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Popularity Poll 1948

American Iris Society’s Judges Symposium of 1948

The hundred Favorite Bearded Irises of the United States and Canada, according to the considered opinions of 186 judges, are in order of popularity---

1. ‘Ola Kala’; 2. ‘Great Lakes’; 3. ‘Chivalry’; 4. TbBryceCanyon; 5. ‘Helen McGregor’;

6. ’Blue Rhythm’; 7. ‘Sable’; 8. ‘Elmohr’; 9. ‘Blue Shimmer’; 10. ‘Master Charles’;

11. ‘Wabash’; 12. ‘Lady Mohr’; 13. ‘Berkeley Gold’; 14. ‘Mulberry Rose’; 15. ‘Azure Skies’;

16. ‘Snow Flurry’; 17. ‘Amandne’; 18. ‘Amigo’; 19. ‘Los Angeles’; 20. ‘Prairie Sunset’

21. ‘Cascade Splendor’; 22. ‘Pink Cameo’; 23. ‘Ranger’; 24. ‘Tiffanja’; 25. ‘The Admiral’;

26. ‘New Snow’; 27. ‘Lady Boscawen’; 28. ‘Grand Canyon’; 29. ‘Solid Mahogany’; 30. ‘Chantilly’;

31. ‘Casa Morena’; 32. ‘Dreamcastle’; 33. ‘Blue Valley’; 34. ‘Tobacco Road’; 35. ‘Katharine Fay’;

36 ‘Fair Elaine’; 37 ‘Garden Glory’; 38 ‘Rocket’; 39 ‘Black Forest’; 40 ‘Treasure Island’;

41. ‘Golden Fleece’; 42. ‘Spun Gold’; 43. ‘Cherie'; 44 ‘Moonlight Madonna’; 45. ‘Minnie Colquitt’;

46. ‘Extravaganza’; 47. ‘Violet Symphony’; 48 ‘Deep Velvet’; 49. ‘China Maid’; 50. ‘Chamois’;

51. ‘Bandmaster’; 52. ‘Matterhorn’; 53. ‘Distance’; 54. ‘Remembrance’; 55. ‘Winter Carnival’;

56. ‘Firecracker’; 57. ‘The Red Douglas’; 58. ‘Gloriole’; 59. ‘Spanish Peaks’; 60. ‘City Of Lincoln’;

61. ‘Spindrift’; 62. ‘Sylvia Murray’; 63. ‘Golden Majesty’; 64. ‘Captain Wells’; 65. ‘Daybreak’.

66. ‘Christabel’; 67. ‘Golden Treasure’; 68. ‘Fantasy’; 69. ‘Goldbeater’; 70. ‘Red Valor’;

71.‘Priscilla’; 72. ‘Snow Carnival’; 73. ‘White Wedgewood’; 74. ‘Sharkskin’; 75. ‘Vatican Purple’;

76. ‘Elsa Sass’; 77. ‘Mexico’; 78. ‘Lynn Langford’; 79. ‘Gudrun’; 80. ‘Missouri’;

81. ‘Nightfall’; 82. ‘Junaluska’; 83. ‘Three Oaks’; 84. ‘Harriet Thoreau’; 85. ‘Shining Waters’;

86. ‘Lord Dongan’; 87. ‘Ormohr’;88. ‘Desert Song’;89. ‘Gypsy’;90.‘Old Parchment’;

91. ‘Arab Chief’;92. ‘Angelus’,93. ‘Tiffany’;94. ‘Cloud Castle’;95. ‘Ming Yellow’;

96.‘Golden Eagle’; 97. ‘Mary Vernon’; 98. ‘Sierra Blue’; 99 ‘Lighthouse’; 100. ‘Pink Reflection’.

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