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Touted as the world's first hybrid, seedless tomato with a great combination of sweet flavor, juiciness, firmness, and high production. It's claimed the lack of seeds makes this a sweeter variety. The indeterminate, red, 8- to 10-ounce fruits mature 68 days after transplanting.

Days to maturity: 82
This bi-color corn has the growth qualities of a sugary enhanced (se) variety, with added sweetness because 25 percent of the kernels are supersweet (sh2). Testers liked the long-lasting flavor and large, well-filled ears.

Days to maturity: 67
This bushy plant produced huge yields of 4-inch-long mild-flavored jalapeno peppers, so much so that one tester called it "a jalapeno on steroids."

Days to maturity: 62
This bushy 2-foot-tall snap pea grew vigorously, resisted powdery mildew, and produced high yields of sweet, stringless peas. Testers found it very similar to 'Sugar Ann'.

Days to maturity: 67
This early-maturing, disease-resistant, and indeterminate plant produced pink fruits that have full-bodied flavor with a good balance of sweet and acid tastes. Many testers found this one more productive than the comparison 'Brandywine'.

Days to maturity: 68
This Nantes-type carrot had 7-inch-long smooth, straight roots that germinated and grew well. However many testers found nothing unusual or unique about this variety.

Days to maturity: 75
Bush plants of this AAS winner produce beautiful pink fruits that turn red when ripe. They are thick-walled, juicy, and mild-tasting. However, fruits were smaller than on common varieties such as 'California Wonder', and in cold areas they were slow to turn red.

Days to maturity: 65
This is one hardy carrot. It grew well under adverse conditions such as drought, had a strong germination rate, and produced long, smooth roots that were sweet even when picked young, before the full flavor normally developed.

Days to maturity: 50
If zucchini in your garden doesn't set fruit well or sets it late when squash vine borers are active, try 'Sure Thing'. It is parthenocarpic (sets fruit without pollination), so testers found it set seedless fruits a week or two earlier than other varieties, allowing many gardeners to harvest before the borers struck. The compact plants are also great in small-space gardens.

Days to maturity: 62 days
Vigorous indeterminate plants produced lots of 1/2-ounce golden fruits with a very sweet flavor. If you like 'Sungold', you'll love the very similar 'SunSugar', since it is more crack resistant.

Days to maturity: 28 as baby greens, 57 to full heads
This deep red romaine was unique in showing its outstanding color early, making it great as baby greens for mixed salads. Young or old, the leaves were tender and tasty, withstood hot weather.

The most widely grown perennial scabiosa. It thrives in areas where summers are cool and humid, such as the Pacific Northwest, and provides excellent cut flowers.

The plant spreads two feet or more, with flower stalks reaching to 2 1/2 or more feet high. The flat, lacy, two- to three-inch flower heads bloom from June through September. They're typically blue and complement the yellows of summer-blooming perennials nicely. Plants are wispy, lending a soft, airy look to the landscape.

An All-America Selections winner for 2004, this bowling-ball-shaped, red watermelon weighs just 6 to 7 pounds and matures earlier than most.

'Extazy' is a 4- to 5-pound watermelon that's just the right size for two people for dessert. It's seedless and is adapted across the country.

This indeterminate heirloom from the Ukraine features plum-shaped, purple, 6-ounce fruits. The plants have good cold tolerance, and the fruits don't crack or have green shoulders.

This extra-large, saladette-type tomato features dark red fruits on determinate plants. The fruits are high in cancer-fighting lycopene.

This heirloom features 4- to 5-inch-diameter, pink fruits with deep scalloping like an accordion. 'Pink Accordion' is indeterminate with sweet, meaty, low-acid flavor.

This amber, cup-type winter squash features bright orange skin and orange, sweet, nutty, creamy, string-less flesh. This 2004 All-America Selections winner also stores well.

This yellow, patty-pan summer squash produces successive flushes of squash that are blemish-free. It has good tolerance to virus diseases.

This new, straight-neck summer squash is a boon for organic gardeners since it has strong powdery mildew resistance along with a buttery flavor.