Exhibition Varieties
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Lettuce 'Parris Island'
Romaine or Cos
Heritage (USA 1950)€2.00
Parris Island produces an upright head of strong leaves with a distinctive crisp white midrib. Heat tolerant with fair bolt resistance, you can grow successive crops in spring and autumn and in mild coastal areas it can be grown year-round. -
Lettuce 'Cocarde', Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce€2.95
Lettuce Cocarde is a beautiful oak leaf type lettuce. Very adaptable, it can be grown in most climates and seasons and can be picked as required. The smooth deeply lobed, red leaves have a sweet taste and delicate melt-in-your-mouth texture. RHS AGM -
Leek 'Winter Giant 3'
Autumn / Winter Leek.€1.95Leek Winter Giant 3 is an extremely hardy leek, it will put up with blistering gales and frost without a pause. Harvest from October to March. The solid, long white stems are exhibition quality with an outstanding flavour.
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Leek 'Lancelot' Organic
Autumn / Winter Leek€2.45Out of stock
Leek 'Lancelot' is a popular, very high-yielding autumn leek variety that produces 30cm long, white stems and dark, blue-green, upright foliage. It is an outstanding variety for autumn and winter cultivation, the plants are extra hardy being resistant to cold down to minus 10°C (14°F). Organic seeds. -
Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Nero de Toscana' Organic
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€2.95Simply adored, especially in the north of Italy, Cavolo Nero is an extremely cold hardy kale that will tolerate conditions that would make most brassicas keel over. Thank heavens we have finally managed to locate Organic Seeds! -
Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Nero de Toscana'
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€1.75Until recently Cavolo Nero, or 'Tuscan Kale', was one of Italy's best kept secrets. Simply adored, especially in the north of Italy, it has been an essential fare of traditional dishes for centuries. Cavolo Nero can now be found in garden markets, specialist greengrocers and trendy restaurants throughout Europe.
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Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Black Magic'
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€3.25Kale 'Black Magic' is an improved Italian Black Kale, bred to be more tender with better flavour. The winter hardy plants more cold tolerant, vigorous and slower-to-bolt than other Italian kales. They form an easy-to-harvest rosette of very dark, savoyed leaves with a flavour that is rich and mild.
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Chard, Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb Red'
Leaf Beet, Ruby Chard.€2.00Swiss 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. -
Cabbage 'Brunswick'
Autumn to Winter Cabbage.€1.75Cabbage Brunswick is a fine flavoured, popular old variety. Cold hardy and drought tolerant It can be sown early and grown to huge proportions but is more usually sown in March to May for harvesting August to October. Used in soups or stews, made into sauerkraut or coleslaw.
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Broccoli, Calabrese, 'Ironman F1'
Green Broccoli, Heading Broccoli€2.70A vast improvement on the older varieties. Calabrese Ironman F1 possesses the usual advantages of a hybrid - vigorous habit with excellent uniformity and high yields of larger than normal heads. Producing excellent quality, uniform dense heads and a very good dome shape. Harvest late June to November.
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Beetroot 'Pablo F1'
Baby Beetroot, Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf.€2.75It is not without reason that Pablo F1 is a winner of the RHS AGM. These exceptionally uniform, smooth skinned, perfectly round beets have a wonderfully attractive rich red colouration and excellent skin quality. A great choice for baby beetroot or it can be left to mature.
