1998 AHS Award of Merit Winners
The AHS Award of Merit is given to signify that a daylily
cultivar is not only distinctive and beautiful, but has also
proved good performance over a wide geographic area. The
Award of Merit is made each year to only ten daylily cultivars.
To receive an Award of Merit, a cultivar must receive votes
from at least one-half of the established regions and not
more that one-third of the total votes credited to the cultivar
shall come from any one region. To be eligible for the Award
of Merit, a cultivar must have received the AHS Honorable
Mention Award no less that 3 years previously and will remain
eligible for 3 years.
The list below presents the ten 1998 AHS Award of Merit
winners, their hybridizer and the total number of votes received.
- ELIZABETH SALTER (Salter)
245 votes
- PIRATE'S PATCH (Salter)
215 votes
- DRAGON'S EYE (Salter
E.H.) 204 votes
- CHARLIE PIERCE MEMORIAL (Pierce)
91 votes
- ALMOND PUFF (Stamile,
P.) 84 votes
- RUSSIAN EASTER (Kirchhoff,
D.) 82 votes
- PATCHWORK PUZZLE (Salter,
E.H.) 73 votes
- SPIDER MAN (Durio)
71 votes
- SOLOMON'S ROBES (Talbott)
65 votes
- BEST KEPT SECRET (Kirchhoff,
D.) 63 votes
1998 AHS Award of Merit Runners-Up
The list below presents the ten 1998 AHS Award of Merit
runners-up, their hybridizer and the total number of votes
received.
- MISSOURI MEMORIES (Hansen)
62 votes
- MADGE CAYSE (Joiner)
59 votes
- OMOMUKI (Stamile)
59 votes
- PEACH MAGNOLIA (Joiner)
56 votes
- RUFFLED MASTERPIECE (Brown,
E.C.) 51 votes
- BABY FRESH (Joiner)
49 votes
- BUBBLY (Joiner, J.)
49 votes
- WALKING ON SUNSHINE (Salter)
49 votes
- CHERRY CANDY (Stamile)
48 votes
- COSMOPOLITAN (Stamile,
G.) 48 votes
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