Awards 1960

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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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No American Dykes Medal award was made in 1960; no variety received the required 15% of the cast votes.

The 1960 AIS Awards were published in the October 1960 Bulletin, pages 9-12.

This version of the 1960 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1960 Award Winners Gallery page.

The 1960 Franklin Cook Cup winner noted in the Fred DeForest Garden review by Helen McCaughey in the July 1960 Bulletin, page 55-56.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The 1960 High Commendation winners published in the October 1960 Bulletin, pages 13-14.

The 1960 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1960 Bulletin, pages 15.

The 1960 Popularity Poll published in the October 1960 Bulletin, pages 16-17.

The 1960 Queen of Show Award winner published in the October 1960 Bulletin, page 49.

The Queen of Show Award winners list.

The 1960 AIS Shows Award Winners published in Exhibition Report in the October 1960 Bulletin, pages 49-55.

International Awards 1960

The 1960 Premio Firenze Awards published in the July 1960 Bulletin, page 35-36.

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

-- DougChyz - August 2024