Annie T. Giles Winner
Don C. Stevens Winner
Fischer Memorial Winner
Ida Munson Award Winners
Lenington All-American
L. Ernest Plouf Winners
Stout Silver Medal Winner
Stout Silver Medal
The highest award a
cultivar can receive is the Stout Silver Medal, given in memory of Dr. Arlow
Burdette Stout, who is considered to be the father of modern daylily breeding in
North America. This annual award--as voted by AHS Garden judges--can be given
only to a cultivar that has first received the Award of Merit not less than
three years previously.
Lenington All-American Award
The Lenington
All-American Award is given annually since 1970 to the daylily voted the best
performer over a wide geographic area.
Donn Fischer Memorial Cup
The Donn Fischer
Memorial Cup is awarded each year to the hybridizer of the most outstanding
miniature daylily cultivar. The cup was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fischer.
To qualify as a miniature daylily culticar, the flower must be less that 3
inches in diameter and registered as a miniature. To be eligible, a miniature
must have won the Honorable Mention Award.
Annie T. Giles Award
The Annie T. Giles Award
is awarded each year to the best small-flowered daylily cultivar. To qualify as
a small-flowered daylily cultivar, its greatest width must have been registered
as 3 inches or more, but less than 4 1/2 inches in diameter. To be eligible, a
small-flowered daylily cultivar must have been registered as such and must have
won he Honorable Mention Award.
Ida Munson Award
The Ida Munson Award is
awarded each year to the best double-flowered daylily cultivar which blooms
consistently double. The bronze medal was established in 1975 by Robert W.
Munson, Jr. to honor his mother Ida Munson. To be eligible, a double-flowered
daulily cultivar must have been registered as such and must have won the
Honorable Mention Award. Flower size is not a factor.
L. Ernest Plouf Award
The L. Ernest Plouf
Award is awarded annually to the best consistently very fragrant daylily
cultivar of the dormant variety capable of growing in most soils. The winner
must have received an Honorable Mention Award and any cultivar may win only
once. A prize of $500 is given the hybridizer.
Don C. Stevens Award
The Don C. Stevens Award
is given annually for the best registered and introduced, boldly eyed or banded
daylily cultivar. The award was donated by AHS Region 4--the New England
Area--in 1985. To be eligible, the cultivar must have received the Honorable
Mention Award. The winning hybridizer receives a bronze medals, a certificate,
and a $200 prize.
Harris Olson Spider Award
Th Harris Olson
Spider Award is presented annually to the best spider daylily cultivar. To be
eligible, a spider must have been registered and introduced for a minimum of two
calendar years.. The hybridizer receives a bronze medal.
Eugene Foster Award
Th Eugene Foster Award is
presented annually to the best late-blooming daylily cultivar.
AHS Honorable Mention Award
The AHS
Honorable Mention Award is the first official "stamp of approval" by the Society
where good performance goes beyond the local or regional level. Therefore, to
win, a cultivar must receive and be credited with a minimum of 15 votes. These
votes must come from not less than four different established regions of the
Society. In voting for this award, the judges must cast their votes only for
cultivars observed in their own respective regions and which have been
registered and introduced for at least two years (on a calendar-year
basis).
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