Heritage Varieties
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Onion 'Ailsa Craig Prizewinner'
White Bulbing, Exhibition Onion.
Heritage (English 1887)€1.62With outstanding quality and excellent keeping qualities, Ailsa Craig Prizewinner is much loved by both home gardeners and exhibitors producing weighty onions perfect for the kitchen or show bench. A heritage variety and great all-rounder, Ailsa Craig still takes some beating.
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Onion 'Borettana'
Maincrop, Cipollini variety
Heritage (Italian 1400's)€1.62Borettana onions are the Italian sports car of onions. Sweet, sleek, and stylish with a wonderful flavour, once a rare treat only to be found at gourmet restaurants. They are a good onion for colder climates, harvested in early autumn they fill the gap between winter-stored onions and the early new ones.
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Onion 'Cipolle di Tropea', Sweet Red Onion of Tropea
Maincrop, Red Onion
Heritage (Italian 1500's)€1.74Italy boasts many varieties of onion, but perhaps the most famous is Cipolla di Tropea. It can be sown in either autumn, September to October or in spring, late February to early April. The shape of its bulbs, the deep purple colour, its extraordinary sweetness, and its refined taste, make it one of the most interesting products in the entire Italian agriculture.
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Onion 'Long de Florence Simane'
Maincrop, Continental Red Onion
Rossa Lunga di Firenze, Heritage (Italian 1800's)€1.62A splendid carmine-red onion Long de Florence Simane is an old continental variety that is very popular in Europe. Elongated in shape, this maincrop variety can be picked still small and used raw sliced into salads or grown to maturity, they can be baked or roasted on skewers to retain their unusual 'bottle' shape.
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Onion 'Senshyu Yellow'
Overwintering, Maincrop, Semi Globe.€1.50Overwintering Onion ‘Senshyu Yellow Globe’ is a hardy and reliable maincrop onion, for harvesting before the traditional spring sown bulbing varieties are ready. It produces heavy yields of semi-globe shaped bulbs with straw coloured skins and matures June to July from an August sowing.
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Onion 'Stuttgart', Organic
White or Yellow Bulbing Onion€1.98Onion ‘Stuttgart’ is a late-season variety, originating in the Netherlands where it is called ‘Stuttgarter Riesen’, this well-known heirloom variety is traditionally the most popular variety for the home gardener. Organic Seeds
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Onion, Bunching 'Kyoto Market'
Japanese Bunching Onion, Negi
Heritage (China)€1.74Bunching onion 'Kyoto Market' is an early, vigorous and heavy yielding bunching onion that does not bulb but forms long white stalks with long green foliage. suitable for later crops and for overwintering. This perennial variety splits into bunches as it grows, simply divide the clump to multiply your onion patch.
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Onion, Spring Onion 'White Lisbon'
Spring, Salad or Bunching Onion, Scallion
Heritage (1787)€1.98White Lisbon is an old favorite and ever popular Spring Onion. It is a hardy and reliable variety which features long white stems with bright green tops. It is quick and easy to grow, sow in autumn or spring, Cropping in 60 days. NIAB Accreditation and RHS AGM.
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Onion, Spring Onion 'White Lisbon' Organic
Spring, Salad or Bunching Onion, Scallion
Heritage (In use in 1787)€2.34White Lisbon is traditionally the most popular spring onion for successional sowings from March to September, it can also be sown in autumn and over wintered for early spring harvests. Matureing in 60 days, they are perfect for container growing and can be tucked into mixed containers or beds.
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Parsley 'Champion Moss Curled'
Curly Parsley. Aka 'Extra Triple Curled'
Heritage (Pre 1866)€1.50Parsley 'Champion Moss Curled' is a selected strain with fine, tightly curled, dark green leaves. Growing to 30cm tall, this versatile herb is an ideal variety for containers, it can also look very ornamental as an edging to a large pot of nasturtiums! RHS AGM.
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Parsley 'Moss Curled' Organic
Curly Parsley.
Heritage (Pre 1866)€1.86Parsley is the best known of all the garnishing herbs. Curly parsley can look very ornamental as an edging to a large pot of nasturtiums. It can also be grown in hanging baskets (keep well watered) window boxes (give it some shade in high summer) and containers. Organic Seed.
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Parsnip 'Hollow Crown'
2020 harvest, for planting in 2021
Heritage (1825)€1.98'Hollow Crown' is one of the oldest varieties of parsnip, with probably still the best flavour of all, with a depth and richness unmatched by most other varieties. It has been grown since at least the 1850's and is still very popular among gardeners in the know.
