By Andi Rivarola
A warm welcome to those who are seeing IRISES, the Bulletin of The American iris Society for the first time. If you are a member of The American Iris Society I hope you enjoy this new issue.
The Summer issue of the AIS Bulletin is already available for online viewing and accessible via the Emembers section of the AIS website. The print copy has been mailed via the U.S. Post Office. On the cover this time, the Winner of the 2018 President's Cup, Louisiana iris 'Acadian Sky' by none other than hybridizer Joe Musacchia (R. 2017). Congratulations!
Note: to access this area of the website you must have a current AIS Emembership. (AIS Emembership is separate from the normal AIS membership.) Please see the Electronic Membership Information area of the AIS website for more details.
Don't miss the entire line up of the 2018 Convention Award Winners, on pages 2 and 3.
Our friend, Kelly Norris received an award from the American Horticultural Society, take a look on page 9.
News from the Novelty Iris Society, Species Iris Society and others can be found on "Section Happenings," on page 12.
News on the AIS Foundation's Ackerman Essay Winners were announced, and you can find the announcement on page 17.
Memories in writing and images of the 2018 New Orleans National Convention extensively covered in this issue on pages 20 — 26.
Notes and images from the combined Tall Bearded Iris Society and Region 13 Spring iris tour are covered on pages 27 — 31, then on 34 — 35.
We also had an Aril Convention this year, held in Las Cruces, New Mexico beautifully covered on pages 36 — 47.
And, last but not least a very informative article called, 'Winning the Borer War," on pages 48 and 49.
Not a member of The American Iris Society? Please see our website for information about becoming one: http://irises.org/
There's a lot more to see and read in this edition of IRISES, either in digital or print formats.
Happy Gardening!
