All-America Selections (AAS) has announced its nine new AAS Winners for the 2019 gardening season. Each of the new AAS Winners was trialed throughout North America by professional, independent, volunteer judges who grew them next to comparisons that are considered best-in-class. Only the top performing varieties earn the AAS Winner designation.
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Begonia ‘Viking XL Red on Chocolate’ (Sakata Seed Corp.)
Judges were impressed with how the deep bronze/brown color remained sharp and intense throughout the season. The color tones shine through to give a stunning garden appearance.
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Marigold ‘Big Duck Gold’ (Ameriseed)
‘Big Duck Gold’ sports very large golden-yellow flowers that continue blooming throughout the season, much longer than the comparisons. These marigolds begin the season putting energy into establishing a solid, healthy plant with clean, deep-green foliage.
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Nasturtium ‘Baby Rose’ (Takii Europe BV)
‘Baby Rose’ is a petite-flowered, mounding variety with healthy, dark foliage ideal for containers and small space gardens. AAS expert judges praised the uniformly compact plants that sported flowers with consistent coloration.
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Pepper ‘Just Sweet’ (Seminis Home Garden)
‘Just Sweet’ is a unique snacking pepper with four lobes like a larger bell pepper, only smaller. The 3-inch fruits 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.
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Petunia ‘Wave Carmine Velour’ (PanAmerican Seed)
Large 2- to 2.5-inch flowers literally cover the easy-care spreading plants that rarely need deadheading because new blooms continuously pop up and cover the spent blooms.
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Tomato ‘Chef’s Choice Black’ (Seeds by Design)
‘Chef’s Choice Black’ is a beefsteak-type tomato with a dark-green/brown/black hue. AAS judges reported vigorous, healthy plants with clean and uniform fruits that were early to set and had a meaty interior with great flavor.
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Tomato ‘Fire Fly’ (Seeds by Design)
The fruits produced are super-sweet pale-white to pale-yellow round fruits less than 1 inch in size and weigh about 0.5 ounces. Delicate, translucent skins offer a mild acid flavor that enhances the sweet taste.
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Tomato ‘Red Torch’ (A.P. Whaley Seed)
‘Red Torch’ is a striped oblong tomato with 1.5-inch long fruits that weigh about 1.5 ounces. This hybrid is a very prolific early season producer. The combination of excellent flavor, great texture, and high yields make it better than other varieties in the trendy niche market of striped tomatoes.
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Tomato ‘Sparky’ (A.P. Whaley Seed)
‘Sparky’ brags about being early to mature, prolific, and very flavorful. Fruits are well suited for market growers and produce a large amount of usable fruits per plant.
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Begonia ‘Viking XL Red on Chocolate’ (Sakata Seed Corp.)
The new AAS Winners for the 2019 garden season are:
• Begonia ‘Viking XL Red on Chocolate’ (National)
• Marigold ‘Big Duck Gold’ (National)
• Nasturtium ‘Baby Rose’ (Regional: Northeast, Heartland, Mountain/Southwest)
• Petunia ‘Wave Carmine Velour’ (National)
• Pepper ‘Just Sweet’ (National)
• Tomato ‘Chef’s Choice Black’ (Regional: Southeast, Mountain/Southwest, and West/Northwest)
• Tomato ‘Fire Fly’ (National)
• Tomato ‘Red Torch’ (National)
• Tomato ‘Sparky’ (Regional: Heartland)
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Previously announced AAS Winners for 2019, Watermelon ‘Cal Sweet Bush’ and Melon ‘Orange SilverWave,’ are on the AAS website.
Retailers and consumers can find these AAS Winners for sale as supply becomes available through the distribution chain. Growers can order directly through breeders.
Each AAS Winner is marketed through an extensive social media and public relations campaign, as well as traditional media and industry trade shows. AAS Winners are grown in AAS Display Gardens across North America.
November 21, 2018 
