All American Selection

Black Beauty zucchini is a reliable 1920s heirloom producing high yields of glossy, dark-green fruit on compact bush plants. The mild, tender squash is best harvested at 6–8 inches, encouraging continued production. Grow in full sun with fertile, well-drained soil and consistent moisture for grilling, sautéing, baking, or fresh eating.

Giant Garden Paste has a wonderful sweet and acidic balance. The fruits weigh 8-10 oz. and are bright red ruffles boat shaped. They can either be used for processing or eaten fresh. Since many fruits have open locals there is less moisture to reduce when processing. Giant Garden Paste is indeterminate and crack resistant.

The Sugar Snap Pea is a garden staple pea that has unmatchable taste! This variety has tall vines that with support can grow up to 6 feet plus! The Sugar Snap Pea plant produces 3" long pods that are a 1/2" across, and bear over a long picking period. This is pea is so tasty that people will eat it directly after picking! Sugar Snap yields well in both hot and cold weather.

The Sweet Banana is a delightfully tangy and colorful sweet pepper. This elongated, thick-walled pepper turns scarlet when fully ripe, but will stay sweet and mild. This pepper variety is a longtime favorite for its sweet flavor that is exquisitely pungent when pickled. Sweet Banana's prolific plant produces high yields.

Red Ace Beet seeds produce one of the most reliable and widely grown hybrid beet varieties, developed in the 1970s for uniformity, earliness, and adaptability. The tops are tender and flavorful, doubling as nutritious greens, while the roots offer a sweet, earthy taste that remains consistent even when grown in varying climates. Easy to cultivate, they thrive in full sun and well-drained, loose soil, with regular watering encouraging optimal growth. Their excellent disease resistance, high yields, and ability to hold sweetness even when larger make them an ideal choice for fresh eating, roasting, pickling, or juicing.

The Evergreen Parsley is a dark green curly variety with an excellent flavor, fresh or dried, and is an All-American Selection winner for a reason! This Parsley is frost resistant and grows vigorously. Evergreen is perfect for adding to soups, salads or even as a garnish.

The Early Prolific Straightneck Squash is a summer squash that is very popular in the United States. This variety is a tasty, bright yellow, straight-necked type squash that tapers towards the stem end. Harvest this squash at 12-14 inches long but are more tender and succulent when they are 5-6 inches long. In 1938, the Early Prolific Straightneck was an All-American Selection winner!

Clancy potato seed produces compact and healthy dark green plants with blue flowers. Resulting spuds are a beautiful ornamental mix ranging from red to rose blush skin tones with interiors of creamy white and yellow. Note: Clancy seeds are actual small seeds and will ship immediately year round.

A classic disease resistant tomato! The Celebrity tomato plant is as close to perfect as you can get! This plant produces perfectly shaped 8 ounce fruits with excellent flavor. Chosen as the AAS winner this tomato is easy to grow and very disease resistant. No cracking and fruits keep coming over a long garden season. The Celebrity is a proven home tomato garden favorite.

Butter King Lettuce is slow to bolt or turn bitter. This varieties' light-green crisp 12-13 oz. butterheads do well in Midwest heat. The Butter King is a Boston type, but it is nearly twice as large and more tender. This lettuce grows vigorously with a good flavor and is disease resistant.

Black Beauty Zucchini is a standard zucchini. This vigorous plant produces dark green glossy fruits that tapers towards each end. This zucchini is a very popular variety of summer squash. The Black Beauty plants are compact and easy to grow producing an abundance of fruit with a really good flavor throughout the summer. This seed is certified organic.

Big Beef Hybrid is one of the most celebrated beefsteak tomatoes ever introduced, earning an AAS award for its outstanding flavor, yield, and reliability. It combines rich, old-fashioned tomato taste with strong, vigorous growth, making it a consistent favorite for home gardeners and market growers alike. Fruits are large and globe-shaped, averaging 10–12 ounces, with smooth, mostly blemish-free skin and dense, meaty flesh that slices beautifully.

The 1999 AAS winner, Juliet Tomato, is a bright red, 1 oz. cherry tomato hybrid with a great sweet flavor that can't be beat! This tomato variety produces grape-like clusters on long, vigorous vines. The small and elongated fruit has a sweet flavor with an attractive glossy skin that is very crack resistant. This variety is also prized for its early and extended harvest season, offering high-quality fruit over a long period.

The Red Sails Lettuce is a full rosette type that produces radiant bronze-red, ruffled and deeply lobed leaves that have a mild bitter-free flavor that pairs very well in salads. This slow-bolting lettuce is ready to cut early and holds its quality very well. Red Sails has six times the vitamin A and three times the vitamin C as other supermarket lettuces. This variety thrives in cool weather, but can also grow well in the spring, summer or fall.

Honey Select Sweet corn is known for it's tenderness, flavor and of course, sweetness. No wonder this variety is an All American Selection winner! Honey Select corn is a yellow Triplesweet that will produce large ears with medium-green husks and good flags. Honey Select produces a very high quality ear that can average 8.5" in length with 18-20.

