Re: AIS:Awards:Symposium

gschubert@earthlink.net wrote::

 >>> There are obviously new varieties on the 100 list every  year.  Maybe 
I shouldn't ask, but who gets them on the ballot to be  voted upon? <<<
 
As Rita Gormley answered:

>>>The  100 top varieties in last year's Symposium
 
The  tall bearded irises eligible for 2005 Dykes Medal  
The tall bearded irises eligible  for 2005 Wister Medal  
The tall bearded irises eligible  for 2005 Awards of Merit  
The tall bearded irises that won  2004 Awards of Merit  
The  tall bearded irises that won 2004 Honorable  Mentions <<<
 
The AIS Judges' make those determinations on their offical ballots. 
 
This Symposium of Tall Bearded Irises is a grower's favorite choice
each year for TBs. It was supposed to be a help for people to choose 
TBs or that was the stated purpose (I think). 
 
**There is a lot of discussion on this subject in the archives. **
 
 I used to vote in this Symposium but I decided to not
participate this year mainly because I had already voted my Judges' 
Ballot; the Median favorites ballot; the Japanese Iris popularity poll;
the Siberian Society popularity poll. 
 
Tall Bearded iris just don't rank up there with these classes in my garden 
and preference of irises. Actually, the participation in the Symposium is very low
compared to the numbers of AIS members (or at least it used to be that way).
 
Cheers,
 
Ellen




Ellen Gallagher / ellengalla@yahoo.com / Editor, The Siberian Iris 
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