The
Oregon Garden has been selected as a display garden for the All
America Selections winners.
The mission statement of the AAS is: "To promote new garden seed
varieties with superior garden performance judged in impartial
trials in North America". All-America Selections were conceived as a
way for home gardeners to learn which new varieties are truly
improved. AAS continues as the oldest, most established
international testing organization in North America. AAS Trials have
been conducted every year since 1932. AAS does not advertise the AAS
Award Winners. AAS relies upon consumer magazines, newspapers,
garden club bulletins, cooperative extension agents, and public
gardens to introduce AAS Winners to home gardeners.
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.
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.
The AAS Winners offer gardeners reliable, new varieties that have
proven their superior performance in Trial Grounds across North
America.
For more
information on AAS
please visit their website
