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FRESH
FARE
The Proof Is 1
IN the Plant
Here are nine new All-America Selections edible
winners to add to your assortment.
BY DIANE BLAZEK
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taying on trend with today's consumer interest, All-America Selections
(AAS) continues to expand the varieties of vegetables and edibles that
are perfect for growers to produce as transplants.
Each of the following new winners was trialed throughout North America
by professional, independent, volunteer judges who grew them next to
comparisons that are considered best-in-class. You can find these AAS
Winners from your favorite broker.
A favored new tag line for All-America Selections is: The Proof Is in the Plant.
Why? It's true! Once you grow an AAS Winner, you'll see how these
vigorously trialed varieties demonstrate great garden performance and
superior flavor.
Each AAS Winner is extensively marketed through social media, public
relations and trade shows creating consumer demand.
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1. PEPPER 'JUST SWEET'
National Winner
'Just Sweet' is a unique snacking pepper with four lobes like a larger bell
pepper, only smaller. Not only are the 3-inch fruits deliciously sweet with
nice thick walls but the plants are vigorous growers (up to 36 inches tall and
15 inches wide) that don't need to be staked because they've been bred to
have a strong bushy habit. Many judges conduct consumer taste tests and
reported back that this pepper won those tests, hands down. The 'Just Sweet'
peppers are exceptionally bright, shiny and a vivid yellow color with a flavor
described as sweet with aromatic accents.
2. WATERMELON 'CAL SWEET BUSH'
Regional Winner - (Great Lakes)
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beautiful ornamental mix ranging from red to rose blush skin tones with
interiors of creamy white and yellow. In terms of eating qualities, 'Clancy'
has great texture and flavor especially good for mashing or boiling.
4. TOMATO 'FIRE FLY'
National Winner
This adorable newcomer is not as small as a currant tomato and not as
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'Cal Sweet Bush' is another example of how ongoing breeding efforts result
in a new and better product. This is a true short internode watermelon that
has compact, bushy vines that grow only 18 inches long and still provide
enough foliage cover to protect the fruits. Each plant yields two to three
fruits weighing 10 to 12 pounds. Like all AAS Winners, this newbie delivers
exceptional taste and texture. 'Cal Sweet Bush' is a great watermelon choice
for gardeners with limited space.
3. POTATO 'CLANCY'
National Winner
The first potato from seed that's an AAS Winner! The benefits of growing
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this tasty edible from seed are many. Sterile seed eliminates the potential for
introducing disease to the greenhouse. Potato 'Clancy' produces compact
and healthy dark green plants with blue flowers. Resulting spuds are a
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large as a cherry tomato but is a " just right " in-between size. The fruits
produced are super sweet pale white to pale yellow round fruits less than
1 inch in size and weigh about ½ ounce. Delicate, translucent skins offer
a mild acid flavor that enhances the sweet taste. They're small juicy fruits
exploding with flavor, perfect for snacking and in salads. Indeterminate
plants must be staked or caged as they grow upward to 5 to 6 feet and
have good disease resistance.
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5. TOMATO 'MOUNTAIN ROUGE'
Regional Winner - (Northeast, Southeast, Heartland)
A beautiful new pink tomato in the Mountain series has excellent flavor
and a very robust disease package of Verticillium, Fusarium, nematodes
and late blight. Gardeners will enjoy a generous harvest of large, beefsteak
tomatoes weighing 12 to 14 ounces that have a great tomato taste.
Indeterminate plants produce heavily in just 73 days from transplant and
they do especially well in cooler climates.
This fleshy tomato has minimal seeds and slices very well for true
summer dining enjoyment.
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6. TOMATO 'CHEF'S CHOICE BLACK'
Regional Winner - Southeast, Mountain/Southwest and West/Northwest
This variety is the sixth color variation in the popular Chef's Choice tomato
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