Heritage Varieties
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Broccoli 'Italian Green Sprouting'
Green Sprouting Broccoli
Heritage (1918)€1.95This lovely, old fashioned Broccoli variety is a very disease resistant, very hardy and very prolific producer of large dark green heads. Italian Green Sprouting Broccoli is very easy to grow and will produce a number of good-size side shoots once the initial head is harvested.
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Broccoli raab, Rapini, Cima di Rapa
Broccoli rabe Sessantina
Heritage (Italian 1930's)€1.95Flourishing famously in Mediterranean and Chinese cultures, elsewhere Raab is still a bit of a curiosity. Easy and fast growing, it can be useful as it comes ready when ordinary broccoli isn't available, but this isn't just a replacement for broccoli, it is a great vegetable in its own right.
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Broccoli, Purple Sprouting 'Rioja F1' Organic
Purple Sprouting Broccoli€3.50Out of stock
Bred for its prowess at overwintering, Purple Sprouting Broccoli ‘Rioja F1’ is a compact, very productive plant with a bushy habit, which produces very high quality, brightly-coloured spears. It will give an early spring crop from mid-February if transplanted in July and August. Organic Seed. -
Broccoli, Purple Sprouting 'Santee F1' Organic
Purple Sprouting Broccoli€3.50 Purple Sprouting Broccoli ‘Santee F1’ is an overwintering type suitable for late autumn crops in most regions and winter crops in mild areas. It does not require exposure to cold as some of the later varieties do and consequently it will crop in the same year it is planted. Organic Seed. -
Cabbage 'Cape Horn F1'
York or Sweetheart Cabbage€3.55
Cabbage ‘Cape Horn F1’ is an excellent pointed cabbage variety that produces exemplary heads and begins and ends the cabbage season. Not commonly available, it has been developed for cultivation during spring, summer and early autumn. RHS AGM. -
Cabbage 'Caraflex F1'
York or Sweetheart Cabbage€3.55When every little sprout and leaf seemingly has its 15 minutes in the spotlight, the possibility that cabbage is being recognised for its deliciousness, instead of its health benefits or affordability, is unexpected, to say the least. Exceptionally sweet and tender. Cabbage ‘Caraflex F1’ is unique. RHS AGM. -
Cabbage 'Caraflex F1' Organic
York or Sweetheart Cabbage€3.95
When every little sprout and leaf seemingly has its 15 minutes in the spotlight, the possibility that cabbage is being recognised for its deliciousness, instead of its health benefits or affordability, is unexpected, to say the least. Exceptionally sweet and tender. Cabbage ‘Caraflex F1’ is unique. RHS AGM. Organic Seed. -
Cabbage 'Cuor di Bue Grosso'
Early Autumn. Sweetheart Cabbage ‘Ox Heart’
Heritage (Italian)Regular Price: €1.75
Special Price €0.95
Not all cabbages have the round shape that we usually find on the market. Cuor di Bue Grosso, literally translated means ‘Large Heart of the Ox’, a cultivar with a beautiful conical shape, large, firm, pointed hearts and sweet compact heart, and looking at its glorious shape ‘Ox Heart’ is the perfect name for it
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Cabbage 'Filderkraut' Organic
Pointed Headed Cabbage
Heritage (German circa 1700's)€2.75 Cabbage ‘Filderkraut’ it is a medium-late pointed cabbage. The point is coreless, making it very easy to cut fine shreds and it has a smooth and somewhat sweeter taste in comparison to other varieties, making it one of the very best sauerkraut or coleslaw cabbages there is. Organic Seeds. -
Cabbage 'Glory of Enkhuizen'
Autumn / Winter Cabbage
Heritage (Dutch, bred in 1899)€1.75A traditional autumn maturity variety, Cabbage ‘Glory of Enkhuizen’ is an excellent variety that was originally bred in 1899. The medium-large, hard round heads are light green in colour, used in slaws, salads, soups and stir fries, it is a good keeper, ideal for storage, and for kraut.
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Cabbage 'Golden Acre' Organic
Summer Cabbage.
Heritage (Denmark, Pre 1927)€3.45 Golden Acre is an excellent heirloom variety that produces tightly folded, solid,heads of first rate quality and flavour. The compact plants can be grown at 30cm spacings and is ideal for confined areas. Sow early indoors in March or direct sow from April to the end of June. Organic Seeds. -
Cabbage 'Kalibos'
Late Summer to Autumn€2.45Cabbage 'Kalibos' is a pointed cabbage variety with distinctive red leaves. For late summer and autumn cutting. A delicious cabbage that has a high sugar content, making it the perfect variety for shredding raw into salads for superb sweetness, crunch and colour.
