'Bunching Onion Warrior,' AAS 2016 Edible Winner Regional Winner (Mountain/Southwest, Southeast)
'Warrior' grows quickly and matures early, producing a very uniform crop of slender, crisp onion stalks that are easy to harvest and clean. Can’t get to your harvest? No worries as 'Warrior' will hold up in the garden longer than similar varieties that were grown as comparisons in the trials. 'Warrior' can be used raw to add texture, flavor and color to all kinds of dishes or they are delicious grilled whole as part of a grilled vegetable platter or entrée accompaniment.
Mizuna 'Red Kingdom' F1, AAS 2016 Edible Winner National Winner
'Red Kingdom' is a great addition to the assortment of AAS Winners now available to the home garden and fresh garden markets. Judges noted how the color was a vibrant reddish-purple all through the season and suggested that this flavorful, mild tasting green is an edible that can also be used as an ornamental in containers or in the landscape. Gardeners will appreciate how this variety did not bolt as easily as other mizunas and produced a much higher yield throughout the season.
Radish 'Sweet Baby' F1, AAS 2016 Edible Winner Regional Winner (Great Lakes, Southeast)
The AAS Judges commented on the improved exterior quality of 'Sweet Baby,' in addition to the uniform size and the excellent taste, which was crispy, crunchy and slightly spicy. The internal color ranges from pale purple to white with violet streaks to mostly white with just a few purple splashes of color. 'Sweet Baby' proved itself to be quick-growing, maturing in just 40 to 45 days, which means many home gardeners can have successive sowings for season-long radishes.
All-America Selections announced another group of edible AAS Winners for home gardeners, gourmet gardeners, farm-to-table growers, market growers and anyone interested in a unique, delicious addition to their vegetable assortment.
These three winners are the first for the 2016 Garden Season. Additional winners will be announced this fall and winter as the 2015 trials conclude and the breeders meet specified criteria.
The first group of AAS Winners for 2016 includes:
Bunching Onion ‘Warrior’ (Regional Winner)
Mizuna ‘Red Kingdom’ F1 (National Winner)
Radish ‘Sweet Baby’ F1 (Regional Winner)
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All-America Selections has had bulb onions as award winners in the past, but ‘Warrior’ is the first bunching (or green) onion. Similarly, there have been green mustard AAS Winners, but never a red Mizuna (or Japanese Mustard). ‘Sweet Baby’ radish joins nine other radishes that are previous AAS Winners adding a violet colored beauty to an assortment of radishes that range from white to red.
With this announcement, these varieties become available for immediate sale to the commercial market. Brokers and growers can purchase these varieties immediately. Retailers and consumers will find these winners for sale for the 2016 gardening season as supply gradually becomes available throughout the chain of distribution.
A complete list of trial grounds and judges can be found here.
A complete list of all AAS Winners since 1932 can be found here. The list of AAS Winners can be sorted by flowers from seed, flowers from cuttings and vegetables.