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economist suntribune thursday january8 1998 p7 helping to take the guesswork out of seed varieties lets get growing marjorie mason hogue all the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today its fitting to begin the new year with a discussion of seeds as we browse through the seed catalogue puzzling over which varieties to choose old favourites or brand new offerings you will likely encounter the red white and blue logo of the all america selections for the past 65 years aas has taken the guesswork out of finding flower and vegetable varieties that will be reliable vigorous productive and show marked improvement over other varieties that are currently available plant breeders from around the world submit new varieties to the aas trial gardens in the united states and cana da they are labeled only with coded numbers and are grown side by side with the most similar varieties evaluations are made by professional horticulturists and winners are chosen seed companies are given three years to produce enough seed for the introduc tion the varieties are grown in display gardens and finally are ready for release to the general public following are the 1998 aas introduc tions impatiens victorian rose is the first seedgrown impatiens with consistently semidouble flowers each plant is con tinuously covered with blooms of a soft rose which combines well with other colours petunia prism sunshine is a large single grandiflora type with three- to threeandahalfinch blooms of creamy yellow that neither fade nor blush pink under stressful conditions the plants are vigorous spreading 15 to 20 inches under good conditions and flower freely all season for those who like to grow their own herbs lemon basil sweet dani is a notable improvement over previous vari eties plants reach a height of 26 inches with white flower spikes late in the sum mer the plants can be cut back several times during the season with excellent regrowth sweet dani will be a partic ularly good complement to fish swiss chard bright lights bring a whole rainbow of colour to the vegetable garden or the edible landscape design the plant stems can be yellow gold orange pink violet or striped in addition to the standard red or white bright lights has a mild chard flavour and can be harvested in about four to five weeks for salad greens cut ting individual leaves permits the plant to continue growing until freezeup swisschard can be sown directly into your garden but if you wish to place spe cific colours in certain areas or contain ers you may wish to start them indoors in april more about seed starting next week if one of your new years resolution is jio organize your perennial garden so that it blooms all season you may be interest ed in signing up for a course entitled a passion for perennials this threerweek course takes place on saturday feb 7 14 and 21 from 10 am to 330 pm at sacred heart church in uxbridge and will cover not only the tried and true but also exciting new vari eties and how to care for them preregistration is necessary for more information call 6493532 1 will also be teaching a similar course on tuesday evenings at durham college uxbridge cam pus for details call 8527848 1 appreciate your letters with questions or comments please send them to me at the uxbridge tribune 24 toronto st north uxbridge ontario l9p 1r4 eatons breaking days s1drewide deals clearance up to 0 womens fall holiday sweaters mens sweaters and up to 50 off selected mens fashions deluding fleece tops gloves robes ft 0 all childrens snowsuks up to brand name bras briefs includes styles fan wonderbra playtex warners voguebra now only 699 999 up to soo seiedieq shoes handbags wajlets endofbne models save up to m on major appliances from maytag inglis ge frigidaife viking cuisinart 7pce cookwareset llilll javub bwavfl mm 1h ijvflbflhl mj 0 touch of class eaton home white goose down pillows clearance offers excludes factory outlet merchandise selection varies by store all savings off original ticketed prices unless otherwise stated all offers while quantities last these offers not available at eatons sheridan or guelph eaton centre stores record breaking days eatons