Heritage Varieties
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Radish 'French Breakfast 3' Organic
Heritage variety (Introduced before 1885)€2.00French Breakfast 3 is an excellent all-purpose variety for successional sowing from late spring, for harvest in early summer, right the way through to autumn. A favourite among French market gardeners, who considered it both attractive and tasty. They are ready to eat in just 20 or 30 days. Organic Seeds. -
Radish 'Long White Icicle'
Heritage variety. (China, Introduced 1540)€1.40Radish 'Long White Icicle' is a uniform strain which forms long, pure snow-white roots. The white flesh is crisp and mild and less pungent than that of the round varieties, they have a spice that warms the tongue, but doesn’t bite back. Very easy to grow and ready for harvest only 25 days after planting,
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Radish 'Long White Icicle', Organic
Heritage variety. (China, Introduced 1540)€1.65Out of stock
Radish 'Long White Icicle' is a lovely white spring radish, that is ready for harvest in only 25 days. Plant a small crop every two weeks to guarantee a continuous harvest. Perfect for folks who want a crop in hand by the time the first robin sings. Organic Seed. -
Radish 'Zurich Market', Organic
Heritage variety. (European)€2.55Radish 'Zurich Market' is a white elongated radish for early summer through to early autumn for bunching or for individual use. Sow from April to August it can be harvested from May to October. If sown under cover, this can be done from early March to April. Organic Seed. -
Radish ‘China Rose’
Heritage variety. (China, Introduced 1850)€1.75Out of stock
Radish ‘China Rose’ is a traditional winter hardy variety that produces long, tapering roots with attractive rosy pink skins and crisp, pure white flesh. Its cylindrical roots grow 15 to 20cm long and add flavour to winter salads. The leaves can also be added to salads and stir fries.
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Rhubarb 'Victoria'
English Rhubarb, Garden Rhubarb.
Heritage (English 1837) aka 'Queen Victoria'€1.75Rhubarb Victoria was introduced by Joseph Myatt of Deptford in 1837. It is one of the easiest to raise from seed and can usually start to be harvested one year after sowing. It produces sweet, juicy, medium sized green stalks with green-red leaves. A popular forcing variety being extremely productive for years.
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Root Parsley, Hamburg 'Half-Long'
Dutch Rooted Parsnip, Halflange
Heritage (Germany 16th C.)€1.50Root Parsley Hamburg is an off-beat, dual purpose vegetable that deserves to be better known. The root can be left in the ground all winter and dug up as and when your Sunday roast requires and the luxury of having plenty of leaves to snip from the garden in winter can’t be overstated.
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Sorrel 'De Belleville' French Sorrel
French Sorrel
Heritage (French 1730's)€2.00Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar. It is hardy and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions with an excellent lemon flavour. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it.
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Sorrel 'De Belleville' French Sorrel, Organic
French Sorrel
Heritage (French 1730's)€2.20Out of stock
Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar. It is hardy and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions with an excellent lemon flavour. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it. Organic Seed. -
Spinach 'Matador'
Spinach. Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf€1.85Spinach 'Matador' is a reliable all-year-round variety that is disease resistant and slow to bolt and is beloved by many a gardener. This popular open pollinated heritage variety provides a generous haul of spinach that appears in a deep green shade and has a mild, sweet flavour. -
Squash 'Futtsu Black Early'
Black Futsu Winter Squash,
Heritage (Japan 1800's)€2.55Blocky, deeply ribbed and extremely bumpy, for most of the season they are a gorgeous dark green to charcoal black, but in autumn 'Futtsu Black Early' mature in a fascinating metamorphosis, to a grey-bloomed dusty orange. Harvest in the midst of their transformation for funky autumn displays or wait for them to ripen completely for maximum flavour, nutty and sweet with hints of chestnut.
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Squash 'Groene Hokkaido', Organic
Japanese kabocha-type squash, Green Hokkaido
Heirloom (Japan 1500's)€3.25Out of stock
Squash 'Groene Hokkaido' is a traditional Japanese kabocha-type squash that has globe-shaped fruit with lovely dark green skin and dark golden flesh. A beautiful, versatile squash with thick, firm and fine-grained flesh that is sweet with a delicate taste of chestnut. Organic Seed. -
Squash 'Marina di Chioggia'
Winter Squash, Zucca Barucca, Zucca Santa
Heritage (Italian 1600's)€2.35This very old Italian Heirloom rustic variety originates from near Venice and is considered the King of Italian Squashes. Round, short, and squat in shape, the dark green to grey-blue skin has slight, vertical ridging and is almost completely covered in bumps. When cooked, Marina di Chioggia squash is tender and sweet with nutty flavours.
