Hybridizer Jacob Sass --(1872-1945)

Among the first winners of the American Iris Society's Hybridizer Award in 1941. He won the American Dykes Medal in both 1941 with The Red Douglas and 1948 with Ola Kala.

Sources: now can be found at: http://historiciris.org/articles/notable-sass-jacob.html

See Hans Sass, Henry Sass, Sass Bros. for additional Sass registrations.

List of registrations:

Arilbred: 'Aruna'; 'Balroudour'; 'Blue Topaz'; 'Gray Cloud', 'Stormy Dawn', 'Velvo'.

Intermediate Bearded: 'Aksarben', 'Aruna', 'Challenger Sass', 'Chestnut', 'Chief', 'Golden West', Jubilee', 'Jumbo', 'King Karl', 'Nehawka, 'Padusoy', 'Red Orchid', 'Sangreal'.

Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Little Jewel', 'Neola', 'Owaissa', 'Sound Money.

Siberian: 'Miss Duluth'

Spuria: 'Miss Duluth'. - really a Siberian.

Tall Bearded: 'Alba Superba', 'Aleppo Plain' 1943, 'Beau Ideal', 'Bertha Gersdorff' 1942, 'Bird of Dawning', 'Blackamoor', 'Blue Monarch', 'Blue Shimmer' 1942, 'Bonanza' 1939, 'Camelina', 'Caroline E. Stringer', 'Casque D'Or', 'Claribel', 'Crystal Beauty', 'Dore', 'Douglas', 'Electra', 'Flora Zenor' 1942, 'Golden Age' 1939, 'Golden Fleece' 1940, 'Goldlen Harvest', 'Golden Helmet', 'Goodwill', 'Grousman Red', 'Helen Field Fischer', 'Jake' 1943, 'Joycette', 'Lake Huron' 1942, 'Lilamani', 'Lona', 'Maid of Astolat', 'Manyusya'. 'Marisha', 'Matilda', 'Matterhorn', 'Miss Bishop' 1942, 'Moonlight Madonna' 1943, 'Moonlit Sea' 1943, 'Mrs. Willard Jaques', 'Oklahoma City', 'Okoboji', 'Ola Kala' 1943, 'Ozone' 1935, 'Pink Demoiselle', 'Pink Opal', 'Pink Satin', 'Quivera', 'Rainbow Room' 1946, 'Rose Of Cuba', 'Salmonette' 1946, 'Sir Launcelot', 'Solid Mahogany' 1944, 'Spokan', 'Starless Night' 1941, 'Sunset Serenade' 1943, 'The Black Douglas', 'The Moench', 'The Red Douglas' 1937, 'Twin Sisters', 'Vagabond Prince' 1940, 'War Eagle', 'Wambliska'.

-- BobPries - 2011-06-16