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Vegetable
Variety
Description
Donated by Jill Campbell, this is a prolific and rampant
climber reaching 3-4m so will need supporting with trellis
or a frame. The small, cucumber-like fruits have a fresh
flavour, a cross between a minty cucumber and a green
pepper. Eat raw or in stir fries when young; when mature
Achocha
Achocha
they have tougher skins so stuff with meat, fish or cheese,
and then bake or make an achocha curry. Can also be
used pickled or as a base for chutney. For more
information, contact us for a copy of the Achocha ‘Variety
Profile’ from Seed News 25.
Name translates as "land of four rivers". This is a long,
thin, Chinese aubergine, originally collected by Joy
Larkcom in Chengdu, Szechuan in 1994. Compact plants
(around 45-60cm) produce 20-25cm long, pointed fruits
Aubergine
Szechuan
that begin porcelain white, turning purple only when direct
sun reaches the skin. They need no salting and are not
bitter, ideal for moussaka, ratatouille and as a dip.
One of a series of innovative breeding lines from the
former National Vegetable Research Station at
Wellesbourne (now Warwick HRI, part of Warwick
University), it remained a stalwart variety amongst
gardeners for many years. An early, prolific, round-rooted
Beetroot
Avon Early
type described by Lawrence Hills in The Vegetable Finder
as "perhaps the fastest growing beet, maturing in about 10
weeks, to about cricket ball size". It cooks and eats well
even in winter.
Bred by Dobbies of Edinburgh in the 19th century this
variety produces attractive red stems and long, tapered
roots weighing up to 1½kg if allowed to grow on. Even at
Beetroot
Dobbie's Purple this tremendous size the roots do not become woody.
Beets have a sweet flavour, some having lighter rings
when cut across. The roots can be cut prior to cooking
without any of the colour bleeding.
Described by Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885) as an “American
variety with a long, slender, deeply buried root...
productive, and well-coloured kind”. Sweet and
Beetroot
Long Blood Red
flavoursome, HSL member Gareth Close says that it has
“the best flavour, wonderful for pickling”. This variety
stands well and is slow to go woody.
Donated by Unwins Seeds in 1992, this variety has tender
flesh and is easy to peel therefore perfect for salads. Also
great for making Borscht; cabbage, beetroot and tomato
Beetroot
Ukrainian
soup. If you’d like the recipe with this variety choice,
please mark ‘with recipe’ next to the variety name on
your Request Form.
Originally from Bossingham, Kent and donated by the
Rev. John Berryman who was given them by a native of
Bossingham Long the village. Usually produces three sturdy stems. Our
Broad Bean
donor recommends mid-November sowing; spring
Pod
plantings will need watering well to provide good sized, full
pods.
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Vegetable
Variety
Broad Bean Bowland's Beauty
Broad Bean
Relon
Broad Bean
Rentpayer
Broad Bean
Sweet Lorraine
Cabbage
Cabbage
Callaloo
Description
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Donated by Jennifer Russell who was given seed by
Yorkshireman George Bowland, a retired farm worker who
had grown this variety for nearly 40 years. Jennifer wanted
them named after George, "in honour of a real gem of a
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person." A tall variety (around 1.5m) that can be sown in
January for June cropping, often producing 35-45cm pods
with 8-12 seeds in each. Seed Guardian Adam Alexander
considers them "the finest broad bean for the table".
New for 2015
Our donor grew this longpod variety until it was deleted
from the National List and disappeared from catalogues.
Luckily her brother had been saving his own seed and
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passed some back to her. A giant among broad beans
producing pods up to 40cm in length, with around 10
beans per pod.
This variety was passed to our donor, Cilla Platt, by her
husband's aunt who had been growing them since the mid
1960s when they were available commercially from
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Dobies. The beautiful white, speckled-black flowers have a
delicious scent and are followed by lumpy pods filled with
delicious, bright green beans.
Donated by Owen Smith in 1992, this field bean type
variety produces short cylindrical pods containing 3-4 very
sweet flavoured beans. Let us know what you think..
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A very large heirloom variety developed by an Irish
allotment holder who saved seeds from his largest
specimen and shared them with his allotment neighbours.
Spring sown for late summer use it is a vigorous grower,
Paddy
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producing large firm heads that stand well until late
autumn/early winter. Delicious raw, very crunchy with a
spicy flavour. Retains both its texture and flavour when
cooked.