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Squash 'Turkish Turban'
Turks or French Turban, Winter Squash
Heirloom (French 1820's)€2.65A curiously-shaped heirloom winter squash from France that is named for the colour and shape of the fruit, Squash 'Turkish Turban' produces attractive, acorn shape fruit, at its blossom end is a Turban-like cap, thus its name. Closely related to the buttercup squash, the taste is similar to other Cucurbita maxima cultivars.
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Strawberry 'Alexandria'
Alpine Strawberry€2.00This wonderful heritage variety of alpine Strawberry produces loads of little red strawberries that are bursting with flavour. Much sweeter than their traditional commercial cousins they possess a fine, old fashioned flavour. Plants have compact growth with few runners. An alpine Strawberry that is very hard to find, excellent for high altitude climates!
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Swede 'Wilhelmsburger'
Golden Swede
Heritage (Germany 1935)€1.85This heirloom variety has been long favoured in the local markets of Germany and Northern Europe. Swede Wilhelmsburger is considered to have the best table quality and to be the most refined in terms of taste. Awarded the RHS AGM, it is well worth growing. -
Tomato 'Arancia'
Large salad / small beefsteak.
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.95Those who love colourful bright coloured tomatoes will definitely like Tomato 'Arancia'. A beautifully rounded, orange-yellow tomato with an average weight of around 175 grams and with a remarkably sweet taste, this is a commercial variety with Polish origins. Famously cold, drought and disease resistant it reliably bears fruit steadily throughout the season .
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Tomato 'Berner Rose' Organic
Early Beefsteak. Heritage (Swiss)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€2.95Tomato 'Bernese Rose' is a beautiful rose-pink Swiss heirloom that is earlier to ripen that other larger varieties. Fleshy, thin skinned and with the most exquisite tomato flavours this tomato is a firm favourite amongst gardeners and growers. Organic Seeds -
Tomato 'Black Krim'
Black Crimea, Beefsteak, Heritage (Ukrainian)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.95Black Krim is one of the oldest and most popular heirloom varieties, largely responsible for fueling many growers obsessions with heirloom tomatoes. It yields large fruits that are blessed with an extremely rich, earthy true tomato flavour. The combination of the colour, shape and taste is simply gorgeous.
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Tomato 'Brandywine'
Red or Pink Brandywine. Beefsteak Tomato
Heritage (USA Circa 1885),
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.95Few tomatoes can rival the Brandywine for popularity, they are grown worldwide. With an exceptional rich, succulent flavour and creamy flesh, one picked fresh at the peak of ripeness, tastes so good that it may well set the standard for what a tomato should taste like.
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Tomato 'Cerise'
Mid-early, Cherry Tomato. Heritage (Italian)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.95Tomato 'Cerise' is a fantastic cherry variety with a delicious sweet flavour. This heirloom variety of Italian origin is mid to early maturing, the fruits ripen at about 60 days after transplant giving high yields of superb tasting small 18 to 25 gram fruits.
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Tomato 'Cerise' Organic
Mid-early, Cherry Tomato. Heritage (Italian)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€2.25Tomato 'Cerise' is a fantastic cherry variety with a delicious sweet flavour. This heirloom variety of Italian origin is mid to early maturing, the fruits ripen at about 60 days after transplant giving high yields of superb tasting small 18 to 25 gram fruits. Organic Seed. -
Tomato 'Golden Queen'
Salad Tomato, Heritage (Germany 1886)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.85Tomato 'Golden Queen' is one of the oldest heirlooms from Germany, known since 1886 where it is known as 'Goldene Königin'. It produces golden-yellow fruit, with a thin skin and a mild, sweet and aromatic taste. It ripens early and has moderate burst-resistance. A great salad tomato variety that will not disappoint.
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Tomato 'Golden Queen' Organic
Salad Tomato, Heritage (Germany 1886)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€2.65With a slight acid content and mild but aromatic taste, Tomato 'Golden Queen' is a great salad tomato variety that will not disappoint. Beautiful round 6 to 8cm fruit with a weight of about 90 grams. With a slight acid content and mild but aromatic taste. Organic Seed.