Awards 1972

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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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'Babbling Brook', a Tall Bearded Iris by Keith Keppel, see photo, is the 1972 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1972 AIS Awards were published in the July 1972 Bulletin, pp 42-46.

This version of the 1972 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1972 Japanese Iris Awards were published in the January 1973 Bulletin, page 58.

This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 1972AwardWinnersGallery page that is under construction. Feel free to view it.

The Walther Cup winners list.

The 1972 President's Cup and Franklin Cook Cup winners published in the July 1972 Bulletin, page 41.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The President's Cup winners list.

The 1972 National Convention Favorite Guest Iris published in July 1972 bulletin, page 41.

The 1972 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.

The 1972 High Commendation winners published in the October 1972 Bulletin, pages 63-64.

The 1972 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 1972 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1972 Bulletin, pages 58-61.

The 1972 Popularity Poll published in the October 1972 Bulletin, pages 61-62.

The 1972 Nelson Award winner published in the October 1972 Bulletin, page 41.

The J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.

The 1972 Exhibition Certificate winners published in the October 1972 Bulletin, pages 57-58.

The 1972 Exhibition Certificate winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 1972 Regional Test Garden Awards were published in the October 1972 Bulletin, page 64.

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

-- DougChyz - November 2023