Awards 1954

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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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'Mary Randall', a Tall Bearded Iris by Orville Fay, see photo, is the 1954 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1954 AIS Awards were published in the January 1955 Bulletin, pages 10-12.

This version of the 1954 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1954 Award Winners Gallery page.

The 1954 President's Cup winner was 'Pink Fulfillment'.

The Franklin Cook Cup/President's Cup winners list.

The 1954 High Commendation winners published in the January 1955 Bulletin, pages 12-13.

The 1954 Popularity Poll published in the October 1954 Bulletin, pages 1-5.

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

-- DougChyz - December 2024