Re: AIS eligibility or not: 'Decadence' & 'Slovak Prince'
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  • Subject: Re: AIS eligibility or not: 'Decadence' & 'Slovak Prince'
  • From: J* I* J* <j*@usjoneses.com>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:52:59 -0800
On Dec 15, 2009, at 5:51 AM, Robert Pries wrote:
Loic: The ,first introduction, is a requirement to enter the awards system of AIS. Decadence is in that system and has already won an award of merit. It is eligible for the highest Americam award the Wister Medal but as was said in an earlier post the Dykes is given by the British and their requirement is that it be an American hybridizer.
NO, there is no requirement that the hybridizer be "American" only that the iris be "first introduced in the United States or Canada REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN" (uppercase added by author for emphasis) 

John




----- Original Message -----
From: "loic tasquier" <tasquierloic@cs.com>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:37:17 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [iris] AIS eligibility or not: 'Decadence' & 'Slovak Prince'
If the North American Dykes Medal has reached such high standards during all these years, it's thanks to thorough regulations, and as i said before, 
this is an amazing achievement.
But the world has been changing fast, particularly this last decade, and some painful decisions will have to be made concerning potential contenders to the North American Dykes Medal, that won't be allowed to compete according to 
these essential rules:

Most people think that 'Decadence' is a serious contender to the North
American Dykes Medal but they will be surprised when they realize that since the North American Dykes Medal is restricted to irises first introduced in the 
United States or Canada, 'Decadence' cannot compete in this category.
It has been introduced in Australia by Tempo Two in 2004 and in Oregon By 
Keppel the same year:

'Decadence'  (Barry Blyth, R. 2001). Sdlg. H83-G. TB, 38" (96 cm), M.
S. creamy apricot, faint rose midrib flush; style arms creamy apricot; F. light plum burgundy, 1/4" creamy apricot edge; beards tangerine; heavily ruffled and laced. 'Temple of Time' X 'Louisa's Song'. Keppel, Tempo Two 2004, 
2004/05.
Since i was not introduced in North America before being introduced elsewhere, 
no medal.




There is another contestant from abroad, 'Slovak Prince' :
'Slovak Prince' (Anton Mego, R. 2002). Sdlg. AM-93/0038. TB, 33" (85 cm), M. S. white shaded orchid lavender, slight blue veining, 1/8" gold rim; style arms silver lavender veined blue, gold edge; F. dark velvety blue purple, 
slightly lighter rim, white area around gold beard with purple veining
changing to brown; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. 'Edith Wolford' X 'Queen 
in Calico'. Aitken 2003.
It has been introduced by Aiken in 2003, therefore, this one is eligible. 




Whether the rule applies, and it applies for all, or not.


Loic

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