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No. of Varieties: 49
Eggplant. Heritage (USA 1910)

Black Beauty was introduced about 1910 and has long been popular with home gardeners. An excellent quality variety, early to mature it gives and abundant crop of tasty fruits that are clear of the ground. Sturdy plants produce high yields of glossy, purple-black, pear-shaped fruit.

Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini

Courgette Ambassador F1 is an attractive variety and an outstanding hybrid that gives attractive dark green courgettes over a long period. A popular professionally-grown variety and well known for the home gardener, it is an early fruiting, high yielding courgette which matures in fifty days.

Costata Romanesco

Courgette ‘F1 Gold Rush’ is an extremely beautiful variety with smooth, thin yellow skins and crisp flesh. It is an early, rich cropping courgette with tender flesh and an abundance of bright yellow fruits. The compact plants yield prolifically and are ideal for smaller gardens or pots.

Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini

The Genovese courgette is a popular early variety that is very productive. It produces beautiful, light green cylindrical fruits speckled with grey, with a smooth skin and has an excellent flavour. The plants have an open bush habit which is helpful when harvesting. Sow April until July, harvest June onwards.

Costata Romanesco

Courgette ‘Tondo di Piacenza’ produces spherical, dark green glossy fruits with a firm texture and good flavour. This versatile variety can be cropped at different sizes depending on your preferred recipe. Harvest at golf ball size for eating whole in salads, or slightly larger for slicing into stir fries.

Also marketed as Crystal Apple
Heritage (1894)

Lemon Cucumbers are a very old variety cultivated since in 1894. Each fruit is the size of a small apple, hence it was known as ‘Apple Cucumber’, but as its fruit is a pale yellow in colour it is often called ‘Crystal Lemon’. Very similar to a typical cucumber, with tender pale greenish skin and sweet flesh.

Outdoor, Ridge Cucumber

The original Marketmore was released in 1968, it is now firmly established as one of the ‘Greats’ in the cucumber world, very reliable and disease resistant it produces a large amount of fruit which usually grow to over 20cm in length Perfect for salads and with fresh, crisp and mild flavour.

Outdoor, Ridge Cucumber
Marketmore is a fantastic slicing cucumber. Reliable and productive and resistant to the diseases that can blight so many cucumbers. Pick daily for the most sublime cucumber experience. RHS AGM. Organic Seed.
Indoor or Outdoor Cucumber
Cucumber ‘Tanja’ is a premium European open-pollinated slicing cucumber. With beautiful, long, firm and bitter-free fruits, is it suitable for both greenhouse and open air cultivation in you garden and can be harvested over an unusually long period. Organic Seed.
Heritage variety (English 1897)

Cucumber ‘Telegraph Improved’ is an improved strain of this superb heirloom variety. It is an excellent choice for cool greenhouse or cold frame growing. This reliable variety gives medium-long dark, smooth-skinned fruits with a excellent mild flavour.

Gherkin, Cornichon or Pickling Cucumber
Heritage (French, late 1800's - 'Improved Bourbonne')

Cucumber, ‘Parisian Pickling’ is the ideal cucumber for use in pickling and for eating fresh in salads. The fruits can be harvested while small and young at around 50 days for pickles or left to mature to 67 days for slicing cucumbers. Suitable for indoor and outdoor sowing and ideal for container growing.

Winter Squash, Halloween Pumpkin.

Jack O’ Lantern is a traditional pumpkin, especially bred for carving out Jack O’Lanterns for Halloween. A long established favourite, with medium orange colour and sweet flavoured flesh it makes a superb carving pumpkin and a tasty cooking pumpkin.

'Squashkin' (Butternut x Crown Prince F1)

‘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.

Gem Squash

‘F1 Rolet’ is a Gem type squash, small and round and about the size of a cricket ball, its deep green smooth skin sets it apart from other squashes. Early maturing and high yielding, it is very easy to cook and has a incredible nutty, warm flavour.

Winter, Onion, Hokkaido or Potimarron Squash
Most people initially grow Uchiki Kuri squash because of its similarity to the familiar pumpkin. What they will not have anticipated is finding it a far superior squash to pumpkin. If you believe that they are only fit for Halloween lanterns allow yourself to be converted. Organic Seed.
Winter Squash

‘Waltham’ is an improved version of the common Butternut squash. First bred in the 1960’s they are reliable, productive and a long-keeper. It has very little seed cavity, thicker & straighter necks, fruits earlier, and produces more flesh per fruit.

Eggplant, Heritage (Italian)
Aubergine ‘Bambino’ is an early dwarf variety ideal for growing in pots or small vegetable patches. The plants grow to a height of around 40cm tall with a stocky habit. The purple flowers are followed by multiple small purple cocktail type fruits. Ideal for making skewers, they are delicious baked, roasted or sautéed. 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.
Eggplant

Aubergine ‘F1 Patio Baby’ is a unique, high-yielding, compact variety that reliably produces flavoursome fruits with beautiful glossy skins. Ideal for growing in the greenhouse or on the patio, each plant can produce up to 50 deep purple-black, egg shaped fruit.

Eggplant. Heritage (Italian)

Considered one of the best by gourmets and gardeners alike, Aubergine ‘Rosa Bianca’ is a gorgeous variety with a delicate, mild flavour, creamy consistency. The fruits are produced in abundance, have a meaty flesh and a delicate flavour. They are both lovely to look at and lovely to eat.

Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini
There is a growing interest in the light green courgettes in international markets and Italy has been working hard to meet the demand. Once mainly grown in the south of the country, this courgette has now expanded into new markets. Expect Courgette ‘Alberello’ to produce tasty, green-skinned fruits with beautiful light green flecks. Resistant to a multitude of diseases, reliable and easy to harvest, they will bear fruits in prolific quantities. Organic Seeds
Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini

Courgette ‘Black Beauty’ is a reliable variety that produces fruits with a very dark green skin, giving it its ‘black’ name. It is a compact, open bush and starts bearing zucchini around 45 to 50 days to maturity, and will produce throughout the season. If continuously harvested, they will bear handsome oblong dark green fruits in prolific quantities.

Costata Romanesco

Courgette ‘F1 Atena’ is a heavy cropping, early variety of courgette with tender flesh and an abundance of bright yellow fruits. A semi-compact, non training bush variety, the plants yield prolifically and are ideal for smaller gardens or pots. It produces extremely beautiful fruits with smooth, thin golden-yellow skins and crisp flesh.

Zucchini, Summer Squash, Marrow

Courgette ‘Gold Rush’ is an extremely beautiful variety with smooth, thin yellow skins and crisp flesh. It is an early, rich cropping courgette with tender flesh and an abundance of bright yellow fruits. The compact plants yield prolifically and are ideal for smaller gardens or pots.

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.

Giant Pumpkin, Competition & Exhibition variety

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.

Winter Squash, Minature Pumpkin

‘Baby Boo’ is a charming, all-white, miniature pumpkin that is popularly used for table arrangements for Weddings, for Xmas and for Halloween. They make wonderful Halloween ‘Ghosts’! Sow indoors in pots April to June or sow direct from May to June.

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, Minature Pumpkin

Rated the best miniature pumpkin, ‘Munchkin’ has a bright tangerine-orange colour with deep sutures. The abundant fruits can be used for arrangements and autumn decoration or cooked. Roasted with a drizzle of olive oil, the flesh is reminiscent of sweet chestnut.

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.

Minature Squash

Pumpkin ‘Wee-Bee-Little’ is a lovely little pumpkin that is very endearing. Remarkably miniature and averaging 8 to 9cm (3 to 3½ in) in diameter, Edible and decorative and the perfect size for children to grow. 12 weeks to harvest, each plant produces an average of 9 fruits per plant

Japanese kabocha-type squash, Blue Hokkaido

‘Blue Kuri’ is a traditional open pollinated Japanese squash that has lovely blue-green skin. This beautiful sweet, versatile squash matures in 95 to 110 days to a convenient 15 to 20cm in diameter. Rich, sweet and nutty, the contrast between blue rind and orange flesh looks great on the plate.

Japanese kabocha-type squash

‘Burgess Buttercup’ sets the standard for buttercup squash. It is considered the sweetest of squash and is smaller and faster to mature than many other winter squashes. The dark green fruits feature a distinctive grey button on the blossom end.

Winter Squash

A newer squash to the commercial marketplace, Squash ‘Carnival’ is uniquely flecked with shades of green, gold and yellow; each one is different. The perfect single serving size and ideal for cooking whole, roasted or stuffed, it can be harvested as summer squash or left for autumn. They can also be used to decorate the home in autumn.

Winter Squash

Widely considered to be one of the best flavoured squashes ‘F1 Crown Prince’ has an impressive appearance with steel grey skin and sweet orange flesh. Much prized, very reliable and productive, it is also renowned for its long storage properties.

Japanese kabocha type squash, Aka ‘Ebisu’
Heritage (Japan 1964's)

Adaptable to many growing and soil conditions, Squash ‘Delica F1’ performs best in moderate temperatures. It consistently produces high quality, dark green striped fruit with a bright orange, creamy interior.

Winter Squash, Acorn Squash

Winter Squash ‘F1 Honey Bear’ is a high sugar Acorn type squash. Mini-acorn fruits are just the right size halved for single servings. The compact plants have a semi-bush habit, are early to mature and high yielding. The sweet golden-orange flesh has a flavour that hints of hazelnuts and pepper.

Winter Squash, Butternut
Butternut Squash ‘F1 Hunter’ has been bred in the U.K and specifically developed to give consistent results in our unreliable climate. Easy to grow and maturing up to four weeks earlier than other varieties. Each plant should produce 6 or 7 fruits of around 1kg.
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.

Mini Red, Winter Squash

Squash ‘Turkish Turban’ produces decorative fruits that are brightly colourful and striped. ‘Mini Red Turban’ is a small-sized bicolour variety with red cap and white turban. Perfect for baking or for use as decoration in autumn, the taste is nutty and sweet and reminiscent of hazelnuts.

Winter Squash

‘Spaghetti squash’ is a unique variety whose flesh separates into spaghetti-like strands once cooked. Mild, sweet and nutty it is delicious roasted. Sow May to July and harvest up to first frosts, it is a healthy gluten free alternative to pasta or use instead of rice noodles in Asian-style dishes.

Winter Squash, Patidou

‘Sweet Dumpling’ also known as ‘Patidou’ is a lovely winter squash that is not only decorative but is also excellent tasting. Flat topped and single serving size it is ideal for cooking whole, roasted or stuffed. They store well and can also be used to decorate the home in autumn.

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.

Winter Squash, Acorn Squash

Squash ‘F1 Table Gold’ is a high sugar Acorn type squash that is one of the most productive squash you can grow. Maturing in 85 days, the fruits can be harvested as summer squash or left for autumn. Deliciously sweet and just the right size, to prepare simply remove the seeds and bake.

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.