AIS: medals

From:	dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)

I was looking through my AIS bulletin, reading over all the information
about which cultivars won the awards and honors this year.  And I noticed
something rather strange.  Why are there no medals for species and
inter-species hybrids.  Is this too new a field?  Or are there medals but
this information just failed to get published accidentally?

I was excited to see Marvell Gold mentioned, as I bought it this spring not
knowing a darn thing about it and never having seen it in bloom.  I was
especially excited because now I'm sure of the spelling. The AIS bulletin
and the nursery I bought it from both spelled it the same way (Marvell
Gold).  For those that don't know, it's a naturally occurring yellow
flowered I. fulva, collected, registered, and introduced in recent years.

If there aren't medals for the species and inter-species divisions, who can
I bug at AIS to suggest this to?  Because with all the work out there being
done (especially on inter-species stuff) I think those hybridizers (and
collectors) deserve to be noticed too!

Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises
(Check out my web page at http://home.fuse.net/dkramb/home.html)



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