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Golden Marguerite or Golden Chamomile.
In horticulture Cota tinctoria is still widely referred to by its synonym Anthemis tinctoria. This beautiful aromatic, hardy perennial that is fast to flower and often used as a biennial produces masses of golden yellow daisies from June through to September. Historically used for natural dyeing, this is an ideal plant for naturalised and pollinator friendly plantings. Organic Seed. 
Goose Egg, Eggplant
Historically, White Aubergines were some of the first types to be found in cultivation in Asia. Today they are still relatively rare, but they are experiencing a wave of popularity as more chefs and home cooks search for diversity in their produce. Organic Seed.
White Seeded, Stringless Runner Bean
Runner Bean ‘Mergoles’ produces decorative clear white blooms and white beans. This high quality variety sets well in almost all conditions and produces abundant yields of delicious, stringless, fleshy pods, which can be eaten fresh or frozen, or left on the plants to mature and harvest the mature creamy white seeds.
Scarlet Runner Bean
Heirloom (1633)
An improved selection of this well known and much loved variety, Runner Bean ‘Painted Lady’ is well know, as much for its astonishing bicolour, coral red and creamy white blooms as for the superior beans produced. The beans are deliciously thick and meaty with a sweet balanced flavour.
Scarlet Runner Bean
When I was young and idle, I’d dream of a self-refilling pint of cider. Now I’m older I dream of the slightly more realistic horticultural equivalent: beans and plenty of them. Bred for high yields and reliability, ‘Streamline’ gives heavy yields of fantastic tasty pods giving you effortless food for weeks.
Cylinder Beetroot
Popular and productive, beetroot ‘Forono’ forms a uniform, elongated, dark-red root that has a fine, smooth texture with little fibre and maintains its sweetness and tenderness over a long growing season. Awarded the RHS AGM. Organic Seeds.
Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli
If you’re one of those gardeners who like to push the envelope, don’t forget to add purple sprouting broccoli to your overwintering repertoire. ‘F1 Rioja’ is a compact, very productive plant with a bushy habit, which produces very high quality, brightly-coloured spears.
Brussel Sprouts, Button Sprouts.
‘Doric F1’ is a modern variety of Brussels Sprout that produces tight round buttons of fine flavour and texture from November to February. The plants do not grow too tall and are ideal for harvesting as stalks. Just perfect for Christmas. RHS AGM. Organic Seed.
Brussel Sprouts, Button Sprouts.
With a medium to late maturity time, high yield, and good cold tolerance, Brussels Sprouts ‘Igor F1’ will grow close to 3ft tall and produce about 60 to 70 tightly wrapped green sprouts that can be harvested as needed or all at once in late winter after the first frosts. Direct sow seeds outdoors in late spring after last frost.
Brussel Sprouts, Button Sprouts.
Brussels Sprout ‘Neptuno F1’ is an outstanding variety that produces attractive, fresh green sprouts that are firm, smooth and very round. They have excellent taste and can be harvested from early November and throughout December. Organic Seed.
York or Sweetheart Cabbage
Cabbage ‘Cape Horn F1’ is an excellent pointed cabbage variety that produces exemplary heads and begins and ends the cabbage season. Not commonly available, it has been developed for cultivation during spring, summer and early autumn. RHS AGM.
Savoy Cabbage, Winter Savoy
Savoy cabbage ‘Vertus’ produces heads of finely blistered, dark green ruffled leaves that have a sweet, subtle flavour. This mid-late, frost hardy variety produces cabbages that have the ability to withstand even severe cold weather. Sow April to early June, harvest October to February.
Savoy Cabbage, Early Winter Savoy
Savoy cabbage ‘Vertus’ produces heads of finely blistered, dark green ruffled leaves that have a sweet, subtle flavour. This mid-late, frost hardy variety produces cabbages that have the ability to withstand even severe cold weather. Sow April to early June, harvest October to February.
Late Summer to Autumn
‘Flamenco F1’ is a very high quality Cauliflower variety for late summer and autumn production that has exceptional flavour. Productive and uniform the plants have good tolerance to temperature variations. The heavy white domes can be harvested through summer and early autumn. RHS AGM.
Celery Root, Turnip-Rooted or Knob Celery.
Heritage (1871)
Originally from Northern Italy and named for the fair city of Verona, this heirloom celeriac variety produces large white skinned globes with a sweet yet savory flavour and a creamy texture, similar to a potato. Crisp and delicious, and it keeps all winter, once you’ve grown it you’ll realise that ugly is only skin deep.
Pop corn or Popping corn
The whole process of growing Popcorn is much the same as growing Sweet corn. Sown in May to June, when the soil has warmed to harvest in August to September. Popcorn ‘Cinema’ has a high starch content and so its glassy kernels pop very well when heated. Perfect for any party or home movie night. Organic Seed.
