Sweet Dani basil

Sweet Dani basil is a stable hybrid sweet basil cultivar developed at Purdue University by James E. Simon and Mario Morales.{{cite web

| url=http://www.herbcompanion.com/Herb-Profiles/SWEET-DANI.aspx

| title=Sweet Dani Basil

| publisher=Herb Companion

| author=Thomas DeBaggio

| date=April–May 1998

| access-date=2011-06-19

}} The cultivar was developed as a research project, by growing a large variety of basils, gathering their seeds, mixing them in a paper bag, and seeing what emerged. The most interesting plants were then isolated, and their seeds collected. The name is a reference to Daniella Simon, daughter of Dr. James E. Simon. The variety was an All-American Selection in 1998,{{cite web

|url = http://www.all-americaselections.org/AAS_Winners.asp?Sort1=Year_Won&Sort2=DESC

|title = AAS Winners 1933 to Present

|publisher = All-American Selections

|access-date = 2011-06-19

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100204220637/http://www.all-americaselections.org/AAS_Winners.asp?Sort1=Year_Won&Sort2=DESC

|archive-date = 2010-02-04

}} and is now available commercially.{{cite web

| url=http://www.thegrowers-exchange.com/Basil_Lemon_Sweet_Dani_p/her-bas06.htm

| publisher=The Growers' Exchange

| access-date=2011-06-19

| title=Basil 'Lemon Sweet Dani'

}}