May
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Carrot 'Paris Market Atlas'
Mini Carrot, Baby Vegetable€1.50Smooth, round and instantly recognisable, Carrot ‘Paris Market Atlas’ has traditional globe shape roots that are deal for growing shallow soils, in containers or grow bags. This very flavoursome variety, the 1 inch bite-sized roots have a deep-crisp refreshing taste.
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Carrot 'Rothild' Organic
Maincrop / Late variety€1.98Carrot Rothild is a high yielding quality Autumn King type with very good flavour and intense red colour due to high carotene content. It produces large roots of good shape, used for fresh market and is one of the best carrots for juicing.Organic Seed.
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Carrot 'St Valery'
Forcing, Early & Successional, Aka 'James Scarlet'€1.98Carrot ‘St Valery’ is a legendary carrot and one of the most satisfying carrots you can grow. Excellent for late summer eating or for storing for winter use. The roots tolerate winter cold and store well over winter in the ground or in the cellar. With superb flavour, the flesh is fine-grained and sweet and tender.
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Cauliflower 'All Year Round'
Successional, Summer Cauliflower€2.04It is very uplifting to go to the garden on a cold December day to harvest a perfect, intricately woven, beautiful white head of cauliflower. “All Year Round” produces good quality white heads and is an excellent all-purpose variety for successional sowing.
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Cauliflower 'Autumn Giant'
Winter Cauliflower.
Heritage (1878)€1.98'Autumn Giant' is a well-known and respected maincrop cauliflower with large dense white curds which are thoroughly protected by the leaves. Sow in mid spring for an autumn harvest, or late spring, for a winter harvest.
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Cauliflower 'Romanesco'
Romanesco broccoli, Calabrese romanesco, Broccoflower.
Heritage (Northern Italy)€1.74One of the most beautiful vegetables and a true Objet d'Art. Each complex, symmetrical head features whorls of chartreuse green florets, in a complex, bewitching design, an amazing example of phyllotaxis - the fractal patterning that appears in nature.
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Celery, 'Cutting Leaf Celery'
Cutting or Soup Celery. Chinese Kintsai€1.14Out of stock
Cutting celery or Leaf celery is the type that is used in Europe. It looks similar to parsley but tastes like regular stalk celery, but with a slightly stronger, herbier taste. It is a darker green, with thin, rounded, flexible stalks and curly, aromatic leaves; it is much easier to grow than its big brother.
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Celery, Cutting Leaf Celery, 'Par-cel'
Zwolsche Krul€1.74While there are now several varieties of leaf celery, one of the most popular is Par-Cel. Resembling curled parsley with the flavour of celery., this Dutch heirloom can be difficult to find in most grocers. Originated from Holland, it was dispersed by German settlers, which is why it is also known as Zwolsche Krul.
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Celery, Cutting Leaf Celery, 'Red Stem'
Red Soup Celery or Red Chinease Celery 'Kintsai'€1.62European Cutting Celery is a little obscure and largely misunderstood, but evoking curiosity. Unsurprisingly, it's the home gardeners who are leading the way. New to the market, 'Red Stem' is a lovely variety that is very easy to grow, and true to its name has beautiful red stems.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights'
Leaf Beet, Ruby Chard€1.86Out of stock
With more colours than Joseph’s Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Bright Lights is one of the best looking vegetables around. The stems are a veritable rainbow of colours. One of the easiest of vegetables to grow. RHS AGM and an AAS winner.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights' Organic
Leaf Beet, Ruby Chard€2.34With more colours than Joseph’s Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Bright Lights is one of the best looking vegetables around. The stems are a veritable rainbow of colours. One of the easiest of vegetables to grow. RHS AGM and an AAS winner. Organic Seeds.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Canary Yellow'
Leaf Beet€1.62Swiss Chard is a good choice for the beginner or busy gardener, it will give you tasty spinach type leaves for up to 12 months from a single sowing. 'Canary Yellow' has an upright growth, they plants can also be used as an ornamental plant. Deliciously succulent, they are worth growing for the colour alone.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Fordhook Giant'
Leaf Beet, Ruby Chard.
