| This page shows the plants that are only available at our Totnes Market stall (Fridays, March to September), or by making an appointment to visit our nursery in Yealmpton, Devon. Jump to: Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs. |
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Cardoon
Similar to globe artichoke - so flower buds can be eaten. Battered and deep fried stems are traditionally served in New Orleans on St Joseph's day (19th March).
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Cauliflower - Romanesco
Curds have distinctive 'fractal' appearance.
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Chard - Bull's Blood
Attractive edible red salad leaves.
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Cucumber - Melen
All female.
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Florence fennel - Romanesco
Large round bulbs.
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Leeks - Atlanta
High yielding variety, and is frost tolerant.
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Marrow - Tiger cross
Can be picked small as courgettes, or grow to a monster! Resistant to cucumber mosaic.
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Mustard - Giant red salad leaves
Tasty & decorative salad.
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Squash - Blue ballet
Excellently flavoured squash with blue / grey skin and orange flesh.
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Swede - Wilhelmsburger
Yellow roots with firm flesh, stores well.
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Tomato - Ace 55
Dwarf bush variety.
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Tomato - Tumbling tom yellow
Small yellow fruits, excellent for hanging baskets.
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Blackberry - Merton Thornless
Good cropper - not as vigourous as the thorned varieties but this makes it easier to manage.
This plant is not organic.
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Blackcurrant - Ben connan
Early, high yielding variety with large berries. Resistant to mildew and leaf cutter.
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Blueberry - Top hat
Dwarf variety ideal for pot growing. Plump berries.
This plant is not organic.
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Blueberry - Patriot
Early cold hardy variety bearing consistently large berries.
This plant is not organic.
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Blueberry - Gold Traube
Pink flowers give autumn colour. Heavy crops of good flavour.
This plant is not organic.
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Cranberry
Prefers moist soil
This plant is not organic.
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Gooseberry - Martlett
Red dessert gooseberry.
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Gooseberry - Whinhams Industry
Prefers partial shade.
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Gooseberry - Careless
The name says it all.
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Grape - Boskoop Glory
Variety suitable for outdoor growing in sunny spots in Britain. Self fertile and produces purple grapes for eating or wine making.
This plant is not organic.
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Jostaberry
A cross between a blackcurrant and a gooseberry - thornless.
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Loganberry - Thornless
Hybrid cross of blackberry and raspberry. The cone shaped berries are best to eat when they have matured to a burgundy colour.
This plant is not organic.
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Raspberry - Autumn bliss
This easy to manage variety crops in Autumn from its first year.
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Raspberry - Malling Jewel
Excellently flavoured red juicy fruits
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Redcurrant - Red start
Late maturing - gives heavy yields of medium sized berries. Good resistance to mildew.
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Tayberry - Medana
Another cross between blackberry and raspberry but fruits earlier than the loganberry. 'Medana' indicates that this is the only virus free variety to date.
This plant is not organic.
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Whitecurrant - White Versaille
Reliable cropper with large trusses of fruits for early July cropping.
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Clary Sage
Biennial aromatic herb.
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Horse radish
Perennial deeply rooting tall herb - make your own sauce for Sunday lunch.
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Lavender - English
Perennial scented lilac flowers.
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| This page lists plants that aren't available by mail order - only from our Totnes Market stall (Fridays, March to September), or by making an appointment to visit our nursery in Yealmpton, Devon. Jump to: Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs. |
