Awards 1959

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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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'Swan Ballet', a Tall Bearded Iris by Tell Muhlestein, see photo, is the 1959 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1959 AIS Awards were published in the October 1959 Bulletin, pages 40-45

This version of the 1959 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1959 Award Winners Gallery page.

The 1959 Franklin Cook Cup winner published in the July 1959 Bulletin, page 11.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The 1959 High Commendation winners published in the October 1959 Bulletin, pages 45-47.

The 1959 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1959 Bulletin, page 48.

The 1959 Popularity Poll published in the October 1959 Bulletin, pages 49-50.

The 1959 Queen of Show Award winner published in the October 1959 Bulletin, page 69.

The Queen of Show Award winners list.

The 1959 AIS Shows Award Winners published in Exhibition Report in the October 1959 Bulletin, pages 69-72.

Additional Recognition

The 1959 Median iris Awards published in the October 1959 Bulletin, pages 79-80.

International Awards 1959

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