Awards 1956

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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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'First Violet', a Tall Bearded Iris by Fred DeForest, see photo, is the 1956 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1956 AIS Awards were published in the October 1956 Bulletin, pages 2-6

This version of the 1956 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1956 Award Winners Gallery page.

The 1956 Franklin Cook Cup winner published in the July 1956 Bulletin, pages 24-25.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The 1956 High Commendation winners published in the October 1956 Bulletin, pages 7-9.

The 1956 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1956 Bulletin, page 11-12.

The 1956 Popularity Poll published in the October 1956 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