Pop corn or Popping corn
‘Plomyk’ is a corn variety that is grown for its dried seeds that are later used to make delicious, home-made popcorn. Usually sown in May to June and harvested August to September. Perfect for home made popcorn at a party or movie night!
All female. Ridge-cucumber
Akito F1 is a popular all female variety of ridge-cucumber which gives high yields of slender bitter-free fruits. Mildew resistant and suitable for growing outdoors or under-cover, it is an excellent choice for those who want the superior taste of a ridge-cucumber but the vigour of a modern hybrid.
Mini Cucumber, Cocktail or Snack. Parthenocarpic variety
Cucumber ‘F1 Iznik’ is a terrific and very popular cocktail cucumber, 12 to 14cm in length. It is seedless, spineless, smooth, dark green, crisp and perfect for fresh snacking. A parthenocarpic variety with compact growth, suitable for container and greenhouse production as well as open-field.
Russian or Siberian Kale, Ragged Jack
Heritage variety (Pre 1885, reintroduced 1977)
One of the tenderest kales available, with a sweeter taste than most traditional varieties, ‘Red Russian’ is delicious raw in salads and excellent used in stir-frying. It will grow to baby leaf in only 25 days, just add to lettuce to make your own mesclun mix. Organic Seeds. 
Pineapple Melon, Sharlyn Melon (Heritage France 1824)
Today Ananas melons are grown for specialty markets and are somewhat rare to find. Extremely juicy, with tropical flavours followed by a faint, caramel-like aftertaste. Well worth growing at home. Sow February to May, harvest July to September.
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.
Very early, Low-growing Shelling pea
Pea ‘Sienna’ is a superstar variety – an excellent hardy, early variety that is well adapted to cool soils and early spring weather, and produces a very fast crop. Very easy shelling, with excellent sweet flavour – open the medium sized, blunt pods and enjoy the first, sweet, plump, green peas of the season!
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.
Low-growing variety
Pea ‘Norli’ is a true French mange tout type pea that produces small, dark green flat pods with good sweet flavour. The pods are entirely stringless and are very heavily produced, perfect for steaming, stir frying, or raw in salads, you will find this little pea absolutely mouth-watering. RHS AGM. 
Medium Hot: 30,000 to 40,000 SHU.
An impressive and rare variety from Austria, chilli ‘Diavoletto’, meaning ‘little devil’, produces fruits are not only visually attractive, but also beautifully spicy. Elongated, fleshy chili fruits ranging in colour from purple to golden brown and finally to deep orange red. Organic Seed. 
Sweet Pepper, Italian Frying Pepper
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. 
Winter Squash, Cinderella Pumpkin
A little earlier and more productive than other similar varieties ‘Gold Dust F1’ produces beautiful dark orange, distinctively ribbed, Cinderella type pumpkins. The plants grow a little more compactly and will do well even in colder regions. Direct sowing once the soil has warmed from May to end of June.
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.
Mooli, Asiatic or Oriental Radish
The Minowase is the finest daikon radish variety for summer to autumn harvest. Sown from mid June to mid July, it can be harvested during cooler weather until the first mild frosts. They store beautifully and excel in stir-fries and roasts, the flesh is tender, buttery, and mild.
ShinRi-Mei, meaning 'Beauty in the Heart.'
The colourful ‘Watermelon Radish’ of historic China. The magic is in their bright-magenta interior which is so sweet, crisp, and delicious. A winter radish, for autumn and winter sowing they will tolerate temperatures down to around minus 3°C.
Baby Leaf Spinach
Spinach ‘Gamma’ is a useful slow-growing and hence bolt-resistant variety that produces small leaves that are smooth, round, dark and slightly savoyed. Sow from April to September for tender leaves right through the summer and into autumn. Organic Seeds.
Japanese kabocha type squash.
‘Sweet Mama F1’ is a superior squash that produces a space-saving, single vine. This award winning variety reliably produces squash with a flattened globe shape, 20cm wide by 10cm tall. They have excellent dark yellow flesh that has a sweet and nutty flavour.
Sweet wormwood, Qing Hao
Artemisia annua, ‘Sweet Annie’ has tall stems with fine bright green, ferny foliage that is sweetly fragrant. This herb has a wide variety of uses but is most often grown for fresh and dried arrangements.
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.
Early variety. Supersweet.
Sweetcorn ‘Tasty Sweet F1’ is a great, early, super sweet and new variety. This extra sweet type produces beautiful golden yellow kernels that have better flavour than regular sweetcorn and has been bred to have improved tolerance to cool weather. Early to ripen and very suitable for northern European gardens.
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 .
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, 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.
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