AAS winners

All-America Selections is an independent non-profit organization that tests new, never-before-sold varieties for the home gardener. After a full season of anonymous trialing by volunteer horticulture professionals, only the top garden performers are given the AAS Winner award designation for their superior performance. More information at all-americaselections.org

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Acorn Honey Bear Squash
A “winter squash” known for its sweet flavor and resistance to powdery mildew. Delicious when halved and baked with butter...

AAS winners
Artwork Stir-Fry Broccoli
A 2015 All-America Selections winner. Grow your own baby (or stem) broccoli — a gourmet treat! Instead of focusing its...

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Big Beef Tomato
For years gardeners wanted a large, beefsteak-type tomato that was delicious, early to bear, and highly disease resistant. Finally in...

Hybrid
Large fruit
Medium
Red
Slicing
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Beefsteak
Early maturing
Indeterminate
Most popular
Super disease resistant
Black Beauty Zucchini
Heirloom. A 1957 All-America Selections winner, this early and prolific heirloom variety has been exceedingly popular for its very dark...

AAS winners
Heirlooms
Most popular
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Developed by Cornell University, this heat-tolerant, Bibb-type lettuce has quickly become a favorite since earning All America status in 1963....

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Cajun Belle Pepper
True to its name, Cajun Belle pepper is an awesome pepper because it gives you all the flavor of a...

Great for cooking
Great when fresh
Hot
Mild heat
Small fruit
Sweet
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Carmen Italian Sweet Pepper
For sweet peppers that taste wonderful roasted, plant Carmen. This Italian pepper is a bull’s horn type (corno di toro),...

Great for cooking
Great when fresh
Mild heat
Pickling & Preserving
Small fruit
Sweet
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Celebrity Tomato
Celebrity vines bear clusters of medium-large tomatoes that are prized for their flavor. This is a great, all-round, dependable choice...

Hybrid
Medium fruit
Red
Short
Slicing
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Classic
Determinate
Early maturing
Most popular
Super disease resistant
Clemson Spineless Green Okra
Heirloom. High yields of spineless, tender ribbed pods with excellent flavor. Traditional favorite for soups and stews. Can be canned,...

AAS winners
Heirlooms
Most popular
Culantro
Culantro is an herb native to Mexico, Central, and South America which has a strong, aromatic scent that fills the...

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Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Heirloom. This American cabbage is a favorite for early harvest, forming a conical, pointed, dark green head with a smooth,...

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Heirlooms
Fernleaf Dill
Sometimes known as “the fish herb” because it’s such a delicious complement to fish, dill is used in many dishes,...

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Most popular
Flaming Flare Fresno Chili Pepper
Light Full sun Fruit size 3.75 inches long Matures 75 days after planting Plant spacing 18 to 24 inches apart...

Great for cooking
Hot
Medium fruit
Mild heat
Pickling & Preserving
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Giant Marconi Pepper
Awarded All-America Selections recognition in 2001 for its adaptability, earliness, smoky-sweet flavor, and yield, this pepper is a sure winner...

Great for cooking
Great when fresh
Large fruit
Mild heat
Sweet
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Golden Jubilee Heirloom Tomato
Heirloom. First introduced in 1943 as an All-America Selection, Jubilee bears large tomatoes with very meaty, thick-walled interiors and mild...

Extra large fruit
Medium
Medium fruit
Slicing
AAS winners
Heirlooms
Indeterminate
Yellow and orange
Golden Scallop Pattypan
Heirloom. You’ll be planting a little fun when you tuck pattypan squash into the garden. The flavor is delicate and...

AAS winners
Heirlooms
Green Peas
Sugar snap-style green peas are bred so that you can shell them like English peas, pick while young and flat...

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Gypsy Pepper
This elongated, 3-lobed beauty performs well in hot and cool regions. Great for frying or in salads. Ripens from light...

Great for cooking
Great when fresh
Medium fruit
Mild heat
Sweet
AAS winners
Juliet Roma Grape Tomato
Slightly larger than the well-known Santa grape tomato, Juliet bears delicious, sweet fruit on indeterminate vines. Some gardeners refer to...

Bite-sized
Hybrid
Red
Salad
Small fruit
Tall
AAS winners
Indeterminate
Most popular
Leeks
Heirloom. A member of the onion family, leeks are often called the gourmet’s onion because of their mild flavor. This...

AAS winners
Heirlooms
Mexibelle Pepper
This unique hybrid pepper combines the characteristics of bell and hot peppers to produce a bell with a kick. Mexibelle...

Great for cooking
Great when fresh
Hot
Medium fruit
Mild heat
AAS winners
O-S Cross (School Cabbage)
This high-quality, bolt-resistant hybrid produces exhibition-size heads and is used primarily for our 3rd Grade Cabbage Program. Try it in...

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Most popular
Patio Baby Mini Eggplant
Get ready to harvest a bumper crop of tiny eggplants! The glossy, purple-black eggplants are never bitter, even if you...

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Petunia
These colorful flowers are old favorites for their graceful blooms in spring, summer, and fall. Use them in flower beds,...

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Potunia®
The Potunia series of petunias boast a mounding habit and a full canopy of blooms. They last all season, well...

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Savoy Cabbage
Gardeners and cooks favor Savoy cabbage for its sweet flavor and pretty crinkled leaves. This variety originated in Italy.

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Silver Queen Corn
Over and over again, Americans choose Silver Queen as their favorite sweet corn! Big ears of crisp, tender white kernels...

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Stonehead Cabbage
Named for its solid head, Stonehead holds well in the garden without splitting, so there is no need to hurry...

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Straight Eight Cucumber
Heirloom. Named for its perfectly straight, 8-inch long fruit, this slicing cucumber has long been prized for its high quality,...

AAS winners
Heirlooms
Most popular
Straightneck Squash
Heirloom. This early, prolific straightneck summer squash produces creamy yellow, tender fruit of excellent quality early in the season. Plants...

AAS winners
Heirlooms
Most popular
Sunflower – Ring of Fire
Set your garden ablaze with stunning bi-color sunflower blooms. Flowers boast a deep brown center surrounded by two-tone petals: Gold...

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Sweet Banana Pepper
Named for its banana-like shape, this variety bears sweet, mild banana peppers that mature from yellow, to orange, and then...

Great for cooking
Great when fresh
Medium fruit
Mild heat
Pickling & Preserving
Sweet
AAS winners
Most popular
Organics
Swiss Chard
Called “Bright Lights,” this variety of Swiss chard is as pretty as it is tasty. Large leaves with a prominent,...

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Waltham Butternut Squash
Heirloom. This variety, Waltham Butternut, has a hard, yellow to tan exterior but delicious sweet, orange flesh inside. Exceptional quality,...

AAS winners
Heirlooms
Wee B Little Pumpkin
Give your garden a splash of cuteness with baseball size pumpkins. A 1999 All-America Selections winner, Wee B Little is...

AAS winners