AAS grants authority to Seed Companies to use the following
information on web sites and in catalogs.
ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS®
All-America Selections tests and introduces AAS Winners each
year. Many people ask, who determines an AAS Winner? The answer
is the independent AAS Judges determine the AAS Winners by
judging and scoring the entries. The Judges score each entry
from 0 to 5 points, with 5 being the highest. Judges report
their scores each fall. AAS uses an independent accounting
firm to calculate the average score of each entry. Only the
entry with the highest average score is considered for a possible
AAS Award. The AAS Judges determine which, if any, new unsold
entries have proven superior qualities to be introduced as
AAS Winners.
What qualities will Judges score? Judges look for significantly
improved qualities such as earliness to bloom or harvest, disease
or pest tolerance, novel colors or flavors, novel flower forms,
total yield, length of flowering or harvest and overall performance.
In the last ten years an entry needs to have at least two significantly
improved qualities to be considered by Judges for an AAS Award.
The AAS Winners offer gardeners reliable, new varieties that
have proven their superior performance in Trial Grounds across
North America.
For more information, visit the AAS website at:
www.all-americaselections.org
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