes' - Vogt 1987 - 'Freckled Geisha' - Reid
1986 - 'Ipsus' - Innerst 1985 - 'Blue Marlin' - Copeland 1984 - No Award
1983 - 'Raspberry Rimmed' - McEwen 1982 - 'Returning Tide' - McEwen 1981 - 'Fuji' - Abel
1980 - 'Purple Parasol' - McEwen 1979 - 'Prairie Velvet' - Hazzard 1978 - 'Tuptim' - Rich
1977 - No Award 1976 - 'Stranger In Paradise' - Hager 1975 - 'Prairie Love Song' - Hazzard
1974 - No Award 1973 - 'Hue And Cry' - Maddocks 1972 - No Award
1971 - 'Numazu' - Hazzard 1970 - 'Worley Pink' - Worley 1969 - 'Star At Midnight' - Rich
1968 - 'Dancing Waves' - Payne 1967 - 'Leave Me Sighing' - Maddocks 1966 - 'Strut And Flourish' - Payne

 

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