Hybridizer Bennett Charles Jones --(1916-2009)

Portland, Oregon, USA

Bennett Jones received the American Iris Society Hybridizer Award in 1974. See article in AIS Bulletin #216, January 1975, p. 24.

The Bennett C. Jones Award for Outstanding Median Hybridizing given by the Median Iris Society was named for him as the first recipient in 2006.

see also: StatesmanJournal.com (obituary Bennett Jones)

Registrations/Introductions:

Border Bearded: 'Botany Bay', 'Carnival Glass'. 'Coral Shell', 'Crystal Bay', 'Frenchi', 'Glacier Bay', 'Melontinge', 'Pagoda', 'Pinata', 'Rain Pool', 'Star Beam'.

Intermediate Bearded: 'Art Gallery', 'California Style', 'Light Cavalry', 'Peachy Face', 'Sunny Cinnimon', 'Sunny Dawn',

Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Angel Eyes', 'Chickadee', 'Chicken Little', 'Ducky Lucky', 'Earliblue', 'Fairy Dell', 'Gold and Frost', 'Little Blacksmith', 'Polka Dot', 'Pretty Pixie', 'Tooth Fairy',

Pacific Coast Native: 'Pacific Rim'.

Standard Dwarf Bearded: 'Advance Design', 'Artful Tradition', 'Bedford Lilac', 'Blithe Blue', 'Blue Line', 'Blue Moss', 'Blue Pools', 'Blue Rill', 'Cameo Queen', 'Captive Sun', 'Centerpiece', 'Cherokee Daybreak', 'Cherokee Sunrise', 'Cherry Garden', 'Cinderella', 'Circus Dragon', 'Classic Sunrise', 'Clear Creek', 'Cotton Blossom', 'Dainty Pinafore', 'Desert Orange', 'Dixie Pixie', 'Dot Com', 'El Torito', 'Favorite Angel', 'Fuchsia Gem', 'Gingerbread Man', 'Inca Doll', 'Indian Art', 'Irish Moss', 'Kentucky Bluegrass', 'Meadow Moss', 'Merry Sunlight', 'Murphy's Law', 'Orange Dazzler', 'Orange Encore', 'Orange Outrage', 'Orange Tiger', 'Oregold', 'Painted Canary', 'Pale Star', 'Pink Prevue', 'Pumpkin Center', 'Queen's Pawn', 'Rain Dance', 'Sea Swirl', 'Sedona', 'Sedona Daydreak', 'Shy Violet', 'Spring Bells', 'Stardancer', 'Sun Doll', 'Sun Symbol', 'Sunshine Sally', 'True Navy', 'Very Violet', 'Vintage Rose', 'Violet Lass', 'Visible Difference', 'Westar', 'Yellow Girl'.

Tall Bearded: 'Apricot Royal', 'Blue Dove', 'Bold Chase', 'Bright Butterfly', 'Cape Coral', 'Cloud Crest', 'Crystal Flame', 'Dawn Rose', 'Donalyn', 'Early American', 'Elizabeth Stuart', 'Fanfare Orchid', Hayride', 'Highland Thistle', 'Impromptu', 'Irene Nelson', 'Jeanne Price', 'King's Bishop', 'Kingston Harbor', 'Lemon Tree', 'Lilac Swan', 'Martinique', 'Mercedes Olsen', 'Off Shore', 'Orange Glory', 'Orange Harvest', 'Peach Belle', 'Peach Glow', 'Pearl Bouquet', 'Persian Lilac', 'Rhoda Ann', 'Roman Candle', 'Roman Summer', 'Sand and Sea', 'Sea Venture', 'Spanish Fireball', 'Sunrise Poinr', 'Trevi Fountain', 'Water Music'.