Heritage (Britain 1934)€1.50Fordhook Giant may just well be the perfect vegetable. This fine flavoured, bolt resistant variety has been a market leader for years. It produces thick, dark green, crisp, crumbled leaves with a broad white rib on juicy white stalks.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Lucullus'
Leaf Beet, Heritage (Italian 1914)€1.38Swiss Chard 'Lucullus' is a particularly prolific variety which produces wonderful crumpled green leaves with white mid-rib and veins. Particular heat and cold tolerant and very easy to grow, it gives a good source of greens for much of the growing season.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb Red'
Leaf Beet, Ruby Chard.€1.62Out of stock
Swiss Chard is probably the most under appreciated of all vegetables. One of the easiest of all vegetables to grow with a long cropping season, it tolerates poor soil and inattention. With crimson-stemmed leaves, it makes a striking contrast in any salad.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb Red' Organic
Leaf Beet, Ruby chard€2.10Worth growing for the colour alone, Red Chard will give tasty spinach type leaves for up to 12 months from a single sowing. It is a good choice for the beginner or busy gardener. The striking deep green leaves with red veins are a beautiful addition to any garden.
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Chervil 'Fijne Krul', Organic
Herb of Joy, Gourmet's Parsley.€2.10Take a walk on the mild side with delicate, subtle, elegant Chervil. 'Fijne Krul', or 'Fine Curled' Chervil has been cultivated in France for centuries, known as Cerfeuil it is swirled, whisked and folded into classic French dishes, but it's much too good to leave to the other side of the Channel. Organic Seed.
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Chervil Curled
Herb of Joy, Gourmet's Parsley.€1.50Chervil is an herb for the connoisseur of fine flavours and fragrances, and as you might expect from its refined appearance, chervil tastes mild and subtle, a little like parsley, but with a sophisticated yet gentle, aniseedy warmth. It is one of the French fab four of flavour in a fines herbes.
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Chervil, Plain Leaf 'Massa'
Brusseler Winter€1.50Chervil 'Massa' has a sophisticated yet gentle, aniseedy warmth. It is a dark green selection with smooth leaves and good plant vigour, it has better cold tolerance than standard Chervil and is used for autumn sowings, it also bolts much later.
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Chicory, Belgian Endive 'Brussels Witloof'
Perle du Nord.
Heritage (Belgium 18th C.)€1.74Famous for the forced, blanched heads or ‘chichons’ that are loved by gourmets Chicory 'Brussels Witloof' is the traditional finely-textured variety used for forcing. With a delicious, tangy, unique flavour, it is very easy to grow and produces one of the finest tasting winter vegetables.
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Chicory, Radicchio 'Palla Rossa 3'
Chicory / Radicchio€1.50 As low as: €1.20Italian Chicory, or Radicchio 'Palla Rosso' from Chioggia in Italy is a reliable radicchio that forms a gorgeous, firm, round, dark-red and white head which appears like a jewel when you pull aside the tattered clump of outside green leaves.
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Chicory, Radicchio 'Palla Rossa 3' Organic
Chicory / Radicchio€1.98'Palla Rossa 3' from Chioggia in Italy, is known for its compactness, size and flavour. A very reliable radicchio, it is fairly easy to grow in that it consistently forms nice heads, yet can also be forced. It has probably the greatest colour contrast of the red radicchios.
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Chicory, Radicchio 'Rossa di Treviso'
Chicory / Radicchio, Early variety.
Heritage (Italian 18th C.)€1.74Out of stock
The classic tall Italian radicchio. Upright with red and white striped leaves with large pure white stems. Highly prized, this flavoursome early variety is grown in the Treviso area in winter and is eaten, root and all, simply pan fried or grilled. It has high resistance to cold.
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Chicory, Radicchio 'Variegata di Castelfranco'
Chicory / Radicchio, Late variety.
Heritage (Italian 18th C.)€1.74‘Variegata di Castelfranco’ has a beautiful form with wavy leaves that are flecked with purple. It is one of the hardiest and easiest to grow at any time in the year. Traditionally sown in mid to late summer, the harvest begins in December and lasts well into winter.