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No. of Varieties: 157
White Bulbing, Exhibition Onion.
Heritage (English 1887)

Often called ‘Ailsa Craig Prizewinner’, this is a popular exhibition variety onion. A reliable favourite that produces large, globe-shaped onion with golden, straw coloured skin pure white flesh with a mild flavour. Much loved by both home gardeners and exhibitors producing weighty onions perfect for the kitchen or show bench. Organic Seed.
Maincrop, Red Onion
Heritage (Italian 1500's)

Italy boasts many varieties of onion, but perhaps the most famous is Cipolla di Tropea. It can be sown in either autumn, September to October or in spring, late February to early April. The shape of its bulbs, the deep purple colour, its extraordinary sweetness, and its refined taste, make it one of the most interesting products in the entire Italian agriculture.

Maincrop, Continental Red Onion
Rossa Lunga di Firenze, Heritage (Italian 1800's)
A splendid carmine-red onion Long de Florence Simane is an old continental variety that is very popular in Europe. Elongated in shape, this maincrop variety can be picked still small and used raw sliced into salads or grown to maturity, they can be baked or roasted on skewers to retain their unusual ‘bottle’ shape.
The Large Red/Bronze Onion of Amposta
Heritage (Spanish 1800's)

‘Morada de Amposta’ is a large sweet onion named after the small Spanish town of Amposta. A heritage variety that produces attractive red-bronze onions, not too hot, with a pleasant, exceptional sweetness typical of Spanish onions.

Red Bulbing Onion
Heritage (USA 1850's)

Well adapted and very widely planted. ‘Red Creole’ is a medium maturing, open-pollinated short day red onion. It has a clear, spicy-sweet flavour of medium heat and develops a sweet, mellow flavour when caramelised. Drought tolerant, disease resistant and especially hardy, it is considered by many to be the ideal onion.

Maincrop, White Bulbing Onion
Onion ‘Rijnsburger’ is an excellent Dutch variety with uniform sized, large globe-shaped bulbs with thin necks. They have a beautiful firm straw coloured skin, pure white flesh and a good flavour. As a standard maincrop it offers excellent quality, high yields and a very good storage life. Organic Seeds
White or Yellow Bulbing Onion
This well-known heirloom variety is traditionally the most popular variety for the home gardener. Loved by Chefs, Onion ‘Stuttgart’ bulbs are large and beautifully round with a slightly flattened shape, the skins dry to a vibrant golden-bronze colour. Organic Seed.
Ezetha's Krombeks Purple Podded Pea
Capucijners. Heritage (Europe 15th C)

‘Blauwschokker’ produces an abundance of red and violet flowers, followed by gorgeous deep purple pods. Dual purpose, delicious when harvested young as mangetout or can be left to mature to shell the bright green peas.

Ezetha's Krombeks Purple Podded Pea
Capucijners. Heritage (Europe 15th C)

‘Blauwschokker’ produces an abundance of red and violet flowers, followed by gorgeous deep purple pods. Dual purpose, delicious when harvested young as mangetout or can be left to mature to shell the bright green peas. Organic Seeds.

Very Hot: 100,000 to 350,000 SHU. Heritage

The ‘Scotch Bonnet’ was the first Caribbean Hot Pepper to be known by a specific name in the export market. Most commonly found in hot Caribbean dishes, use sparingly, fresh or dried to recipes. Also great for pickling, garnishes, sauces and jerk rubs, it develops a rich, multi-sided, tropical-fruity flavour.

Bell Pepper
Heritage (USA, Introduced 1928)

Californian Wonder is the widely adapted standard variety, a favorite with gardeners and for commercial production. It consistently produces large yields of blocky, four-lobed thick-walled fruit that is mild and sweet, tender and flavourful. Perfect for salads, to stir-fries, grilling or stuffing.