A spring cabbage originally donated by HRI, Wellesborne,
now part of Warwick University. Spring sown for summer
harvesting, it is a large, drumhead variety weighing in at
2.5-2.75kg in ideal conditions, so space at around 75cm to
Southampton
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allow for this. When eaten raw the flavour of the white
Wonder
inner leaves is excellent. Susan Green describes them as
"the best cabbage I have tasted since I was a
child...absolutely wonderful".
The most spectacularly coloured of the calaloos, having a
deep red and green colouration. A real feature in
ornamental flower beds, especially when the dramatic
Bangladeshi Dhata
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purple red-flower spikes form. Otherwise, it can be used
as greens in Indian or Bangladeshi cooking with tomatoes,
onions and spices.
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Vegetable
Variety
Callaloo
Mrs McGhie
Callaloo
Mrs Patel
Carrot
Egmont Gold
Carrot
Description
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This is a typical Jamaican variety with large pale green
leaves showing some red colouration. Most Jamaican
people on allotments grow calaloo and it has a wide range
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of uses: stir fried with coconut milk and tomatoes, in soups
and steamed with fish. The waist high plants have long,
drooping, lime green, tassel-like flowers.
A dark green, medium-sized leaf variety from India that
can be used instead of spinach and is particularly good in
curries with potatoes or chick peas. Its early growth is
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slightly slower than other varieties, but it soon catches up.
The upright pale green flowers develop into very prickly
seed heads.
A tapered, pale orange, maincrop variety good for late
sowing. Brought back from New Zealand by gardener Rob
Hole from the Bishop’s Palace, Wells in 1998. Described
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in 1967 by Pedigree Seeds as “without doubt the most
tender and fully flavoured main crop carrot offered”.
A large, long, pale orange carrot with a tapered shape and
rounded shoulders showing no signs of greenback. Does
not have a strong carroty flavour when either raw or
Giant Improved Flak cooked, but are crunchy and crisp. Seed Guardian Jane
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Love suggests that they would be ideal for making
coleslaw.
John Purves, Oxford, originally collected seeds from four
he found amongst a bag given to him by a neighbour for
his rabbits in the mid 1970s and over many years obtained
Carrot
John's Purple
a pure line of purple roots. He passed on seeds to
Warwick HRI for their long-term preservation. With John’s
consent, some were released to us. John says, “Tastes
like an orange carrot - crisp and flavoursome”.
Originally from Finland, this traditional early ‘short horn’
type carrot has very wide, stumpy roots, which are deep
orange-red in colour. Guardian Anne St John notes that
Carrot
London Market
they have a mild flavour and are good boiled, steamed or
grated in salads. They freeze (un-blanched) and store
well.
Also from Warwick HRI this fast growing, large and tasty
19th century Australian heirloom has no hard core and can
be eaten at any stage from baby to full maturity. Described
in Carters Blue Book of Gardening in 1934 as “A veritable
Carrot
Red Elephant
giant, both in length and bulk, specimens have been
exhibited measuring 30” long.” HSL member Gareth
Close adds, “The best carrot ever! Superb flavour and
trouble free to grow”.
The commercial variety English Winter was once the basic
hardy winter cauliflower. This vigorous strain was
introduced in 1896 and bred for sowing in May, planting
English Winter/Late
out in July and harvesting the following May/June. Suttons
Cauliflower
Queen
1977 catalogue says, “dwarf and compact. Extremely
hardy, rarely affected by frost and produces splendid white
heads”.
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Vegetable
Variety
Celeriac
Tellus
Chop Suey
Greens
Yings Shungiku
Climbing
French
Bean
(coloured
pod)
B&B
Climbing
French
Bean
(coloured
pod)
Blue and White
Climbing
French
Bean
(coloured
Carters Polish
Climbing
French
Bean
(coloured
pod)
George's
Climbing
French
Bean
(coloured
pod)
Hodgkin
Climbing
French
Bean
(coloured
pod)
Jembo Polish
Description
Donated by HSL member Heather Lynn when it was
dropped from the National List in 1997. Suttons say, "A
quick growing, smooth, round-rooted type with a beautiful
white flesh which does not discolour after boiling". Sandra
Slack adds "sweet and nutty, makes a lovely soup." Also
invaluable diced or grated raw as a tasty addition in winter
salads.
This variety is used in stir-fries or in salads. It has quite a
strong perfumed taste, so we would recommend using it
sparingly, mixed with other vegetables. The attractive
white and yellow daisy flowers are popular with butterflies
and hoverflies and good for cutting as well as making a
pretty addition to salads.