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Pea 'Blauwschokker' Organic
Ezetha's Krombeks Purple Podded Pea€3.06‘Blauwschokker’ produce good yields of succulent, bright green peas with an abundance of red and violet flowers are followed by deep purple pods. Dual purpose it is delicious when harvested young as mangetout or can be left to mature to shell the delicious green peas. Organic Seeds.
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Pea, Mangetout 'Carouby de Maussane' Sugar Pod
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.
Heritage variety (France 19th C.)€1.98Although not widely available commercially, the vintage, sugar pod type pea 'Carouby de Maussane' has been enjoying a small-scale renaissance among heritage vegetable enthusiasts. Not only is the flavour superior, but the vines are covered with beautiful lavender and purple flowers.
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Pea, Mangetout 'Oregon Sugar Pod'
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.
Heritage variety (USA)€1.98Out of stock
Introduced by Oregon State University, this disease resistant variety is extremely hardy and one of the best choices for cooler climates. It gives high yields of four inch translucent flat green pods that hold their colour well. Crisp, tender and full of flavour.
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Pepper, Chili Pepper 'Anaheim'
Mild: 500 to 1,000 SHU.
Heritage (USA 1890)€1.50One of the most well known of the New Mexico peppers, the Anaheim is a slightly sweet pepper with just a little pop, they are great for people who typically don’t like spicy foods. Versatile and family friendly and big enough to be stuffed, if you are bored of the bell pepper, try moving up this small notch.
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Pepper, Chili Pepper 'Scotch Bonnet'
Very Hot: 100,000 to 350,000 SHU€2.34The 'Scotch Bonnet' was the first Caribbean Hot Pepper to be known by a specific name in the export market. Most commonly found in hot Caribbean dishes, use sparingly, fresh or dried to recipes. Also great for pickling, garnishes, sauces and jerk rubs, it develops a rich, multi-sided, tropical-fruity flavour.
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Pepper, Sweet Pepper 'Californian Wonder'
Bell Pepper
Heritage (USA, Introduced 1928)€1.50Californian Wonder is the widely adapted standard variety, a favorite with gardeners and for commercial production. It consistently produces large yields of blocky, four-lobed thick-walled fruit that is mild and sweet, tender and flavourful. Perfect for salads, to stir-fries, grilling or stuffing.
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Pepper, Sweet Pepper 'Corno di Toro Giallo'
‘Horn of the Bull’. Heritage (Italian)€1.62Corno di Toro Giallo peppers have thin skin and thick walls and ripen to a golden-yellow. With a sweet, crisp, full-bodied flavour they are so popular that they have spawned an almost fanatical following.
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Pepper, Sweet Pepper 'Corno di Toro Rosso'
‘Horn of the Bull’. Heritage (Italian)€1.62With a sweet, crisp, full-bodied flavour and a full, tapered shape, the gorgeous deep crimson sweet pepper ‘Horn of the Bull’ grow up to 25cm long. These uncommon peppers are a traditional favorite of Italy. Suitable for the greenhouse or outdoors.
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Pepper, Sweet Pepper 'Golden Californian Wonder'
Bell Pepper
Heritage (USA, Introduced 1928)€1.50'Golden Californian Wonder' is the widely adapted standard variety, a favorite with gardeners and widely used for commercial production. The plant does well in both cool and warm weather. It consistently produces large yields of blocky, four-lobed thick-walled fruit that is mild and sweet, tender and flavourful.
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Pepper, Sweet Pepper 'Nardello' Organic
Mild and Sweet€2.34'Dependable and delicious, ‘Jimmy Nardello’ is a highly prized heirloom pepper used in Italian cooking. Recently rated as the sweetest non-bell pepper, the plant does well in most areas and is very prolific, with the fruit being one of the sweetest and most palatable varieties that you can find. Organic Seed.
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Pumpkin 'Musquée de Provence'
Fairy Tale Pumpkin, Winter Squash,
Heritage (French 1800's)€1.86Looking exactly like fairy tale pumpkins in children’s storybooks, Musquée de Provence is a gorgeous French pumpkin that is one of the only pumpkins that is eaten raw. Sweet with a light crunch and typical nutty taste, the very fine-grained flesh is considered by many to be superior to any other.
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Radish 'Black Spanish Round'
Winter Radish.
Heritage variety (Europe 1558)€1.50The Black Spanish radish is a unique variety with a inky black, thick skin that resembles that of a rhinoceros. But that craggy, tough exterior is what protects the tender, spicy, crisp, pure-white flesh. They are reliable, last forever in the garden and in storage, and are one of the easiest things you will ever grow.