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Cabbage 'Kalibos' Organic
Late Summer to Autumn€2.95Out of stock
Cabbage 'Kalibos' is a pointed cabbage variety with distinctive red leaves. For late summer and autumn cutting. A delicious cabbage that has a high sugar content, making it the perfect variety for shredding raw into salads for superb sweetness, crunch and colour. Organic Seeds. -
Cabbage 'Red Drumhead'
Autumn / Winter Cabbage
Heritage (1860's)€1.95Cabbage ‘Red Drumhead’ is a popular deep red heirloom variety which produces densely packed leafy heads with dark red, solid hearts in late summer through to Christmas. This old hardy variety from the 1860s is easy to grow, stores well and is remarkably tasty and sweet.
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Cabbage 'Vertus'
Savoy Cabbage, Winter Savoy€2.45Savoy cabbage ‘Vertus’ produces heads of finely blistered, dark green ruffled leaves that have a sweet, subtle flavour. This mid-late, frost hardy variety produces cabbages that have the ability to withstand even severe cold weather. Sow April to early June, harvest October to February.
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Cabbage 'Vertus' Organic
Savoy Cabbage, Winter Savoy€3.25 Savoy cabbage ‘Vertus’ produces heads of finely blistered, dark green ruffled leaves that have a sweet, subtle flavour. This mid-late, frost hardy variety produces cabbages that have the ability to withstand even severe cold weather. Sow April to early June, harvest October to February. Organic Seeds. -
Carrot 'Berlicum'
Second Early & Maincrop
Heritage (1927)€1.95Famously named after the town in the Netherlands from where it originated, Carrot Berlicum is a long, cylindrical shaped, stump rooted type of carrot, suitable for maincrop production. It has good colour and texture, a high sugar content, fine carrot flavour and a crisp tenderness. -
Carrot 'Chantenay 2 Red Cored'
Maincrop & Successional
Heritage (France mid 1800's)Regular Price: €1.95
Special Price €1.45
Originating from the Chantenay region of France. Carrot 'Chantenay 2' is deservedly well known, a popular small variety of carrot with orange-red flesh and a fine crisp texture. Particularly popular with children because of their sweet crunchiness and small size, one carrot is perfectly designed to fit snugly into the hand of a small child.
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Carrot 'Chantenay 2 Red Cored' Organic
Maincrop & Successional
Heritage (France mid 1800's)€2.45 The Chantenay carrot is an heirloom variety that has not been widely available since the 1960's, but recently, hard working farmers have used modern farming methods to revive this exceptional variety. A premium all purpose variety, with broad shoulders and a blunt tip that is also perfect for container growing. Organic Seeds. -
Carrot 'Heirloom Mixture' Organic
Four Colourful Varieties€2.95With their compelling health benefits and a thumbs-up from taste testers, colourful vareities of carrots have quickly established themselves to be de rigueur for both home growers and market gardeners. This season we are offering a mix of four rare and unusual, heirloom varieties. Organic Seeds. -
Carrot 'Kuroda'
Maincrop & Successional
Heritage (Japan 1950's)€1.95Carrot ‘Kuroda’ is a refined Chantenay strain that is widely adaptable, suitable for growth almost everywhere. Producing high quality, uniform roots of great flavour, it is highly tolerant to heat and thrives in even the poorest of soils, use as a main crop for enormous yields that mature late in the season, Kuroda keeps well in cold storage and is an awesome juicer.
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Carrot 'Nantes 2'
Second Early & Maincrop
Heritage (1927)€2.25Early Nantes 2 An excellent variety for early and successional crops producing uniform blunt-ended cylindrical roots. With good carrot fly resistance, it matures in 110 days in a warm climate and reaches an average size of 15cm. Ideal for freezing. Sow February to August, harvest in June to October .
Carrot 'Nantes 2' Organic
Second Early & Maincrop
Heritage (1927)€2.65 Originating from Nantes in France, Nantes 2 is an excellent variety for early and successional crops producing uniform blunt-ended cylindrical roots. With good carrot fly resistance, it is virtually coreless with a tender texture and sweet flavour. 
Cauliflower 'All Year Round'
Successional vareity. Heritage (English)€1.75It is very uplifting to go to the garden on a cold December day to harvest a perfect, intricately woven, beautiful white head of cauliflower. “All Year Round” produces good quality white heads and is an excellent all-purpose variety for successional sowing.