‘Horn of the Bull’. Heritage (Italian)
Corno di Toro Giallo peppers have thin skin and thick walls and ripen to a golden-yellow. With a sweet, crisp, full-bodied flavour they are so popular that they have spawned an almost fanatical following.
‘Horn of the Bull’. Heritage (Italian)
With a sweet, crisp, full-bodied flavour and a full, tapered shape, the gorgeous deep crimson sweet pepper ‘Horn of the Bull’ grow up to 25cm long. These uncommon peppers are a traditional favorite of Italy. Suitable for the greenhouse or outdoors.
Mild: 500 to 1,000 SHU.
Italian Frying Pepper. Heritage

Think of the Cubanelle like a sweeter, more flavourful bell pepper, and you’ll understand why these peppers are so popular. While stuffing is a possibility, fried with a little olive oil, the Cubanelles mild sweet taste really comes to life. It is perhaps best thought of as providing ‘taste’ rather than ‘heat’.

Bell Pepper
Heritage (USA, Introduced 1928)

‘Golden Californian Wonder’ is the widely adapted standard variety, a favorite with gardeners and widely used for commercial production. The plant does well in both cool and warm weather. It consistently produces large yields of blocky, four-lobed thick-walled fruit that is mild and sweet, tender and flavourful.

Tomato pepper (European Heirloom C1900's)
Beautifully shiny, red and tomato-shaped, Sweet Pepper ‘Runa’ produces a large harvest of flat-round fruits, use as you would a regular sweet pepper. Their unusual shape make them visually appealing. Suitable for outdoor and greenhouse cultivation the plants grow 60cm tall. Organic Seed.
Fairy Tale Pumpkin, Winter Squash,
Heritage (French 1800's)

Looking exactly like fairy tale pumpkins in children’s storybooks, Musquée de Provence is a gorgeous French pumpkin that is one of the only pumpkins that is eaten raw. Sweet with a light crunch and typical nutty taste, the very fine-grained flesh is considered by many to be superior to any other.

Winter Squash, Halloween Pumpkin. Heirloom (1966)

If you have always wanted your very own pumpkin patch then Pumpkin ‘Spooky’ is a great place to start. It is quite simply, the most perfect all-purpose pumpkin. Bright orange, smooth-skinned and globe shaped. The perfect size for use in the kitchen and terrific for Halloween carving.

Heritage variety (Introduced before 1885)
French Breakfast 3 is a solid, sweet, cylindrical shaped radish that sports crimson shoulders and a white tip. Quick-growing with crisp, tender roots and a sweet mild flavour. Suitable for planting from spring through to autumn even on the smallest city lot.
Heritage variety (Introduced before 1885)
French 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.
Heritage variety. (European)
Radish ‘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.
Heritage variety (Germany 1800's)

Radish ‘Ostergruss Rosa’ is a traditional German heirloom, grown almost year-round. Sweet and mild with a satisfying crunch, it is well-suited to open-field or greenhouse production through winter. Easy to bundle, it also stores well.

Spinach. Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf

Spinach ‘Matador’ is a reliable all-year-round variety that is beloved by many a gardener. This heritage variety can be sown in succession for fresh leaves throughout the season and is suitable for baby-leaf production. It provides a generous haul of leaves with a mild, sweet flavour.

Black Futsu Winter Squash,
Heritage (Japan 1800's)

Blocky, deeply ribbed and extremely bumpy, for most of the season Squash ‘Futtsu Black Early’ are a gorgeous dark green to charcoal black, but in autumn they mature to a grey-bloomed dusty orange. With orange flesh and a flavour crossed between a pumpkin and a chestnut — sweet, buttery, and slightly nutty.

Japanese kabocha-type squash, Green Hokkaido
Heirloom (Japan 1500's)
Squash ‘Groene Hokkaido’ also known as ‘Green Kabocha’ is a traditional open pollinated Japanese kabocha-type squash that has globe-shaped fruit with lovely dark green skin. This beautiful sweet, versatile squash with dark yellow to orange flesh, thick, firm and fine-grained. It is sweet with a delicate taste of chestnut.
Winter Squash, Zucca Barucca, Zucca Santa
Heritage (Italian 1600's)

Looking exactly like fairy tale pumpkins in children’s storybooks, Musquée de Provence is a gorgeous French pumpkin that is one of the only pumpkins that is eaten raw. Sweet with a light crunch and typical nutty taste, the very fine-grained flesh is considered by many to be superior to any other.

