Vegetable Seeds

New for 2008 - Tomato : Country Taste F1 Hybrid.

Indeterminate habit requires support and sideshooting.

Meaty, delicious fruits, which can easily attain weights over 227g (½lb) if trusses are trimmed (trim to allow 3 or 4 fruits to ripen per truss). Early to set and ripen when grown under glass. Excellent for exhibition and competitions - you could grow a record breaker!

New for 2008 - Tomato : Falcorosso - Organic

Delicious, supermarket quality, larger cherry-sized, plum fruits fruits, with up to 20 produced per truss, with many trusses per plant. The ideal greenhouse tomato, showing great resistance to Fusarium, Verticillium Wilt, Cladosporium and Mosaic Virus. Determinate (bushy) habit, early to ripen. Tomatoes are packed with antioxidants and high in Vitamin A and C, and lycopene, all helping to stimulate your body's immune system.
 

New for 2008 - Romaine : Chartwell

The tastiest of all the Romaine lettuces we have ever trialled. Renowned for their crunchy texture and the sweetest flavour. Excellent downy mildew resistance, with good bolting tolerance and heart quality during hotter summer conditions.

Ideal for spring and summer sowings. Suitable for 'cut and come again', baby leaf or mature hearts.

New for 2008 - Courgette : Tristan F1 Hybrid

A 'scratch free' variety with vastly reduced spines on the stems, and a more open plant habit, so allowing for easier harvesting. Produces a heavy crop of dark green, succulent tasty fruits throughout the summer if cut regularly. Prefers well-drained, moist, rich soil in full sun. A good source of vitamins A, C,E and folate.

New for 2008 - Carrot : Créme de Lite F1 Hybrid

Stunning, creamy skinned, tapering roots with creamy, juicy sweet flesh. Delicious raw and full of nutrients and vitamins, but also very tasty as a cooked vegetable. Just lift and wash under the tap, no need to peel. Prefers well-drained, moist, rich, cool conditions. Contains vitamins C, E, K and folate as well as lutein, an antioxidant targeted to the eyes.

New for 2008 - Kale : Scarlet

Highly decorative, dark green, red veined leaves which show more colour as colder weather approaches. Can be eaten as a 'salad leaf'. Mature plants show excellent winter hardiness, supplying fresh winter greens when they can often be scarce. Long season of harvest. Prefers a moist, rich, well-drained soil. Good source of Vitamins A, C, K and folate and provides 50% of the daily requirement in a single 80g portion.

New for 2008 - Kohl Rabi : Kolibri F1 Hybrid.

Attractive, purple-skinned roots with pure white, succulent flesh, best eaten when golf ball size, although the flesh still remains succulent and bitter free when roots are larger. Easy to grow, quick to mature in under 8 weeks from sowing. Plants have a neat, compact growth making them ideal for early sowings under cloches or fleece.Prefers well-drained, moist, rich soil in full sun.

New for 2008 - Onion : Bunching/Spring : Performer

For all the year round production of delicious spring/bunching onions with upright, dark green leaves and mild flavoured stems which do not bulb. You can successionally sow throughout spring and summer, continuing into autumn. Prefers fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. A source of vitamin C and the B vitamins. Their pungent flavour indicates they are full of the polynutrients thought to endow onion.

New for 2008 - Spinach : Medania

Can be grown as a 'baby leaf, or left to mature with thick, succulent stems of white and pale green, plus the unique purple leaf with bright green stems. Quick maturing Oriental vegetable rich in Vitamins A and C, folate, calcium and iron with the added antioxidant benefit of red anthocyanadins in the purple leaf variety.

New for 2008 - Pak Choi Tri-coloured Mix F1 Hybrid

Can be grown as a 'baby leaf, or left to mature with thick, succulent stems of white and pale green, plus the unique purple leaf with bright green stems. Quick maturing Oriental vegetable rich in Vitamins A and C, folate, calcium and iron with the added antioxidant benefit of red anthocyanadins in the purple leaf variety.