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Carrot – Lila Lu (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketCarrot – Lila Lu (Organic)
Lila Lu is a purple carrot on the outside with a vibrant orange interior, sweet and crunchy. This is a modern European breed specifically developed for organic growing conditions. It has a crunchy texture and pleasantly sweet taste, the purple pigmentation is attributed to a higher levels of the potent antioxidant ‘anthocyanin’ alongside the usual beta carotene that orange carrots offer. Carrots have been bred since the 10th century in Asia, whilst we have come to know carrots in their orange standard, their ancestors were yellow and purple, we appear to have come full circle with this ‘new’ variety.
(Approximate seed count – 400)
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Onion – Senshyu (Organic)
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The classic Japanese over-wintering bulb onion best sown in August. This is a real work-horse variety which is ideal for over-wintering, although can be sown in Spring too.
It produces heavy crops of semi-flat bulbs which are ready for harvest in June.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£2.25 -
Chilli MIX – Hungarian Hot Wax with a hint of Basque (Organic)
£1.25 Read moreChilli MIX – Hungarian Hot Wax with a hint of Basque (Organic)
Oops! A little mix-up happened here: a few Basque chilli seeds have sneaked into our Hungarian Hot Wax seed bag. Instead of chucking it all away, we decided to let them bring a bit of a surprise element to your garden. You’ll mostly get the classic, versatile Hungarian Hot Wax peppers – ripening from green over yellow and orange to red with a mild taste and perfect for pickling or grilling – plus a few Basque chilli plants with a spicy twist when eaten raw and quite mild when cooked; traditionally used in French cuisine for drying and powdering. Plant and see what you get!
(Approximate seed count – 22)£1.25 -
Pepper – Pepperoncini (Organic)
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Small sweet pepper variety from Tuscany traditionally used for pickling. An Italian pepper with the occasional hint of spice. Pepperoncini are often pickled in vinegar, made into delicious antipasti or cooked whole, served with classic Italian foods like pizza or pasta dishes.
This variety belongs to the same family as bell peppers and hot tobasco chillies. Pepperoncini is an annual that favours hot, fairly dry summers. Normally harvested when glossy green, the pretty long wrinkly peppers turn red and exquisitely sweet if you leave them on the plant. Perfect for a little snack straight off the plant and a favourite when roasted or barbecued, served with olive oil and flakes of sea salt.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£1.95 -
Tomato – Sunfired Flare (Organic)
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Medium sized beefsteak tomato with dark, almost black colours streaking down into orange and red. This productive indeterminate tomato variety was bred by fellow seed enthusiasts at Wild Mountain Seed in the US. The anthocyanins causing dark purple to black shoulders that stripe down into red and orange make them a real head turner.
They have a deep sweet and slightly acidic flavour. We have enjoyed them with our lunches simply with a bit of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt on toast, yet they make a great tomato sauce too.
(Approximate seed count – 20)
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Ground Cherry – Cossack Pineapple (Organic)
£2.10 Add to basketGround Cherry – Cossack Pineapple (Organic)
Deliciously sweet half-inch diameter fruits on short bushy plants. Cossack Pineapple is a superb variety of ground cherry, very productive plants 12 inches high and 24 inches diameter.
The Pineapple-sweet fruits make a delicious and healthy snack and are especially loved by children. They are naturally high in pectin so are perfectly suited to making jams and preserves.
(Approximate seed count – 25)£2.10 -
Beetroot – Flaming Barrel (Organic)
£2.60 Add to basketBeetroot – Flaming Barrel (Organic)
A new golden beet variety specifically bred for its sweet taste and less earthiness.
Named after the famous festival in Ottery St Mary, Flaming Barrel is our new favourite beet and we are very pleased to be able to offer it in our collection.
The roots are elongated and have a deep yellow/orange colour. When cooked they are deliciously sweet. A must have for the veg patch.
(Approximate seed count – 150)
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Chilli – Basque (Organic)
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A superb early chilli with mild heat which is a cornerstone ingredient in Basque cuisine. If these seeds were produced in French Basque they would called “Piment d’Espellete”. This fantastic variety has P.O.D. status (Protected Designation of Origin) which means that the name can only be used where the variety is produced in the specific region where it is registered. Hence we are referring to this chilli as ‘Basque’ as the seeds were produced in Devon.
The plants are tall and produce an abundance of large conical, deep red fruits about 15 cm long and 3cm wide at the top.
When eaten raw they can be quite hot but once cooked they are very mild. The traditional use of these peppers in Basque is dried and powdered, but we have just eaten them like other chillies and totally love them.
(Approximate seed count – 25)£1.95 -
Lettuce – Moonred (Organic)
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A little gem type lettuce with deep red tops to the leaves graduating to a bright green at the base. Also known as Red Little Gem, this is a stunning variety producing small compact heads which are aesthetically beautiful, deliciously sweet and with the same crunchy freshness of standard little gem.
(Approximate seed count – 250)£1.95 -
Patty Pan – Custard White (Organic)
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Creamy white disc-shaped fruits with a scalloped edge and fine flavour. The plants with a bushy growth habit make delicious flying saucer shaped fruits, 6 – 7 cm in diameter that are classed as summer squash (don’t store for more than 1-2 weeks). The skin of this variety is white and its flesh cream coloured and delicately flavoured. They are best harvested when young, this will encourage the plants to make lots more fruits too.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£2.95 -
Cucumber – Shintokiwa (Organic)
£2.25 Add to basketCucumber – Shintokiwa (Organic)
This cucumber is amazing, a new favourite, prized for an outstanding sweet flavour, delicious juiciness and crisp, crunchy texture.
Known for its vigorous growth and productivity, this variety makes dark green long and slender fruits. They are mostly straight (when trellised) and uniform with an occasional curve. It is the flavour that is so extraordinary sweet, almost floral and so delicious throughout the season like no other cucumber we’ve tasted. A beautiful crunch and no bitterness even when harvested on the ripe side or towards the end of the season.
Shintokiwa is valued for its disease resistance, a fine choice for the greenhouse as well as outside.
(Approximate seed count – 11)
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Summer Squash – Lemon (Organic)
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A trailing summer squash variety producing an abundance of lemon-sized and shaped fruits. This is a very interesting variety of summer squash which sits somewhere between a patty pan and a courgette. Its flesh is slightly denser than a typical courgette and is extremely tasty. A definite star of the veg patch and will keep on producing until the last frosts.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£2.50
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