| This page shows the plants that you can only buy from us at our nursery in Yealmpton, Devon, or from our stall at markets. 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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Kale - Nero do Toscano
Long strap-like dark leaves to cut and come again.
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Leeks - Atlanta
High yielding variety, and is frost tolerant.
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Lettuce - Mixed
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Mangetout - Norli
Deep green flat pods.
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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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Pea - Karina
Second early / main crop variety. Dark green pods.
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Pea - Meteor
Early variety of compact plant, produces slightly curved pods.
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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 - Gold Traube
Pink flowers give autumn colour. Heavy crops of good flavour.
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 - Top hat
Dwarf variety ideal for pot growing. Plump berries.
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 - Careless
The name says it all.
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Gooseberry - Whinhams Industry
Prefers partial shade.
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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 - Malling Jewel
Excellently flavoured red juicy fruits
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Raspberry - Autumn bliss
This easy to manage variety crops in Autumn from its first year.
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Redcurrant - Red start
Late maturing - gives heavy yields of medium sized berries. Good resistance to mildew.
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Rhubarb - Victoria
Tasty pink-skinned variety.
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Strawberry - Sophie
Late season variety producing high yields.
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Strawberry - Cambridge Favourite
Good all-rounder with good disease resistance
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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 shows the plants that you can only buy from us at our nursery in Yealmpton, Devon, or from our stall at markets. Jump to: Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs. |
