AIS Awards 1948

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The information include within this page and its links captures the various awards and recognition presented by the American Iris Society (AIS) for this particular year.

Annual Garden Awards of AIS are the results of accredited judges’ evaluations of garden grown irises seen by the judges and voted on. The pages and linked documents summarize the results and the AIS Garden Awards thus bestowed on iris for this award year.

Annual popularity recognitions, Convention Cups, also summarized here, are voted on by the AIS National Convention attendees having visited the convention tour gardens as part of each annual AIS National Convention.

The awards and recognitions that are summarized by the pages and documents here, and from other years, are also recorded in each iris cultivar's page.

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'Ola Kala', a Tall Bearded Iris, photo on the right, is the 1948 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1948 AIS Awards were published in the July 1948 Bulletin, pages 3-6.

This version of the 1948 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1948 Award Winners Gallery page.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The 1948 High Commendations winners published in the July 1948 Bulletin, pages 3-6.

The 1948 High Commendations with Links to each of the iris.

The 1948 Iris Show Reports were in the October 1948 AIS Bulletin and in the January 1949 AIS Bulletin.

If you find errors in these linked lists please contact the AIS Encyclopedia Manager at aisencyclopedia@irises.org.

-- DougChyz - March 2026