Awards 2017

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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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'Montmartre', a Tall Bearded Iris, see photo, is the 2017 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 2017 AIS Awards were published in the Fall 2017 Bulletin, pages 28-35.

This version of the 2017 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 2017AwardWinnersGallery page that is under construction. Feel free to view it.

The Walther Cup winners list.

The 2017 Convention Cup winners published in the Summer 2017 Bulletin, page 2-3.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The President's Cup winners list.

The Ben R. Hager Cup winners list.

The Lloyd Zurbrigg-Clarence Mahan Seedling Cup winners List.

The 2017 Favorite Guest Iris published in the Summer 2017 Bulletin, pages 66.

The 2017 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.

The 2017 High Commendation winners published in ?.

The 2017 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 2017 Nelson Award winners published in ?.

The J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.

The 2017 Exhibition Certificate winners published in ?.

The 2017 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 - 29 May 2023