New 2008

A British bred medium sized red cos type with a shiny burgundy leaf, retaining its colour halfway into the heart, contrasting with a bright green base. Ideal used as 'baby leaf' or as a mature heart, which is slow to bolt and has good mildew resistance.

A prolific cropper from British breeding, 'Badger Cross' produces high yields of easy to see fruit with distinctly marked contrasting stripes of dark and pale green. The bonus of Cucumber Mosaic Virus resistance makes this particularly useful, especially for the organic gardener.

Highly commended by the Royal Horticultural Society. This is a very prolific, vigorous and easily grown marrow. It is excellent eaten lightly cooked, freshly picked or is suitable for winter storage.

A remarkable new F1 hybrid marrow of the Striped Green Bush type but which is earlier, better cropping and more uniform. It also carries resistance to cucumber mosaic virus which can be a real crop spoiler. The attractive fruits can either be cut at 10-15cm (4-6in) as courgettes or left to mature as marrows. Excellent eaten lightly cooked, freshly picked or is suitable for winter storage.

(Greenhouse/Garden) Specially bred to produce large melons out of doors. The fruits can average 3-3.5lb and are tender, juicy and sweet, in fact liberally loaded with luscious flavour. Store in the fridge for at least 1 week longer than standard varieties and they freeze well too. Ideally suited to a warm, sheltered, sunny spot of the garden or greenhouse, frame or polytunnel. Resistant to … click for more

(Greenhouse/Garden)

Melon Edonis is very early to ripen and productive, which is an important factor for the UK summers. The pale orange fleshed fruits weigh in at about 600g (1½lb). This fantastic flavoured fruit has a refreshing, delicate taste. Fusarium resistant.

Grow under glass for the earliest crops.

A new type of spring onion. It does not form bulbs, yet stays white and very straight. Can be harvested pencil-thin or thinner, yet left till it's grown as thick as a mature carrot. Because it has such a long harvesting period, you rarely waste any and unlike normal types there is not the need to be sowing every three weeks for a continuous crop.

A dual purpose Italian variety with a pungent flavour. Best grown as a salad onion with nice, dark green leaves and a shiny, intense red inner core.

Can also be grown as a maincrop, storing bulb onion. When fully mature it shows off its defined red and white inner rings.

Very quick growing salad onions, sow in succession for a continuous crop all spring, summer and autumn.

A dual purpose onion that resists bulbing up enabling it to be pulled for a longer period than regular varieties. Excellent overwintering qualities, can be sown either late August for late May pulling or in spring and summer for summer/autumn crops.

Long pure white slender stems contrast with the dark green, erect leaves of this outstanding spring onion. Excellent heat and downy mildew tolerance. Stands very well, keeping in good condition. Ideal for successional sowing.

New 2008

A maincrop variety with excellent storage capabilities, often staying in good condition until March. Thin necked, straw coloured round bulbs grow to a good size in most soils and have a good disease tolerance.

New 2008

Specially bred for smooth, white skinned and fleshed roots which retain their colour after washing. Conical roots with shallow crowns are of excellent flavour. Ideal used as a maincrop variety for lifting from October and maintaining its quality through to April.

Smooth, almost bleached white-skinned roots with creamy flesh of sweet flavour. With good tolerance against canker, the roots are shallow-crowned and suitable for harvest from September onwards, and have good storage properties.

The world's first hybrid parsnip. Fast maturing, consistent high quality flesh, silky-smooth white skin. Very good canker resistance and 'true' sweet parsnip flavour. Excellent for exhibition.