A 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.
Until 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.
Leek 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.
‘Hollow Crown’ is one of the oldest varieties of parsnip, with probably still the best flavour of all, with a depth and richness unmatched by most other varieties. It has been grown since at least the 1850’s and is still very popular among gardeners in the know.
‘F1 Autumn Crown’ is a new butternut crossed with a Winter squash, Crown Prince F1, which produces the shape of one parent and the buff colour of the other. More importantly, it has inherited early ripening from Crown Prince, setting fruits at least a month before the previously available fastest butternuts.
Tomato ‘F1 Sungold’ is often referred to as the ultimate tomato. Even today any taste comparison of different tomato varieties will always have Sungold on top. You won’t see these on supermarket shelves as their delicate skin makes them too difficult to transport and store. The perfect crop for growing your own!
Recommended by the N.I.A.B ‘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.
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.
‘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.
‘Black Magic’ is an improved Italian Black Kale, 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.
Simply 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!
With outstanding quality and excellent keeping qualities, Ailsa Craig Prizewinner is much loved by both home gardeners and exhibitors producing weighty onions perfect for the kitchen or show bench. A heritage variety and great all-rounder, Ailsa Craig still takes some beating.
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.Imagine, You’re reading the paper and suddenly your eye is drawn to a picture of this giant orange thing about the size of a truck with a guy half its size standing next to it grinning like a lunatic. “I’d like to grow one of those,” you think.
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.
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.
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.
Tomato ‘Auriga’ is an orange fruited ‘shirley’ type, with medium sized fruits and an excellent flavour. It is a high yielding medium- early ripening, burst-resistant tomato. Extremely sweet and juicy. If you let them mature on for a little longer, the flavour of the fruit changes to a distinctive Melon taste. Organic Seeds 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
Originally from France, Tomato ‘Clementine’ produces small, uniform, oval-round, golden fruits. An excellent variety for indoor production. Well balanced, with a polite, open habit, the plants be grown at close quarters. High yields of small, uniform, orange fruits with an excellent, sweet-tart flavour. Organic Seeds
‘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
Tomato ‘Sambucca’ is a semi-determinant cocktail tomato variety that is suitable for pot cultivation. An excellent variety for indoor production, and a good early producer that is ideal for a short summer season. Organic Seeds
Cherry Tomato ‘Sugar Grape’ is very vigorous variety that produces large trusses of sweet flavoured fruits. This is an excellent variety for indoor production, and a good early producer that is ideal for a short summer season. Organic Seeds 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.
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