Awards 1974

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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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'Shipshape', a Tall Bearded Iris by Sanford Babson, see photo, is the 1974 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1974 AIS Awards were published in the July 1974 Bulletin, pp 47-51.

This version of the 1974 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 1974AwardWinnersGallery page that is under construction. Feel free to view it.

The Walther Cup winners list.

The 1974 President's Cup and Franklin Cook Cup winners published in the July 1974 Bulletin, page 52.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The President's Cup winners list.

The 1974 National Convention Favorite Guest Iris published in July 1974 bulletin, page 52.

The 1974 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.

The 1974 High Commendation winners published in the October 1974 Bulletin, pages 28-30.

The 1974 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 1974 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1974 Bulletin, pages 21-232.

The 1974 Popularity Poll published in the October 1974 Bulletin, pages 23-26.

The 1974 Nelson Award winner published in the October 1974 Bulletin, pages 26-27.

The J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.

The 1974 Exhibition Certificate winners published in the October 1975 Bulletin, pages 82-83.

The 1974 Exhibition Certificate winners with Links to each of the iris.

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

-- DougChyz - October 2023