Firenze

[John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>]

I am not sure how many of you may have heard the results of the 2008  
Firenze.

John

INTERNATIONAL IRIS COMPETITION IN FLORENCE 2008


TALL BEARDED
  1st Premio Firenze (Gold Florin) of the Tourist Organisation:  
MORNING SUNRISE (T. Johnson – U.S.A.)
  2nd Tuscany Region Prize: POWER POINT (T. Johnson - U.S.A.)
  3rd             Silver Plate of the Industrial Organisation:  
DESIGNER’S ART (F. Kerr - U.S.A.)
  4th Italian Iris Society Silver Medal ‘Piero Bargellini’: CORONA  
STAR (G. Grosvenor – Australia)


  5th             Honourable Mention: CITY OF GOLD” (P. Black – U.S.A.)
  6th             Honourable Mention: CELTIC GLORY” (H. L. Stahly –  
U.S.A.)
  7th             Honourable Mention: FLORENTINE SILK” (K. Keppel –  
U.S.A.)
  8th Honourable Mention: MUST UNITE ” (G. Grosvenor – Australia)
  9th             Honourable Mention: LORD OF THE NIGHT (G. Sutton –  
U.S.A.)
10th Honourable Mention: JEALOUS HALO (J. Painter – U.S.A.)



Special Prizes

Comune di Firenze Silver Plate for the Best Red Variety: COUNTY TOWN  
RED (O. Wells – Great Britain)

Chamber of Commerce Prize for the Best Commercial Variety: POWER  
POINT (T. Johnson – U.S.A.)

Amici dei Fiori Cup for the Best Italian Variety: SELENE MOON (A.  
Bianco – Italy)

Louise Branch Prize for the Best Branched Variety: seedling 539 (V.  
Adolphovich Volphovich-Moler – Uzbekistan)

Florence Garden Club Cup for the Most Original Colour: MORNING  
SUNRISE (T. Johnson – U.S.A.)

Perugia Garden Club Cup for the Best Scented Variety: PEACE PRAYER  
(T. Johnson – U.S.A.)

Rora and Luciano Bausi Prize for the Best Blue Variety: JOYFUL SKIES  
(Schreiner’s Garden – U.S.A.)

Leila and Paolo Tarini Prize for the Best Violet Variety: FAY’S OSCAR  
(A.&D. Cadd – U.S.A.)

Giorgio Saviane Prize for the Best Early Variety: seedling nr. L-124- 
B (J. Hedgecock – U.S.A.)

 
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