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Code | Name1 | Name2 | Details | Avail Period | Pic & Info (web) | € HT |
TOM1 | Tomato | Blanche Beauté | Large white tomato with gentle flavour. Full flesh with little seed. | April-June | Blanche Beauté | 1,50 |
TOM2 | Tomato | Brandywine | Very large tomato with the best taste ever. Very fleshy with few pips. The potato leaves are naturally resistant to disease. | April-June | Brandywine | 2,00 |
TOM3 | Tomato | Gardener's Delight | Red cherry tomato, the best tasting. Heavy cropper of bite sized fruits. | April-June | Gardener's Delight | 1,50 |
TOM4 | Tomato | Red Pear | Red cherry tomato, in the shape of a small pear. Good trouble free cropping. | April-June | Red Pear | 1,50 |
TOM5 | Tomato | Yellow Pear | Yellow cherry tomato, in the shape of a small pear. Sweet non-acid flavour. Trouble free. | April-June | Yellow Pear | 1,50 |
TOM6 | Tomato | Sungold F1 | The sweetest cherry tomato ever grown. Very heavy crop of golden fruits. A must. | April-June | Sungold | 2,00 |
TOM7 | Tomato | Beefheart | Large red fruits in the shape of a heart. Very fleshy with few pips. | April-June | Coeur de Boeuf | 1,50 |
TOM8 | Tomato | Cornue des Andes | Long piment shaped red fruits. Totally fleshy with a great taste. | April-June | Cornue des Andes | 2,00 |
TOM9 | Tomato | Matina | The earliest outdoor tomato. Medium sized tomatoes cropping all season long. The potato leaves are naturally resistant to disease. | April-June | Matina | 1,50 |
TOM10 | Tomato | Moneymaker | Popular established English variety that does very well in the French climate. One of the earliest, good tasting medium sized fruits over a very long season. Very productive, ripens even in poor conditions. | April-June | Moneymaker | 1,50 |
TOM11 | Tomato | Monda | Fixed version of one of the first hybrids (Montfavet). Very productive early fruits of medium size. Trouble free salad tomato. | April-June | Monda | 1,50 |
TOM12 | Tomato | Russian Black | Very popular full flavoured firm tomato. Dark brown fruits of medium to large size, to be eaten raw. | April-June | Noire de Crimée | 2,00 |
TOM13 | Tomato | Roma | The reference in Italian peeling tomatoes. The oval form makes it equally good for slicing. Very productive with little need for support. | April-June | Roma | 1,50 |
TOM14 | Tomato | Berner Rose | Very tasty, fleshy pink fruits of medium size. An old variety that has stood the test of time. | April-June | Rose de Berne | 2,00 |
TOM15 | Tomato | Saint Pierre | Traditional large full flavour tomato for all uses. Trouble free and very productive, if there's only space for one plant it's this one. | April-June | St Pierre | 1,50 |
TOM16 | Tomato | Pineapple | Large golden tomato with red stripes. Excellent quality. Fleshy and tasty and sweet. | April-June | Ananas | 2,00 |
TOM17 | Tomato | Orange Queen | Very large sweet and non-acid fruits. Good production and resistant to cracking. | April-June | Orange Queen | 1,50 |
TOM18 | Tomate | Estiva F1 | A professional round firm and resistant to disease and cracking. Copes well in drought situations. Good taste | Avril-Juin | Estiva | 2,00 |
AUB1 | Aubergine | Abrivado F1 | A standard with professionals now available to the public. Sure to produce the long purple fruits in all gardens. | April-June | Abrivado | 2,00 |
AUB2 | Aubergine | Bonica F1 | The sister of Abrivado producing semi round 'italian' deep purple fruits. Equally productive in all situations. | April-June | Bonica | 2,00 |
BAS1 | Basil | Sweet Big Leaved | An all time classic. A must with tomatoes, this big leaved variety is easy to grow both in pot or garden. Produces masses of highly scented leaves - the one for pesto. | April-Aug | Grande Feuille | 2.00 |
BAS2 | Basil | Small Leaved | Fast becoming the most popular - this Italian basil is strong flavoured and very productive. Forms balls of densely packed leaves, very decorative in pots or garden. | April-Aug | Petite Feuille | 2.00 |
BAS3 | Basil | Pepper | Pungent flavoured and very decorative. Tinted with red, these leaves add a kick to salads and sauces. Pots or garden. | April-Aug | Poivrée | 2.00 |
