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Beta vulgaris 'Kestrel'

beetroot 'Kestrel'

An attractive perennial grown as an annual vegetable for its edible, round, sweet tasting, crimson red taproots and green-purple, heart shaped leaves

Solanum lycopersicum 'Golden Sweet'

tomato (cherry) 'Golden Sweet'

A cordon (indeterminate) tomato grown as an annual either in an unheated greenhouse or outside. This cultivar produces small, firm, oval fruits in summer and into autumn. The orange-yellow tomatoes are sweet with a good flavour, and with thin skins that have good resistance to splitting

Synonym

Lycopersicon esculentum 'Golden Sweet'

tomato (cherry) 'Golden Sweet'

A cordon (indeterminate) tomato grown as an annual either in an unheated greenhouse or outside. This cultivar produces small, firm, oval fruits in summer and into autumn. The orange-yellow tomatoes are sweet with a good flavour, and with thin skins that have good resistance to splitting

Spinacia oleracea 'Renegade'

spinach 'Renegade'

A variety of spinach, a leafy biennial harvested in its first year. It is a vigorous grower with heavy yields of rounded, smooth, medium- to thin-textured, mid-green leaves.

Pisum sativum 'Shiraz'

pea 'Shiraz'

A climbing annual reaching 1m. It has green leaves, pretty pink and purple flowers and flat purple pods. Good resistence to powdery and downy mildews.

Phaseolus vulgaris 'Borlotto'

bean (climbing French) 'Borlotto'

A type of French bean which can be eaten as fresh pods while the beans are still tiny, but is more often grown to produce mature beans for drying. The decorative, flat pods are green mottled with dark pink, maturing to cream and dark pink. The mature beans are cream with dark red markings

Solanum tuberosum 'Stemster'

potato 'Stemster'

A bushy perennial grown as an annual vegetable for its edible tubers. A high-yielding maincrop potato with pinkish-red skin and pale yellow flesh. Tubers are large and store well. A good choice for drier soils and suitable for boiling, mashing, baking and roasting

Brassica oleracea (Capitata Group) 'Caraflex'

cabbage 'Caraflex'

A pointed cabbage variety that is quick to mature with a slightly larger head and good standing ability, which can be harvested up to October

Solanum aethiopicum

Ethiopian eggplant

A shrub, forming a woody framework with age, suited to being grown as an annual in the UK. White flowers in summer are followed by fruits that are variable in size and colour, generally resembling tomatoes. Fruits are often cooked and used in similar ways to tomatoes or aubergines

Brassica oleracea (Gongylodes Group) 'Quickstar'

kohlrabi 'Quickstar'

A hardy biennial grown as an annual vegetable. A globe-shaped kohl-rabi, forming slightly flattened bulbs with pale green skin and white flesh. Retains a mild, sweet flavour, even in larger bulbs

Phaseolus vulgaris 'Fasold'

climbing French bean 'Fasold'

A short climbing bean with green leaves and mauve flowers producing an early crop of green fruit with black beans inside

Phaseolus vulgaris 'Selma Zebre'

bean (climbing French} 'Selma Zebra'

A climbing bean with green leaves and white flowers producing an early crop of marbled mauve and green fruit

Beta vulgaris 'Bull's Blood'

beetroot 'Bull's Blood'

An attractive annual vegetable grown for its edible, crimson-red taproots and dense rosettes of glossy, edible, dark purple-red leaves. A striking variety for the kitchen garden or vegetable patch and an excellent culinary choice

Beta vulgaris 'Alto'

beetroot 'Alto'

A beetroot variety producing sweet, red cylindrical roots that stand proud of the soil. The leaf stalks are ruby red and the leaves are pink-veined. Easy to grow and prepare

Daucus carota 'Flyaway'

carrot 'Flyaway'

A biennial grown as an annual, producing bright green, feathery foliage and sweet, smooth-skinned, blunt-ended, orange carrots up to 15cm long

Solanum melongena 'Pingtung Long'

aubergine 'Pingtung Long'

A cultivar of aubergine, a tropical perennial grown as an annual, with grey-green, downy foliage. Pale purple flowers are followed by long, slender purple fruit from late summer into autumn

Cucurbita pepo 'Sunburst'

squash 'Sunburst'

A beautiful patty pan Summer squash variety with a bright yellow, glossy skin and tender, nutty flavour flesh. When cooking, steam to retain the buttery, melt in the mouth texture

Solanum lycopersicum 'Roma'

tomato 'Roma'

A plum tomato with a lax habit, can be grown as a bush or cordon. Heavy crops of red plum tomatoes that are great for sauces and cooking.

Cucurbita maxima 'Queensland Blue'

squash 'Queensland Blue'

An annual which scrambles along the ground and over low shrubs, reaching 3+m if unchecked. It has large green palmate leaves and yellow flowers. These develop into a large blue-green deeply-ridged fruits with light orange flesh. They can be stored in the cool and dark over the winter

Beta vulgaris 'Action'

beetroot 'Action'

A superb baby beet variety producing uniform, round, deep red roots that have an excellent sweet flavour when harvested young but can be left to mature. It is perfect for growing in small spaces, as well as in containers on a patio. Harvest between June and October