Bennett Jones Award
The Ben R. Hager Cup
Awards: All
AIS awards except ECs are based on voting by AIS judges
on performance in the garden.
EC -
Exhibition Certificate - awarded to the best seedling
in an iris show or by receiving five votes from judges
present.
HC - Highly
Commended - for a non-introduced seedling as judged in
the garden and has received votes from five judges.
HM - Honorable Mention - award for an introduced
variety, eligible the second year after its introduction.
AM - Award of Merit - required award for eligibility
for all yearly awards (eligible second year after receiving
HM)
Special
Medals - Yearly awards - given to the top voted
cultivar.
| Medal
Name |
Iris
classification type |
| Caparne-Welch
Medal: |
Miniature
Dwarf Bearded |
| Cook-Douglas
Medal: |
Standard
Dwarf Bearded |
| Hans
and Jacob Sass Medal: |
Intermediate
Bearded |
| Knowlton
Medal: |
Border
Bearded |
| Williamson-White
Medal: |
Miniature
Tall Bearded |
| John
C. Wister Medal: |
Tall
Bearded |
| C.
G. White Medal: |
Aril
(1/2 or more Aril) |
| William
Mohr Medal: |
ArilBred
(1/4 to <1/2 Aril) |
| Morgan-Wood
Medal: |
Siberian |
| J.
A. Payne Medal: |
Japanese |
| Mary
Swords Deballion Medal: |
Louisiana |
| Founders
of SIGNA Medal: |
Species |
| Randolph-Perry
Medal: |
Species
X |
| Sydney
B. Mitchell Medal: |
CA |
| Eric
Nies Medal: |
Spuria |
| Fred
and Barbara Walther Cup: |
Winner
of most HM votes |
| Dykes
Memorial Medal |
Highest
Award of any class
Must have won one of the above Special Medals to qualify |
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