AND THE 2001 WINNERS ARE
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Nicotiana F1 'Avalon Bright Pink' is an improved dwarf nicotiana that provides multitudes of star-shaped blooms throughout the growing season. The heat tolerant plants will reach a mature height of 10 inches and spread 10 to 12 inches. 'Avalon Bright Pink' is maintenance free, no deadheading is required. Easy-to-grow, it is widely adaptable to border plantings as well as patio container culture. |
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Eustoma F1 'Forever Blue' will provide gardeners large 2½-inch single blue flowers throughout the gardening season. 'Forever Blue' plants have a distinct branching habit, benefiting the gardener with more blooms and a dense plant. This trait has been submitted for a utility patent. 'Forever Blue' plants will reach 12 inches when mature, in a full sun garden. Proven to be heat tolerant, 'Forever Blue' plants will benefit from deadheading like all other eustoma (lisianthus). |
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Portulaca F1 'Margarita Rosita' has a compact mounded habit and looks like a rock garden or alpine plant. Large 1½-inch semi-double rose flowers adorn 3 to 4 inch tall plants which spread 12 to 14 inches. Sun-loving, heat and drought tolerant, 'Margarita Rosita' will flower continuously for months with minimal garden care. |
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Sunflower 'Ring of Fire' is a five-inch sunflower having golden petal edges and a ring of red surrounding the chocolate brown center. Later to bloom, 'Ring of Fire' may require 120 days to show bicolor blooms but this late season display is often what the garden needs for a fresh new look. Needing a full sun garden, 'Ring of Fire' plants may reach 4 to 5 feet tall, spreading 2 to 3 feet. The long flower stems are perfect for cut flowers. |
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Zinna 'Profusion White' captured the AAS Gold Medal with 2½-inch single daisy-like flowers and proven disease resistance. 'Profusion White' displays white blooms spreading 12-24 inches in a full sun garden from early spring through fall. |
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Tomato F1 'Jolly' is a new pink tomato ripening in about 70-75 days from transplanting. The vigorous indeterminate vines produce abundant clusters of 1½ ounce peach shaped fruit. Gardeners can expect 9 to 14 tomatoes per cluster. 'Jolly' will produce the highest quality tomatoes if vines are pruned and tied to verticle support. |
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Pepper F1 'Giant Marconi' is an improved 6 to 8 inch long Italian grilling pepper ready for harvesting about 72 days from transplanting. 'Giant Marconi' has a memorable sweet, smoky flavor. 'Giant Marconi' was judged best in its class for earliness, yield, size and flavor. Plants grow to 30 inches and are resistant to Potato Virus Y and Tobacco Mosaic Virus. |
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Sweet Corn F1 'Honey Select' is a TripleSweet- variety. 'Honey Select' ears are 75% sugary enhanced (se) and 25% supersweet (sh2) kernels. Unlike other supersweet types, 'Honey Select' does not require isolation from other corn pollen. Maturing in about 79 days, gardeners will find yellow 'Honey Select' ears about 8 inches long. Mature ears can be harvested over a longer time without loss of eating quality. |
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Onion F1 'Super Star' is an improved white sweet onion recommended for all spring gardens in North America because it is day length neutral. Most onions require long days - (over 12 hours of sunlight) or short days to bulb. 'Super Star' does not have this requirement so it is widely adaptable. If seed is sown and transplanted early, 'Super Star' onions can weigh one pound or more, when mature in about 100 days. Resistant to pink root, 'Super Star' is milder, sweeter and larger than 'White Sweet Spanish' the closest comparison. |
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1311 Butterfield Road Suite 310
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Phone (708) 963-0770
Website http://www.all-americaselections.org
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