Re: Dykes Medal
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- Subject: Re: Dykes Medal
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:46:58 -0700 (MST)
Hi James!
You write (27 Mar 97):
> If anyone has a more complete list of French Dykes
> winners, please post it, with, if available: Variety, hybridizer, year
of
> introduction and year medal awarded, if available.
>
The French Dykes Medal was only awarded for a period of eleven years prior
to WWII. All the winners were TBs and they were all bred by the same man,
Fernand Cayeux. The names of the winners with the years of the awards are
as follows:
1928: PLUIE D'OR
1929: VERT GALANT
1930: DEPUTE NOMBLOT
1931: JEAN CAYEUX
1932: ECLADOR
1933: ALICE HARDING
1934: MADAME LOUIS AUREAU
1935; MADAME MAURICE LASSAILLY
1936: OLYMPIO
1937: NICOLE LASSAILLY
1938: ANTIGONE
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
