Awards 1961

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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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'Eleanor's Pride', a Tall Bearded Iris by Edward Watkins, see photo, is the 1961 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1961 AIS Awards were published in the October 1961 Bulletin, pages 86-91

This version of the 1961 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1961 Award Winners Gallery page.

The 1961 Franklin Cook Cup winner published in the July 1961 Bulletin, page 34.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

A polling stand was set up at the Kingwood Iris Garden, Mansfield, OH asking visitors to vote for their Favorite Irises and the results were published in October 1961 bulletin, page 22.

The Kingwood Iris Garden Favorite Irises with Links to each of the iris.

The 1961 High Commendation winners published in the October 1961 Bulletin, pages 16-19.

The 1961 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1961 Bulletin, pages 21-22.

The 1961 Popularity Poll published in the October 1961 Bulletin, pages 19-20.

The 1961 Queen of Show Award winner published in the October 1961 Bulletin, page 61.

The Queen of Show Award winners list.

The 1961 AIS Shows Award Winners published in Exhibition Report in the October 1961 Bulletin, pages 61-69.

International Awards 1961

The 1961 British Iris Society Awards published in the October 1961 Bulletin, page 60.

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

-- DougChyz - August 2024