Awards 1980
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.
'Mystique', a Tall Bearded Iris, see photo, is the 1980
American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.
The
1980 AIS Awards were published in the October 1980 Bulletin, pp 5-14.
This version of the
1980 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.
This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 1980 Award Winners Gallery page that is under construction. Feel free to view it.
The
Walther Cup winners list.
The
1980 President's Cup and Franklin Cook Cup winners published in the October 1980 Bulletin, pages 42-43.
The
Franklin Cook Cup winners list.
The
President's Cup winners list.
The
1980 National Convention Favorite Guest Iris published in the October 1980 Bulletin, page 55.
The
1980 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.
The
1980 High Commendation winners published in the January 1980 Bulletin, pages 14-16.
The
1980 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.
The
1980 Nelson Award winner published in the January 1981 Bulletin, page 20.
The
J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.
The
1980 Exhibition Certificate winners published in the January 1980 Bulletin, pages 27-28.
The
1980 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.
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DougChyz - 11 Feb 2023