Awards 1981

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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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'Brown Lasso', a Border Bearded Iris, see photo, is the 1981 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1981 AIS Awards were published in the October 1981 Bulletin, pp 6-23.

This version of the 1981 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 1981 Medal Winners Gallery page.

The 1981 President's Cup and Franklin Cook Cup winners published in the July 1981 Bulletin, pages 35-37.

The Walther Cup winners list.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The President's Cup winners list.

The 1981 National Convention Favorite Guest Iris published in the October 1981 Bulletin, page 45.

The 1981 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.

The 1981 High Commendation winners published in the January 1982 Bulletin, pages 28-30.

The 1981 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 1981 Exhibition Certificate winners published in the January 1982 Bulletin, pages 38-39.

The 1981 Exhibition Certificate winners with Links to each of the iris.

If you find errors in these linked lists please contact the AIS Encyclopedia Manager at aisencyclopedia@irises.org.

-- DougChyz - 15 Feb 2023