Root Brassicas
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Kohl Rabi 'Azure Star' Organic
Purple Kohlrabi€2.70
‘Azure Star’ is a highly regarded purple kohlrabi from Europe, considered to be one of the finest. It is the earliest blue-leaved, purple Kohlrabi and is also the most delicious. Raw or cooked, it is superb eating, Azure Star sets a new standard for excellence. Organic Seed. -
Kohl Rabi 'Noriko' Organic
White or Green Kohlrabi€2.70 Kohl Rabi 'Noriko' is a pale green skinned variety of Kohl Rabi. This bolt resistant variety produces uniform plants of high quality for May to October production. Logo can be harvested when small for use as a baby vegetable or grated on salads. The leaves are also edible. Organic Seed. -
Kohl Rabi 'Delicacy Purple'
Purple Kohlrabi€1.50'Delicacy Purple' is much improved over the previous Vienna varieties, producing a crop that is slightly more tender and with more flavour, it has good standing ability, is low growing and matures quickly, progressing from sowing to harvesting in a couple of months.
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Kohl Rabi 'Delicacy White'
White or Green Kohlrabi€1.50'Delicacy White' is much improved over the previous Vienna varieties, producing pale green globe shaped roots with a crisp white flesh.Sow from late February to the end of August for a continuous supply. “Delicacy White” is an ideal companion to “Delicacy Purple” as it matures a little earlier.
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Kohl Rabi 'F1 Ballot'
Purple Kohlrabi€2.94Kohl Rabi ‘F1 Ballot’ is an early maturing purple variety. With round shaped stems and good quality, delicate flesh, it is resistant to bolting, stem splitting and lignification. Ballot is an F1 hybrid with good quality, delicate flesh; they are juicy, sweet and crunchy. Time to maturity is typically 75 to 80 days.
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Kohl Rabi 'F1 Korfu'
White or Green Kohlrabi€2.94Kohl Rabi ‘F1 Korfu’ is a light green skinned variety. This versatile hybrid is suitable for both forcing and for year round field production. It can be planted under cover for extra-early harvesting. This slow-bolting, quick maturing variety is highly resistant to stem splitting, lignification and over-enlargement.
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Swede 'Brora'
Purple Top Rutabaga, Tumshie, Neep, Snadgies€1.50Out of stock
Swede Brora is a popular super sweet variety with attractive reddish-purple shiny skin and cream base. It has fine grained, well-flavoured, creamy yellow flesh, free from any bitterness. It has outstanding winter hardiness and mildew resistance. RHS AGM -
Swede 'Marian'
Purple Top Rutabaga, Tumshie, Neep, Snadgies€1.62Swede Marian is the Swede to buy. Bred in Wales this high yielding variety in NIAB trials has all the plus points. This reliable cropper will produce uniform purple topped, globe shaped roots with yellow flesh, a splendid flavour and fine texture with the bonus of resistance to club root and mildew.
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Swede 'Tweed F1'
Purple Top Rutabaga, Tumshie, Neep, Snadgies€2.82Tweed is the first F1 Swede variety, bred for its uniform, globe shaped roots and vigorous growth. Its fondness for less fertile soil and resistance to club root make it a perfect variety for successful growing at home. Very appealing with purple shoulders and lovely creamy flesh, it is ideal for a late autumn harvest.
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Swede 'Wilhelmsburger'
Green Top Rutabaga, Tumshie, Neep, Snadgies
Heritage (Germany 1935)€1.50 This heirloom variety has been long favoured in the local markets of Germany and Northern Europe. Swede Wilhelmsburger is a “green top”, a variety that is considered to have the best table quality and to be the most refined in terms of taste. RHS AGM -
Swede 'Yellow Friesian' Organic
Purple Top Rutabaga, Tumshie, Neep, Snadgies€1.98 In the past swede has been undervalued but recently this crop is going through a mini revival. The 'Yellow Friesian' swede is suitable for both maincrop and late production, it produces buttery yellow, globe shaped roots with deep purple tops, they have excellent flesh quality and a good sweet taste. Organic Seeds -
Turnip 'Goldana' Organic
Gold Turnip. Heritage (France pre 1888).€2.22Turnip ‘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 'Purple Top Milan'
Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Italy pre 1888).€1.50Purple 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 'Purple Top Milan' Organic
Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Italy pre 1888).€1.98Introduced 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 'Snowball'
Japanese Type. Heritage (Pre 1885)€1.62Recommended 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 'Tokyo Cross F1'
Japanese Turnip€2.16Tokyo Cross is an award-winning high quality turnip. Fast-growing it matures just 35 days and can be harvested anytime during growth, for small to medium size roots. Suitable for growing the garden or in containers, it produces delicious pure white roots with very smooth and sweet flesh. -
€2.34 ‘Primera F1’ is a flat-shaped hybrid turnip, a compact Milan type with a purple top and white base suitable for early protected cropping and maincrop field production. It can be sown successionally from March right through to August. Sow under cloches in early spring and in late summer to extend the cropping season.
