Morgan-Wood Awards
Ellen Gallagher wrote:
>
> On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Tom Tadfor Little wrote:
>
> > Ellen writes, shamelessly promoting her photo of BUTTER AND SUGAR ;) :
> >
> > : The Siberian Iris BUTTER AND SUGAR was slighted. It is also a multi-
> > : medal winner from the AIS - in 1981, it received the Morgan Award
> > : which was the highest award a SI could receive - akin to the Wistar
> > : for TB. In 1986, it also was named the winner of the Morgan-Wood
> > : Medal which was a replacement for the Morgan Award.
> > :
> > : You can see this `multi-medal winner' on the cork board...
> >
> > I hate to be a curmudgeon (oh how I hate it!), but doesn't that add up to
> > one medal?
>
> Oh, Tom - I don't know if the Morgan Award was a medal (someone
> out there knows & will probably tell us in short order)...but
> B & S won the top honors for a Siberian twice...that is the
> point...two honors, maybe one medal.:-)
>
> I shamelessly promote Siberian irises any chance I get...they are
> the most beautiful representatives of the iris - IMHO.;-)
>
> Ellen (self-proclaimed captain of the Siberian iris patrol)))
Ellen is correct in that it was voted the award/medal twice. The
operative word is VOTED. It dosn't matter if it is an AWARD or MEDAL
status, it still was voted for, and won twice. (81 & 86)
Dennis (Sargent-at-Arms)
