REF: ALPHAB.CHECKLIST FOR 1939
- Subject: REF: ALPHAB.CHECKLIST FOR 1939
- From: D* J*
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:10:51 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Arnold,
Thanks so much for the wonderful information.
Jane Dewey Hintz
Zone 4 Nebraska
--- Arnold Koekkoek <koekkoek@mtcnet.net> wrote:
> I was thinking of posting something about this, but
> since John said something further about Dr. Ellyson
> anyway, it is appropriate to take the thread a
> little farther. Dr. and Mrs. Ellyson (way back
> sometime, I don't know how long ago) gave Region a
> cup, known now at least as the Ellyson Cup,. to be
> used as a traveling trophy each year to the
> hybridizer from Region 21 who got the most Honorable
> Mention votes for an iris from the AIS judges who
> vote for those things. Allan Ensminger has won it
> several times since I' ve been living here, and Opal
> Wulf has won it more than once, too. She has it
> currently, having gotten it in 2000 or 2001, I can't
> remember which, for Wistful Wisteria, an MTB. I
> don't know any more than that; thanks to Gary White,
> Region 21 Asst. RVP, for sharing that about the
> Ellysons' gift. Larry Harder would have known much
> more about this, probably the complete history and
> circumstances surrounding the establishment of the
> award. (Another time we find ourselves missing
> him.) Because this is a traveling trophy the
> winners used to receive a ceramic duplicate of the
> cup as a "keeper", but I believe that for the past
> few years they have been given a medal to keep
> instead. Allan Ensminger probably knew the Ellysons
> personally, and as Allan is still alive (his 90th
> birthday was June 16) and well, in possession of all
> his faculties, and even still doing some
> hybridizing, I'm sure he would be able to tell quite
> a bit more. Gary, who also lives in Lincoln, NE,
> (as does Allan) may well be tracking down more
> information from that best source.
> Arnold
>
> Arnold & Carol Koekkoek
> 38 7th Street, NE
> Sioux Center, IA 51250
> e-mail koekkoek@mtcnet.net
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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