June
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Water Spinach, 'Ong Choy'
Kong xin cai, Kang kong, Asagaona€2.25Chinatown's produce stands offer many items that make only fleeting seasonal appearances, often so brief that many chefs scarcely have time to figure out how to cook them properly before they disappear for another year. One example is water spinach, a common vegetable in Asian cuisine.
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Turnip 'Snowball'
Japanese Type. Heritage (Pre 1885)€2.00Recommended by the N.I.A.B, Turnip ‘Snowball’ is a very popular first-class, globe variety with solid flesh and a juicy, sweet, mild flavour. They are a fast crop, being ready in just five to eight weeks from sowing. With pure white flesh as its name suggests, Snowball is superb for both table and exhibition.
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Turnip 'Purple Top Milan' Organic
Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Italy pre 1888).€2.55Introduced before 1888 Purple Top Milan has smooth creamy-white flat roots with bright purple shoulders and pure white flesh of choice quality. Quick to mature and early cropping, it is an ideal 'catch crop' between slower growing vegetables. Organic Seed. -
Turnip 'Purple Top Milan'
Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Italy pre 1888).€1.75Purple Top Milan is a classic Italian heirloom variety and is still as popular as ever. Highly ornamental, it has smooth creamy-white flat roots with bright purple shoulders and pure white flesh. A strap-leaved variety, quick to mature and early cropping, it is an ideal 'catch crop' between slower growing vegetables.
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Turnip 'Goldana' Organic
Gold Turnip. Heritage (France pre 1888).€2.45Turnip ‘Goldana’ is an improved version of the popular turnip Golden Ball. A maincrop variety that produces uniform round golden roots with tender creamy-yellow flesh. They are much sweeter than regular turnips with an excellent flavour. They can be harvested as a mini-veg or left to mature. Organic Seeds -
Turnip 'Goldana'
Gold Turnip. Heritage (France pre 1888).€2.00Turnip ‘Goldana’ is an improved version of the popular turnip Golden Ball. A maincrop variety that produces uniform round golden roots with tender creamy-yellow flesh. They are much sweeter than regular turnips with an excellent flavour. They can be harvested as a mini-veg or left to mature.
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Turnip 'Zürcher' Organic
Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Swiss pre 1888).€2.40Introduced before 1888 Purple Top Milan has smooth creamy-white flat roots with bright purple shoulders and pure white flesh of choice quality. Quick to mature and early cropping, it is an ideal 'catch crop' between slower growing vegetables. Organic Seed. -
Texsel Greens, Garlic Kale
Ethiopian Cabbage€1.95Out of stock
Texsel Greens is an unusual vegetable that provides an incredibly tender, smooth-textured salads and sauté greens, this fast growing variety has become a popular choice for use as a cut and come again salad crop. Also known as Garlic Kale, the small delicious leaves have an excellent flavour, a mild combination of spinach and cabbage.
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Tatsoi, Organic
Rosette Pak Choi, Spoon Mustard.€1.75Tatsoi is suitable for both baby leaf and whole head production, it can be harvested anytime during growth, with a mild mustard flavour and good crunchy texture. It has a wide variety of culinary uses, use in salads, soups and in stir-fry. Organic Seeds. -
Tatsoi 'Tah Tsai'
Rosette Pak Choi, Spoon Mustard.€1.55Tatsoi or Rosette Pak Choi is among the most popular of oriental greens and one of the best vegetables to grow in a cool climate. The spoon-shaped, evenly spaced leaves form a plant worthy to be grown for its decorative value alone. Given enough room the plants will form beautiful wide rosettes of regular, concentric circles.
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Swede 'Yellow Friesian' Organic
Purple Top Rutabaga, Tumshie, Neep, Snadgies€2.30Out of stock
In the past swede has been undervalued but recently this crop is going through a mini revival. The 'Yellow Friesian' produces buttery yellow, globe shaped roots with deep purple tops, they have excellent flesh quality and a good sweet taste. Organic Seeds -
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. -
Swede 'Best of All'
Purple Top Rutabaga, Tumshie, Neep, Snadgies€1.95Swede is one of the easiest vegetables to grow and well-suited to the novice gardener, few other crops are quite so straightforward. A favorite with growers, Swede 'Best of All' is an old variety that produced globe shaped roots with purple tops and yellow flesh, it is very hardy and reliable with good storing qualities.
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Squash 'Waltham Butternut'
Winter Squash€2.45'Waltham' is an improved version of the common Butternut squash. First bred in the 1960's they are reliable, productive and a long-keeper. It has very little seed cavity, thicker & straighter necks, fruits earlier, and produces more flesh per fruit.
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Squash 'Uchiki Kuri' Organic
Winter, Onion, Hokkaido or Potimarron Squash€3.50Out of stock
Most people initially grow Uchiki Kuri squash because of its similarity to the familiar pumpkin. What they will not have anticipated is finding it a far superior squash to pumpkin. If you believe that they are only fit for Halloween lanterns allow yourself to be converted. Organic Seed. -
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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Squash 'Table Gold'
Winter Squash, Acorn Squash€2.75Squash 'F1 Table Gold' is a high sugar Acorn type squash that is one of the most productive squash you can grow. Maturing in 85 days, the fruits can be harvested as summer squash or left for autumn. Deliciously sweet and just the right size, to prepare simply remove the seeds and bake.
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Squash 'Sweet Mama F1'
Japanese kabocha type squash.€3.25An award winning variety of the Japanese Kabocha squash, 'Sweet Mama F1’ is a unique kabocha that produces on a very space-saving short vine. It produces flattened globe shaped fruit with an excellent sweet and nutty flavour. The distinct bush-type growth habit makes it possible to inter plant these vines quite closely.
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Squash 'Sweet Dumpling'
Winter Squash, Patidou€1.95'Sweet Dumpling' also known as 'Patidou' is a lovely winter squash that is not only decorative but is also excellent tasting. Flat topped and single serving size it is ideal for cooking whole, roasted or stuffed. They store well and can also be used to decorate the home in autumn. -
Squash 'Spaghetti Squash'
Winter Squash€2.25'Spaghetti squash' is a unique variety whose creamy coloured flesh separates into spaghetti-like strands once cooked. Mild, sweet and nutty, this squash is delicious roasted. Sow May to July and harvest up to first frosts, it is a healthy gluten free alternative to pasta or use instead of rice noodles in Asian-style dishes. A great way pack more nutrients into your diet.
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Squash 'Rolet F1'
Gem Squash€2.35Out of stock
'F1 Rolet' is a Gem type squash variety that is summer-fruiting, like a courgette but with the creaminess and superb flavour of a winter storing squash. Its deep green smooth skin sets it apart from other squashes. Early maturing and high yielding, it is very easy to cook and has a incredible nutty, warm flavour.
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Squash 'Mini Red Turban'
Mini Red, Winter Squash€2.85Squash 'Turkish Turban' produces decorative fruits that are brightly colourful and striped. 'Mini Red Turban' is a small-sized bicolour variety with red cap and white turban. Perfect for baking or for use as an ornament for decoration in autumn, the taste is nutty and sweet and reminiscent of hazelnuts.
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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 'F1 Hunter' Butternut
Winter Squash€2.95Butternut Squash 'Hunter' has been specifically bred and developed to give consistent results in our unreliable climate. Easy to grow and maturing up to four weeks earlier than other varieties. Each plant should produce 6 or 7 fruits of around 1kg.