Beans and Herbs
       
 
Extra Seed List
Here listed are much-demanded seeds which do not readily fit into our other seed lists. We have not yet been able to find organic varieties of the following seeds. However, none of these seeds have any chemical treatment in the packet. They are untreated seeds and are therefore safe to handle. None are gene-modified.
Growing instructions on packets

ASPARAGUS

Connover's Colossal

Early season asparagus.
£1.25
CELTUCE Grown mainly for the crunchy stem for eating raw or stir fried. Known also as Chinese Asparagus or Stem Lettuce. Four times the vitamin C content of usual lettuce. CELTUCE
£1.25

KALE

Cavolo Nero

 Long-leaved dark green kale. Produces an abundance of curly leaves from the centre of the plant. KALE Cavolo Nero
£1.25

LEEK

Musselburgh

 Superb variety for maincrop. Harvest December to end of March. LEEK Musselburgh
£1.25

MARROW

Long Green Trailing

 Very large dark green fruits, excellent for stuffing.  
£1.25

ONION

Blood Red Redmate

 Salad bunching onion. Very versatile, not only as a salad onion but also as a bulbing type. ONION Bloodred Redmate
£1.25
PARCEL Looks like Parsley but takes like Celery  
£1.25

PARSLEY

Hamburg

 Very hardy. Excellent quality with fine texture and good flavour. Roots and leaves can be used raw or cooked.  
£1.25

PEA - MANGETOUT

Sugar Snap

 Very sweet fat pods for cooking whole. Can also be left to grow on for shelling out like normal peas. Height 1.85m. SUGAR SNAP
£1.25

RADISH

Munchen Bier

Grown for their stringless pods which have a delicious succulent sweet tangy taste, raw or slightly cooked. Roots can also be used from autumn sowings.   
£1.25

SPINACH

Bloomsdale
Heavy yielding summer variety. A mass of dark green leaves. Slow to bolt in hot weather.
 SPINACH Bloomsdale
£1.25
TEXEL GREENS These produce an abundance of 'greens' for salads or stir frying. Highly nutritious. Drought tolerant plants that grow very fast and are suitable for successional sowing. Harvest at 15cm. Crop ready after 6 weeks.  
£1.25
SQUASH - WINTER
Cornells Bush delicata		 Long squash with cream coloured skin with dark green stripes. Sweet taste with nutty flavour. CORNELLS BUSH DELICATA
£1.25
PARSNIP
Imperial Crown		 High quality parsnip with long roots. Maincrop. PARSNIP Tender and True
£1.69
PEA
Douce Provence 		Very early round-seeded pea. Excellent cropper. Can be sown from November to February. Height 45cm.  
£1.50
TOMATO
Mascotka 		Tumbling red cherry tomato suitable for hanging baskets Open pollinated variety.  
£1.40