'KISS THE FROG'
The Knowlton Medal is restricted to border bearded (BB) irises. It is named in honor of Harold W. Knowlton (1888-1968) of Auburndale, Massachusetts, a tireless promoter of the border bearded class of irises. Bennett Jones wrote in The World of Irises: "Harold Knowlton was among the first to make deliberate selections of smaller plants. Two of his 1950 introductions, ‘Pearl Cup’ ... and ‘Cricket’... display the desirable features we still seek in modern border irises." Previous awards winners can be found at https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards.
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'Kiss The Frog' (Paul Black, R. 2018). Seedling W129B. BB, 26" (66 cm). Early to midseason bloom. Standards pale tan-grey, infused slate-violet rib, light tan-gold laced edge; style arms pale tan-grey, slate-violet ridge, crest edged gold-tan; falls mid wine triangular haft blending to mid violet washed over grey white ground becoming ¾˝ blended grey white margin, light tan-gold rim, grey-brown streak from beard half way down; beards rich grey-brown; ruffled; laced; pronounced spicy fragrance. 'Lost World' X seedling U69, mid blue sibling: ('Ink Patterns' x 'Alberta Clipper'). Introduced by Mid-America in 2018.
The World of Irises blog will be posting classification medal winners as soon as the hybridizers are notified. The entire list of winners, including Award of Merit and Honorable Mention, will be published on the AIS website, the AIS Encyclopedia, and later in the AIS Bulletin, IRISES.
