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1999 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 1999 AHS Award of Merit winners, their hybridizer and the total number of votes received.

  • IDA'S MAGIC (Munson, I.) 202 Votes
  • ADMIRAL'S BRAID (Stamile) 88 Votes
  • SUSAN WEBER (Branch) 126 Votes
  • FORTY SECOND STREET (Kirchhoff, D.) 107 Votes
  • MAGIC CARPET RIDE (Kirchfoff, D.) 106 Votes
  • MADGE CAYSE (Joiner, E. R.) 82 Votes
  • SABRA SALINA (Wilson, T.) 80 Votes
  • LAYERS OF GOLD (Kirchhoff, D.) 79 Votes
  • RASPBERRY CANDY (Stamile) 73 Votes
  • PEACH MAGNOLIA (Joiner, E. R.) 72 Votes

1999 AHS Award of Merit Runners-Up

The list below presents the ten 1999 AHS Award of Merit runners-up, their hybridizer and the total number of votes received.

  • RED SUSPENDERS (Webster) 69 Votes
  • MOUNTAIN ALMOND (Billingslea) 67 Votes
  • EYE OF NEWT (Salter, E. H.) 65 Votes
  • ELIZABETH'S MAGIC (Salter) 64 Votes
  • LEONARD BERNSTEIN (Kirchhoff, D.) 63 Votes
  • HOUSE OF ORANGE (Weston) 61 Votes
  • MISSOURI MEMORIES (Hansen) 60 Votes
  • CHERRY EYED PUMPKIN (Kirchhoff, D.) 59 Votes
  • NAVAJO PRINCESS (Hansen) 59 Votes
  • OMOMUKI (Stamile) 59 Votes


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