BAS4 | Basil | Purple | The most attractive leaves, with a subtle smell but powerful taste. Plant it in the flowerbed for something different. Pots or garden. | April-Aug | Pourpre | 2.00 |
BAS5 | Basil | Lemon | An Indonesian special with the freshest smelling leaves. Great with fish or added to salads. Pots or garden. | April-Aug | Citron | 2.00 |
BAS6 | Basil | Cinnamon | A mexican/egyptian variety with wonderful sweet smelling leaves. Outstanding with strawberries and melons. Very decorative. Pots or garden. | April-Aug | Cannelle | 2.00 |
BAS7 | Basil | Thai | A must for Thai green curries, this very decorative and full scented basil adds a hint of the exotic to any dish. Pots or garden. Allow to flower to discover its full beauty. | April-Aug | Siam Queen | 2.00 |
CIT1 | Citronnelle | Lemon Grass | The special ingredient in Indonesian cooking. This fast growing grass will easily produce a clump of 1m+. Loves sun and heat. | May-June | Citronnelle de Madagascar | 2.00 |
PER1 | Perilla | Shiso Japanese Parsley Purple |
The most decorative of all herbs, this dark purple beauty tasts great too - cumin with a hint of aniseed. The flowers are used as a sweetener. | April-Aug | Perilla Pourpre | 2.00 |
PER2 | Perilla | Sisho Japanese Parsley Green |
Equally decorative as the purple, the green variety looks much like a stinging nettle with huge leaves (it does not sting). Tastes even more of cumin. Wrap and stuff with rice dishes. | April-Aug | Perilla Vert | 2.00 |
CHU8 | Chinese Cabbage | Pet sai 'Winter Giant' |
A reliable Chinese winter cabbage. The large 'tower' of white stems topped with green leaves. Very resistant to cold. Good storage. Easy digestion. | Sept-Nov | Winter Giant | 1,00 |
CHU9 | Japonese Cabbage | Mizuna | Open hearts of fine-stemmed leaves eaten raw or cooked. Finds itself equally in place amongst the salads. Tolerant of drought and resistant to the cold. | March-Sept | Mizuna | 1,00 |
CHU10 | Chinese Mustard | Osaka | Eaten raw or cooked the mustard taste is a welcome addition to any meal. Pull leaves regularly for continued production. Flowers heads equally used. | March-Sept | Moutard de Chine | 1,00 |
CON1 | Cucumber | Marketmore | An easy to grow medium length outdoor cue. Can be trailed or suspended. No pinching of flowers needed. | April-June | Marketmore | 1,50 |
CON2 | Cucumber | Rollingson's Telegraph | Very long straight cues produced in large quantities. Can be trailed but better performance if suspended. | April-June | Telegraph | 1,50 |
CON3 | Gherkin | Small green of Paris | Heavy producer of fine quality gherkins. Need to be harvested often for best results. For pickling or salad use. | April-June | Petit Vert de Paris | 1,50 |
COR1 | Potimarron | Red Kuri | The best quality gourd by far producing an abundance of dark red fruits. A must for soups. Excellent storage throughout the winter months if kept frost free. | May-June | Potimarron | 1,50 |
COR2 | Courgette | Round (of Nice) | High quality round fruits produced in abundance if cut regularly. Excellent taste. | May-June | Rond de Nice | 1,50 |
COR3 | Courgette | Long (Tempra F1) |
Professional production of high quality 20-25cm long courgettes. Equally good performance at beginning and end of season. Cut regularly. | May-June | Tempra | 1,50 |
EPI1 | Spinach | Everlasting | A perennel variety of spinach producing a constant supply of great tasting leaves. Good tolerance of drought and cold. | March-Sept | Everlasting Spinach | 1,50 |
FRA | Strawberry | Woodland | A variety of cultivated woodland strawberry producing great tasting small fruits from may to sept. | March-Sept | Mignonette | 2,00 |
MEL1 | Melon | Grey of Rennes | Reliable cropper in all situations. An abundance of small but very sweet and tasty fruits. | April-June | Petit Gris de Rennes | 1,50 |
PIM1 | Pepper | Sweet Long Red | Pepper in the form of a chilli but not at all hot. Use same as square but more suited to grilling. | April-June | Corno di toro rouge | 1,50 |
PIM2 | Pepper | Sweet Square Red | Traditional sweet pepper giving a good production of green peppers which turn red when ripe. | April-June | Square Pepper | 1,50 |
PIM3 | Pepper | Cayeene | A nice hot chilli to spice up the dishes. | April-June | Cayeene | 1,50 |