Re: Dykes Medal
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- Subject: Re: Dykes Medal
- From: D* S* <s*@molalla.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 21:03:41 -0700 (MST)
James Brooks wrote:
>
> At 05:03 AM 3/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >Anyone know if the following were awarded to Dykes:
> >
> >Jean Cayeux (Cayeux 31) for 1931
> >The red Douglas (j. Sass 37) for 1937
> >
> >?????
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Bill Mull
>
> Jean Cayeaux won the French Dykes Medal in 1931.
> The Red Douglas won the U.S. Dykes Medal in 1941.
> Bear in mind that the Dykes Medal is awarded in the UK, the US, France, and
> Australasia.
> I list only 4 French winners (luckily including Jean Cayeaux, which was
> mentioned in "The World of Irises,", and a couple of others I gleaned from
> the Superstition catalog. 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.
> James Brooks
> Jonesborough, TN
> hirundo@tricon.net
> "Hale-bob-a-re-bopp, I finally saw the comet, but I didn't see not space
> ship and the tail and I ain't ordering no purple robe."
1928 - PLUIE D'OR F. Cayeux 1934 - MADAME LOUIS AUREAU
1929 - VERT GALANT F. Cayeux 1935 - MADAME MAURICE LASSAILLY
1930 - DEPUTE NOMBLOT F. Cayeux 1936 - OLYMPIO
1931 - JEAN CAYEUX F. Cayeux 1937 - NICOLE LASSAILLY
1932 - ECLADOR F. Cayeux 1938 - ANTIGONE
1933 - ALICE HARDING F. Cayeux
Monsieur Cayeux won the French Dykes Medal for eleven straight years. Is
it any wonder that all other French hybridizers gave up trying.
A list of the then Dykes Medal winners can be found in the back of the
1979 AIS decennial Check List.
Dave Silverberg
