Re: Re: CULT:HYB:More on those 450 rotters

In a message dated 5/21/01 12:13:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
neilm@charter.net writes:

<< Normally, an AM or Dykes Medal would mean this variety is one that 
 can be relied upon to GROW most places. >>

Unfortunately, this is not always the case.  AIS judges vote for these awards 
and some cultivars get enough votes from one part of the country alone to be 
awarded AM's and even the Dykes.  This means that some of these irises may 
not grow well in other parts of the country.  Other points to consider: Most 
judges cannot grow even a small percentage of the new introductions every 
year. Many cannot or do not travel to other gardens in their own region to 
see them, much less travel to other parts of the country to visit gardens, so 
they cannot possibly make evaluations on more than a relative few.  Also, new 
irises are eligible for awards before they have been given a chance to be 
thoroughly evaluated nationwide.

I don't have a solution to the problem, and I realize that AIS is aware of 
the problems with the award system.  I simply wanted to illustrate why one 
cannot always rely on an award winning iris to be reliable in any given area. 
 If you want to purchase irises hybridized by someone not in your own region, 
you "pays your money and takes your chances"! 

My 2 cents worth...

Judy Hunt in Louisville, KY, Zone 6 , who is an AIS Judge

 

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