Awards 1955

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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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'Sable Night', a Tall Bearded Iris by Paul Cook, see photo, is the 1955 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1955 AIS Awards were published in the October 1955 Bulletin, pages 78-81

This version of the 1955 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1955 Award Winners Gallery page.

The 1955 Franklin Cook Cup winner published in the July 1955 Bulletin, pages 20-21.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The 1955 High Commendation winners published in the October 1955 Bulletin, pages 81-82.

The 1955 Judges' Choice winners published in the April 1956 Bulletin, page 2-4.

The 1955 Popularity Poll published in the October 1955 Bulletin, pages 10-11.

If you find errors in the information presented please contact the AIS Encyclopedia Manager at aisencyclopedia@irises.org.

-- DougChyz - November 2024