Re: Next Dykes Winner
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Next Dykes Winner
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 21:14:59 +0000
- References: <199806171359.HAA01579@sol.digitalpla.net>
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>
> Mary wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyway, here's the question: does anyone know which irises are
> > > eligible for the Dykes this year?
> > > And anyone have any guesses as to which is the front
> > > runner? Is it ACOMA because it won the Wister?
>
> As Chris Dickinson wrote, there are 40 irises eligible for the Dykes Medal
> this year. Besides ACOMA the eligible TBs are CITY LIGHTS and CONJURATION.
> These last two are also eligible for the Wister Medal, as they were the
> runners-up for this award the past two years.
>
> At the recent Denver AIS Convention ACOMA was 4th runner-up for the
> President's Cup, which is the convention award for the favorite guest iris
> hybridized in the host region (Region 20 - Colorado). This does not seem to
> be a very impressive performance by a Dykes contender, so perhaps ACOMA is
> not a shoo-in for this award.
>
> Thanks, John, for all that you have been doing to sustain the List!
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@digitalpla.net
