Heritage Collection

An heirloom from the black sea region of Russia. Dark, deep red, almost a shiny blackish skin colour when ripe, with dark red flesh. Fruits are juicy with a delicious balance of sweetness and acidity. Early ripening as a cordon outdoors, or grow as an indeterminate under glass (needs support and side-shooting).

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Blocky, firm, thick walled shiny yellow fruits up to 200g (7oz) in weight. The central core is easily removed making it one of the best varieties for stuffing. Fruits keep up to 4 weeks in the refrigerator. Excellent for baking, can also be used as a slicing tomato. Grow indoors or outdoors as an indeterminate/cordon.

Blocky, firm, thick walled red fruits with yellow stripes up to 200g (7oz) in weight. The central core is easily removed making it one of the best varieties for stuffing. Fruits keep up to 4 weeks in the refrigerator. Can also be used as a slicing tomato. Grow indoors or outdoors as an indeterminate/cordon.

Medium sized, early ripening fruits about 85g (3oz) in weight of good flavour. Well cropped on a compact bush plant outdoors. No support required. Recommend to grow under a cloche to promote earlier ripening.

Shorter and broader podded than the Longpods, averaging 4 large, dark green beans per pod and amongst the best heritage varieties for flavour. Used to make Brown Windsor soup, also a superb cooked vegetable. Surplus beans will freeze well without discolouring. Slightly later to mature than the Longpods. Height 100cm (40in).

A heritage variety and still one of the best Longpods for flavour. Pods are produced in abundance containing 7 to 8 plump white beans per pod ready to harvest in June. One of the best for freezing, as seeds do not discolour. Height to 120cm (4ft).

A Thompson & Morgan reintroduction from 30 years ago. A real eye-catcher. A decorative plant for the vegetable plot as well as the flower bed. Very early to mature and will continue to set pods profusely throughout the summer. The delicious pods turn an appetising green colour when steamed.

A flatter-rooted beet, growing mainly above the soil surface, with smooth skinned, with a deep red, tender and flavoursome flesh. Excellent and traditionally sown for an earlier crop in frames, but is ideal for sowing in succession outdoors throughout the season. Stores well for use during the winter.

One of the first stringIess, round podded, waxpods, introduced circa. 1900. Quite vigorous plant habit. Golden yellow pods, 12-18cm (5-7in) long. Black seeded, reliable tor earlier sowings and throughout the summer. Height 35-50cm (14-20in).

Vigorous plant and hugely productive over a long period if picked-regularly. Slightly curved, dark green pencil pods of good flavour, stringless when young. Excellent for freezing.

Well known and reliable variety for over 100 years. Compact habit, producing firm, well-flavoured, pointed, tender hearts. Use also for 'spring greens' when sown or planted more closely. Suitable also for spring sowing for summer and autumn cutting.

Compact habit with few waste outer leaves. Firm, conical pale green, tender and flavoursome hearts which stand well through the summer. Can be planted closely so ideal for the smaller garden. Ideal for using raw in salads and coleslaw.

Exclusively launched by T&M back in 1979 as the most crisp and sweet hearted Cos which stood in perfect quality without bolting through the summer. Upright habit with noticeable savoyed/bubbled dark green outer leaves. Good sweetness, use as a sugar Cos when young, or as a fully hearted mature lettuce. Also suited as a 'cut and come again' salading.

Medium to large hearted, bright green leaved, crisp 'iceberg' hearts which stand well without bolting during the hotter summer weather. Cut hearts store well in the refrigerator. Ideal for spring or summer sowing.

A 'Sparkler' type of summer radish producing round, red-skinned roots with a white splash at the root end. Mild, crisp, white flesh which may show some pink tinge, and free from pithiness. Suitable for earlier sowings under glass as well as outdoors. Resists bolting.

A well known and reliable heirloom. Dark green, curved pods containing 8 to 9 succulent sweet, tender peas. Heavy cropping if picked regularly. Long cropping, maincrop maturity. Height 60-70 cm (24-28in).

Reliable winter variety with short, heavy stems. Extremely winter hardy fo Christmas to April harvest. The blue leaves may tinge purple during extremely cold weather. Distinctive bluish leaves make it an attractive dot plant in the flower.

A classic heritage variety producing long, quite broad shouldered, tapering roots with smooth skin and creamy flesh of mild, pleasant flavour. The roots have only a small central core. Good resistance to canker.

A 'Rainbow' mix of vibrant stem and leaf colours maintained as an Australian heirloom. An excellent value crop as the juicy, mild flavoured broad stems (chards), and the leaves (as spinach) can be eaten. Both are best steamed, but as 'baby leaves' the stems and leaves can be added to salads. Decorative vegetable perfect for borders and containers.

Globe shaped, white roots with solid but tender green crown. Best pulled at tennis ball size when the white flesh will be solid but tender. Best sown in July, sowings in August to early September will give smaller roots and a flush of nutritious 'greens'. Excellent in stews and casseroles. Leaves from later sowings steamed as nutritious 'greens'.