The Ruby Queen is an excellent canning and fresh eating beet! A perfectly round beet that has a smooth buttery texture that is more tender than any other beet. Ruby Queen can be grown close because they hold their shape well. They can also be grown larger than most beets and still hold good flavor making it a great market beet.

The Cherry Belle Radish is the earliest maturing, garden standard radish. This variety is a 1949 All-American Winner and there is no wonder why. This radish retains its fine eating quality all season. The Cherry Belle is a round, smooth, scarlet beauty. This radish is 3/4" inches across with a crisp, white flesh that is ideal for garnishes or use in salads.

The Queeny Lime Orange Zinnia is a striking and vibrant addition to any garden, known for its distinctive color scheme and eye-catching appeal. Its large, double blooms feature a mesmerizing blend of lime green and bright orange hues, creating a dazzling display that stands out amidst green foliage or other garden flowers. This zinnia variety thrives in full sunlight and well-drained soil, showcasing its resilience to hot and dry conditions typical of its native habitats.

The Red Burgundy Okra is a deep red variety that produces a tender and delicious pod. This productive burgundy red okra adds a nice crunch, delicious flavor and beautiful color to any soup or stew, especially gumbo!

The Honeybaby Squash is an All-American Selection winning winter squash. These 1-2 pound flavorful butternuts have a deep orange flesh and it can be grown anywhere. Honeybaby is a very productive variety of winter squash that produces numerous fruits on a compact plant. These shorter vines grow 2-3 feet in a semi-bush habit showing great garden vigor which results in healthier plants that resisted powdery mildew later into the season, especially in the Southeast.

In our opinion the best tasting small butternut squash on the market. Flesh is sweet and rich with amazing flavor. This is the perfect squash for farmers' markets and home gardens. At maturity this squash will weight 2 lbs and stores for over 3 months once picked.

The Chef's Choice Orange is an All American Selection winner that is a prolific producer of juicy, bright orange tomatoes. The bright neon orange color of this unique variety spreads throughout the entirety of the tomato. The Chef's Choice Orange is not only popular for its unusual coloring, but also for having a wonderful flavor.

The Straight Eight cucumber is a tip-top slicing cucumber and, like its name suggests, is perfectly straight! This Slicing Cucumber is a remarkably uniform cucumber that has a small seed cavity and crisp, fine-grained flesh. This variety is a heavy yielding cucumber and is an All-American selection in 1935. The Straight Eight is free from stippling and has a sweet and mild taste.

Indian Summer Rudbeckia (Rudbeckia hirta), an award-winning variety of Black-Eyed Susan, is cherished for its brilliant, long-lasting blooms and adaptability in the garden. First popularized in the late 20th century, this hardy annual or short-lived perennial produces extra-large daisy-like flowers—often 6–9 inches across—with golden-yellow petals surrounding dark chocolate-brown centers. Plants grow 3–4 feet tall with sturdy, branching stems, making them excellent for borders, pollinator gardens, and cut flower arrangements.

Prizm kale seeds are a popular choice among gardeners and chefs alike for their unique, frilled leaves and vibrant green color. This variety of kale, known for its tender texture and mild flavor, thrives in a range of climates, making it suitable for both home gardens and larger agricultural settings. Prizm kale is not only aesthetically pleasing but also packed with nutrients, offering high levels of vitamins A, C, and K, as well as calcium and antioxidants.

The Purple Ruffles Basil is a large, heavily ruffled and fringed dark purple leaf variety with beautiful pink-purple flowers. This All-American Selections winner basil is the perfect pop of color for herb gardens or a flower border. This basil produces a sweet fragrance and flavor that is wonderful as a garnish in salads, soups, pasta or drinks.

The Zinnia Thumbelina Mix might be tiny, but it definitely is a show-stopper -- blooming shades of red, orange, yellow, pink and white! This zinnia is also a perfect cut flower and would add a pop of color to any bouquet. The Thumbelina mix is wonderful for attracting pollinators, like butterflies. Like most zinnias, the easy to grow Thumbelina Mix loves the summer heat and thrives in the sun.

Sugar Ann is a 1984 All America Selections winner! This snap pea variety has an edible pod that offers earliness, productivity, and a compact growth habit. Classic AAS winner harvests up to two weeks earlier. Compact eighteen-inch plants need little or no support. Excellent for containers and limited urban spaces.

Quickstar gets its name for a reason. A super early maturing kohlrabi has delicious flavor and uniform growth. Provides good yields. Exceptionally early maturity delivers quick kohlrabi harvests. Uniform plants produce dependable yields. Tender swollen stems offer crisp mild flavor. Ideal for succession planting in cool weather.

The Champion Radish is slow to become pithy. This radish is an excellent cooler weather variety, especially for short season climates. This bright red, crisp, round radish has large tops and is a good choice for early or late plantings. This highly recommended radish is great for eating fresh, in salads or for garnishes.

This green bean was first grown in 1962 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Tenderette is a flavorful, stringless, high-bearing green bean that has a long harvest season. The plant reaches 20" tall and bears long, straight, consistent 5" long green beans. Tenderette has an intense, rich flavor and full of snap. Excellent steamed, stir-fried or even raw.