Awards 1970

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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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'Skywatch', a Tall Bearded Iris by Cliff Benson, see photo, is the 1970 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 1970 AIS Awards were published in the July 1970 Bulletin, pages 49, 49A, 49B, 49C, 49D, 49E, 49F, and 50.

This version of the 1970 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

The 1970 Japanese Iris Awards were published in the October 1970 Bulletin, page 62.

This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 1970 Award Winners Gallery page that is under construction. Feel free to view it.

The 1970 President's Cup and Franklin Cook Cup winners published in the July 1970 Bulletin, page 50.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The President's Cup winners list.

The 1970 National Convention Favorite Guest Iris published in July 1970 bulletin, page 51.

The 1970 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.

The 1970 High Commendation winners published in the July 1970 Bulletin, pages 49G-49H.

The 1970 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 1970 Judges' Choice winners published in the October 1970 Bulletin, pages 60-61.

The 1970 Popularity Poll published in the October 1970 Bulletin, pages 62-63.

The 1970 Nelson Award winner published in the October 1970 Bulletin, page 22.

The J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.

The 1970 Exhibition Certificate winners published in the October 1970 Bulletin, pages 29-35.

The 1970 Exhibition Certificate winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 1970 Regional Test Garden Awards were published in the July 1970 Bulletin, page 50.

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

-- DougChyz - November 2023