Awards 1968

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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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'Stepping Out', a Tall Bearded Iris by Cliff Benson, see photo, is the 1968 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1968 AIS Awards were published in the July 1968 Bulletin, pages 51-60.

The 1968 AIS Japanese Awards were published in the October 1968 Bulletin, page 30.

This version of the 1968 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1968 Award Winners Gallery page.

The 1968 President's Cup and Franklin Cook Cup winners published in the July 1968 Bulletin, page 50.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The President's Cup winners list.

The 1968 National Convention 1968 Favorite Guest Iris published in July 1968 bulletin, page 50.

The 1968 Favorite Guest Irises with Links to each of the iris.

The 1968 High Commendation winners published in the July 1968 Bulletin, pages 60-64.

The 1968 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1968 Bulletin, pages 44-45.

The 1968 Popularity Poll published in the October 1968 Bulletin, pages 46-47.

The 1968 Nelson Award winner published in the October 1968 Bulletin, page 30.

The J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.

The 1968 AIS Shows Award Winners published in the October 1968 Bulletin, pages 32-42.

The 1968 Regional Test Garden Awards were published in the July 1968 Bulletin, page 64.

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

-- DougChyz - May 2024