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Alice Vonk Alice Vonk received the $10,000 prize for creating the whitest marigold in David Burpee's seed challenge . This makes her flower the costliest marigold in the world, and the costliest flower in the world at the time.

Burpee Seeds quest for a white marigold started 56 years before Vonk's creation. It started running in 1954, and was ended by Vonk in 1975. Before winning her prize, Vonk recieved $100 from Burpee seeds the previous year along with 5 other gardeners for having seeds that produced close to white flowers.

Alice Vonk, born in 1908, has been gardening since she was 11 and has no formal science training.