Turks or French Turban, Winter Squash
Heirloom (French 1820's)

A 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.

Alpine Strawberry

This 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!

Golden Swede
Heritage (Germany 1935)

Considered to be the most refined in terms of taste, Swede, ‘Wilhelmsburger’ boasts creamy yellow flesh and a mild, sweet flavour. It is prized for its resistance to bolting and for its ability to withstand frosts, a testament to the importance of traditional, well-bred crops. Organic Seeds

Midseason. Heirloom (1902)
The heirloom sweet corn variety ’Golden Bantam’ has been known since 1902. It reliably produces delicious sweet and tender cobs that typically have 16 to 18 rows of medium sized, golden yellow grains. Organic Seed.
Large salad / small beefsteak.
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)

Those who love colourful bright coloured tomatoes will definitely like Tomato ‘Arancia’. A full orange-yellow beef tomato with a remarkably sweet taste, this is a commercial variety with Polish origins, famously cold, drought and disease resistant and reliably bears fruit steadily throughout the season .

Early Beefsteak. Heritage (Swiss)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)

Tomato ‘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

Mid-early, Cherry Tomato. Heritage (Italian)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)

Tomato ‘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.

Salad Tomato, Heritage (Germany 1886)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)

Producing golden-yellow fruit, with a thin skin and a mild, sweet and aromatic taste. This heirloom variety ripens early and has moderate burst-resistance. Tomato ‘Goldene Königin’ produces round 6 to 8cm fruit with a weight of about 90 grams. It is a great salad tomato variety that will not disappoint.

Salad Tomato, Heritage (Germany 1886)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)
With a slight acid content and mild but aromatic taste, Tomato ‘Goldene Königin’ is a great salad tomato variety that will not disappoint. Also known as Golden Queen, this beautiful heirloom bears fruit very abundantly. Organic Seed.
Salad Tomato, Heirloom Cross (USA),
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)

The gorgeous, tangy ‘Green Zebra’ was first introduced in 1983. Since then these beautiful chartreuse fruits have been the centre piece of salads at many top restaurants worldwide and it has become one of the most recognised tomatoes in the Heirloom trade. Rich tasting, sweet but with a tangy taste.

Early Salad Tomato. Heritage (Austria)
Semi-Bush (Semi-Determinate)

‘Kremser Perle’ is the most famous heirloom Austrian salad tomato, recognised for being very robust, disease resistant and weather-tolerant, it reliably bears abundant firm, aromatic red fruits. Eminently suited for cultivation in cooler climes under glass or outdoors. Organic Seeds

Salad Tomato, Heritage (French)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)

Tomato ‘St Pierre’ has been named after the French island off the southern coast of Newfoundland which explains this tomatoes cold hardiness. Reliable and disease resistant it produces superior quality, full flavoured fruits. Often the first standard tomato to fruit and will continue right up until the first frost of the season.

Salad Tomato, Heritage (French)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)
Tomato Marmande is a French heritage variety, the favourite large-fruited tomato of Provence famous throughout Europe. It is a classic beefsteak tomato with meaty fruit that has a superb flavour. Perfect for both salads and for cooking. Organic Seed.
Beefsteak Tomato. Heritage (French)
Semi-Bush (Semi-Determinate).
Tomato Marmande is a French heritage variety, the favourite large-fruited tomato of Provence famous throughout Europe. It is a classic beefsteak tomato with meaty fruit that has a superb flavour. Perfect for both salads and for cooking. Organic Seed.
Teardrop Tomato, Heritage (USA 1700's)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)

Tomato ‘Yellow Pear’ is a popular pear shaped cocktail tomato, an open-pollinated heirloom variety that produces large indeterminate plants that are very productive, the fruits grow in large luscious clusters. They have a sweet fresh taste and a beautiful yellow colour, perfect for salads or for snacking.

Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Swiss pre 1888).
Introduced 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.
Gold Turnip. Heritage (France pre 1888).

Turnip ‘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.