{"id":9275,"date":"2016-11-20T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T17:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9275"},"modified":"2016-11-20T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T17:43:55","slug":"announcing-the-aas-2017-vegetable-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/11\/20\/announcing-the-aas-2017-vegetable-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing The AAS 2017 Vegetable Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Chefs<\/a>

‘Chef’s Choice Yellow’ Tomato (photo from AAS)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"'Antares'<\/a>

‘Antares’ fennel<\/p><\/div>\n

For 2017 All-America Selections (AAS) has selected\u00a0these winners in the vegetable category. Each is an\u00a0outstanding garden performer compared to other\u00a0varieties that it tested against. Three are national winners and one is a regional winner.<\/p>\n

Fennel ‘Antares’<\/strong> (Bejo Seed) is a national winner.\u00a0AAS had never before trialed fennel previously. This beautiful plant has multiple uses: as an edible bulb; for its ornamental fronds; as a seed producer; and as a favorite food of pollinators, particularly swallowtail caterpillars.\u00a0Antares fennel\u00a0grows\u00a0very uniform, pure white, and a much improved, almost sweet, licorice\/anise flavor compared to other market varieties. It was also 7-10 days slower to bolt compared to other fennel varieties.<\/p>\n

Pepper ‘Mad Hatter’<\/strong> (PanAmerican Seed) is a national winner, chosen for the plant\u2019s vigor, earliness, high yields, large size and fabulous\u00a0sweet taste. \u00a0Mad Hatter has a novel three-sided shape. Fruits display a refreshing, citrusy floral flavor and are only occasionally mildly hot near the seeds. Plants grow\u00a0vigorously with good yields\u00a0in most areas of the U.S. and Canada. Add to salads raw, pickled or stuffed with cheese.<\/p>\n

Tomato ‘Chef’s Choice Yellow’ <\/strong>(Seeds by Design) is a Southeast region winner, the fourth addition to the popular Chef\u2019s Choice tomato series. It produces hearty beefsteak type tomatoes in a beautiful yellow color. Fruits are\u00a0large and meaty with\u00a0a sweet, citrus-like flavor, mildly acidic and a perfect tomato texture. The 10-ounce fruits grow on 5 foot high indeterminate vines that are resistant to fusarium wilt, verticillium wilt, mosiac virus, fruit cracking, and scab.<\/p>\n

Tomato ‘Patio Choice Yellow’<\/b>\u00a0(Seeds by Design) is a new compact, determinate tomato developed specifically for small garden spaces, including container gardens and hanging baskets. It produces very large yields of 1\/2 ounce bright yellow cherry tomatoes on short vines that grow only 18 inches tall. Each\u00a0compact plant produces over 100 fruits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For 2017 All-America Selections (AAS) has selected\u00a0these winners in the vegetable category. Each is an\u00a0outstanding garden performer compared to other\u00a0varieties that it tested against. Three are national winners and one is a regional winner. Fennel ‘Antares’ (Bejo Seed) is a national winner.\u00a0AAS had never before trialed fennel previously. This beautiful plant has multiple uses: as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1218,1319,1037,645,1364,1012,599,923,843,729,777,630,870],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9281,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275\/revisions\/9281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}