ADULT
Region Date Show Location Best Specimen Exhibitor
2 6/2 East Greenberg, NY ‘Tom Tit’ (Bliss 1919, MTB) Virginia Dorwaldt
2 6/3 Rochester, NY ‘Eramosa Cloud Drifter’ (Chapman 2009, MTB) Dorothy Stiefel
4 5/11 Easton, MD ‘Virginia Lyle’ (Willott 1994, MTB) Ed&Pat McNeal
6 5/19 Indianapolis, IN ‘Body Painting’ (Black 2014, IB) Chuck Bunnell
6 5/19 Portage, MI ‘Deep Conviction’ (M. Sutton 2006, IB-Re) Jimmy Copeland
6 6/10 Hale, MI ‘Black Comedy’ (Black 2017, IB) Adam Cordes
7 5/12 Louisville, KY ‘My Cher Of Happiness’ (Black 2013, BB) Jim & Janet Wilson
8 5/20 Minneapolis, MN ‘Jive’ (Keppel 2002, SDB) Marte Hult
11 5/19 Missoula, MT ‘Action Adventure’ (Black 2006, IB) Judy Blunt
12 5/5 Salt Lake City, UT ‘Blushing Diamond’ (T. Johnson 2017, SDB) John Zastowney
14 4/7 Livermore, CA ‘Holidaze’ (G. Sutton 2002, IB-Re) Jeff Bennett
14 4/28 Santa Cruz, CA ‘Tagline’ (Ghio 2018, BB) Joe Ghio
17 4/7 Dallas, TX ‘Morning Hues’ (Tasco 2016, SDB) Michael Reed
17 4/14 Wichita Falls, TX ‘Dollie And Me’ (L. Miller 2010, MTB) Karen Lawler
18 5/2 Town & Country, MO ‘Parable’ (T. Johnson 2011, ABM) Jim & Jean Morris
21 6/3 Winnipeg, MB ‘Merit’ (Fisher 1996, MTB) B. J. Jackson
22 4/14 Oklahoma City, OK ‘Electrifying’ (Black 2009, SDB) Hugh Stout
YOUTH
Region Date Show Location Best Specimen Exhibitor
12 5/5 Salt Lake City, UT ‘Riveting’ (Black 2005, SDB) Anna Fotheringham
18 5/2 Town & Country, MO ‘Mini Mouse’ (Black 2012, SDB) Donnie Davidson & Elizabeth Bauerle
18 5/13 St. Louis, MO ‘Jangles’ (Blyth 2000-01, IB) Jason Chien
There were 115 iris shows reported in the U. S. and
Canada between April 7 and June 23. There was one
fall show in Milledgeville, Georgia in November. Medians
were picked by the judges as Best Specimen in
17 shows compared to 16 in 2017. In the Youth category,
there were three additional medians selected.
Youth involvement was good for the second year in
a row.
Overall, adult median winners were evenly divided
with five IBs and five MTBs, followed by four
SDBs, two BBs and one AB Median.
The oldest adult median winner was ‘Tom Tit’
(Bliss 1919, MTB) displayed in East Greenberg, NY by
Virginia Dorwaldt. This dark blue-violet (B1D) diploid
iris from England was originally registered as a
TB, but later reclassified as MTB following the 1957
establishment of the Median classes.
The newest median to be awarded best specimen
in show was ‘Tagline’ (Ghio 2018, BB) displayed by
its hybridizer in Santa Cruz, CA. Joe’s 2018 catalog
description states “The upright standards are a lush
creamy gold, lighter at petal edges. The falls are
white with light yellow at the shoulders. The precise
violet mulberry band enhances the bubble ruffled
petals. Great in the garden and show bench.” Hyperbole
or premonition? Time will tell.
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Winter 2019 AIS Bulletin 39