Cook-Lapham Award

Best Red Iris

Awarded from 1963 to 1972

From the July 1962 Bulletin, May 16-17, 1962 BOD Minutes, page 93: The establishment of a Cook-Lapham Award for red iris by an anonymous donor in the form of a traveling bowl was announced by Mr. Robert Carney, chairman of the Awards Committee.

The Cook-Lapham Award from the April 1963 Bulletin, page 26: This award is a beautiful silver cup, color glazed on the inside in rose-red enamel. It was given by an anonymous donor as a traveling cup to be presented each year to the hybridizer of the best red iris in commerce. Each year the accredited garden judges will vote on the best red iris in commerce and the iris receiving the most votes will be declared the winner. The cup will be engraved with the name of the winning iris and also the name of the hybridizer. The hybridizer will retain possession of the cup until the next winner is chosen. Once an iris has won the cup, it is not eligible to win it a second time.

Gallery of the Cook-Lapham Award winners

1972 146 Votes, ‘Post Time’, TB, Schreiner

1971, 106 Votes, 'Caliente', TB, Walter Luihn

1970, 64 Votes, 'Fireball', TB, Schreiner

1969, 100 Votes, 'War Lord', TB, Schreiner

1968, 65 Votes, 'Jewel Tone', TB, Schreiner

1967, 65 Votes, 'Frontier Marshall', TB, Schreiner

1966, 97 Votes, 'Gypsy Jewels, TB, Schreiner

1965, 68 Votes, 'Tomeco', TB, Melvina Suiter

1964, 46 Votes, 'Jungle Fires', TB, Schreiner

1963, 36 Votes, 'Captain Gallant', TB, Hazel Schmelzer

References:

Lapham's Method in Red Breeding from the July 1961 AIS Bulletin, page 62.
Red Irises by Claude J. Davis from the July 1961 AIS Bulletin, pages 47-51.
A Collection of Articles by various authors on Red Iris from the October 1968 AIS Bulletin.
Looking for more information on Red Irises, see the Development of Red Tall-Bearded Irises page.
Within the Paul Cook hybridizer page you will find additional articles with segments noting Paul Cook's red line hybridizing.
Link to the hybridizer page for Eldridge Greig Lapham.

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Doug Chyz April 2024