AIS Awards 1950

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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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'Blue Rhythm', a Tall Bearded Iris, photo on the right, is the 1950 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1950 AIS Awards were published in the October 1950 Bulletin, pages 39-42.

This version of the 1950 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1950 Award Winners Gallery page.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The 1950 High Commendation winners published in the October 1950 Bulletin, pp 41-42.

The 1950 High Commendations with Links to each of the iris.

The 1950 Exhibition Certificates of Commendation published in the January 1951 Bulletin page 100.

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

-- DougChyz - December 2024