Donated by HSL member Martin Diment who acquired this
white-flowered bean from a friend in Sweden, but it is
originally from the USA. A little later than other varieties,
Martin says, “Produces a large crop of meaty, yellow,
pencil pods over 20cm long, ten beans per pod. Excellent
flavour as green beans, either hot or for bean salad.”
Vigorous vines prolifically produce mottled pods that yield
round, speckled seeds. The speckling isn’t truly blue, but
it comes close. Early, vigorous and very attractive when in
flower and pod so ideal for the ornamental garden. Eat
fresh, frozen as green beans, or as flageolets when very
young, though really a classic drying bean.
This variety produces tall plants (around 2.4m in height)
with dark green leaves, purple flowers and stringless,
mottled purple pods, which turn dark green when cooked.
Also makes a very tasty dried bean.
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Thought to have originated in Poland, this variety
produces creamish-white flowers and attractive pods that,
when mature, are green flushed with red. Use fresh as a
succulent, stringless green bean, ideal for salads.
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Alternatively, the half white and half red, sometimes
mottled, dried beans make an attractive addition to soups
and stews. Seed Guardian Jackie Newey thinks that they
are "amazing!" and grows some every year.
Our donor, Clare Norton, was given these seeds by a
friend whose father had grown the variety since the 1940s.
The seeds had been passed down through the Hodgkin
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family since that time. The bean produces pinkish-mauve
flowers followed by flat, tender, mottled purple and green
pods.
New for 2015
Donated by John Yeoman, who originally acquired them
from Abundant Life Seeds. A very tall bean (around 2.5
10
metres) with pretty purple flowers followed by large
streaked pods holding large light brown seeds with black
striping. Thought to be good when pods eaten whole, or
the beans shelled.
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Vegetable
Variety
Description
Passed to our donor, Mr Luxton, by his father in 1960. Mr
Luxton Senior was given the seeds by Major Cook, a
colleague in The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Climbing
in Albert, France. Major Cook was a keen gardener and
French
Bean
Major Cook's Bean trained at Kew. Probably originally developed in
Southampton in about 1900 by experimental horticulturist
(coloured
pod)
Alderman Vokes (Major Cook's Grandfather). Produces
pretty purple-violet flowers followed by a huge crop of
stringless beans with a very fine flavour.
New for 2015
Climbing
Donated by Syd Melbourne who was given seeds in the
French
1970s by a fellow vegetable gardener at Hurst
Melbourne's
Bean
Horticultural Society Show, Bexley, Kent. It is a tall, easy
Miniature
(coloured
to grow variety which produces very pale yellow flowers
pod)
followed by a heavy crop of round, green pods. So tender,
the young pods can be eaten raw or cooked.
Donated by Dilys Skilleter and Margaret Goodbody,
allotment neighbours in Bristol. Doris Fortune acquired
Climbing
the beans from the retired Head Gardener at Windsor and
French
gave Margaret some many years ago. Prolific and tall
Bean
Mrs Fortune's
(2-2.5m) with pale blue flowers and smooth, green and
(coloured
blue mottled pods, which darken when mature. Stringless
pod)
and tender, the pods can be eaten whole, beans shelled
and eaten fresh or used dried - great at all stages!
Donated by Mrs A M How of Leicestershire, but originally
from her neighbour who was given these seeds by Mrs B
Climbing
Lewis of Suffolk. Mrs Lewis said that this bean was not
French
commercially available any more but believed it to be
Mrs Lewis's Purple
Bean
‘Purple Pod’, mentioned in a 1979 Percy Thrower book.
Pod
(coloured
Grows to 1.8m with purple stems and very dark leaves.
pod)
Small purple flowers are followed by bright, shiny, flat
purple pods. “Lovely raw when young and steamed when
a little bigger” says Seed Guardian Caroline Wright.
Thought to be of Iroquois Indian origin, the donor, William
Climbing
Woys Weaver, notes that the name refers to the bean’s
French
colour, speckled like a wild pigeon. It is known in the USA
Bean
Wild Pigeon Bean
as a 'cut-short bean' or semi-pole bean, referring to the
(coloured
runner (around 1m high) it sends out on which the beans
pod)
are produced. Used traditionally as a dried bean.
This semi-climbing variety of bean produces lilac flowers
followed by green pods. The pods can be a little stringy,
Climbing
however, the shiny black seeds are perfect as a drying
French
Black Delgado
bean. Thought to have originated with the Zapotec
Bean
Civilisation of Western Mexico, who not only used it in
(green pod)
soups and stews, but also as a dye for women's black
shawls in the Oaxaca Valley.
A Native American heirloom donated by John Yeoman. A
vigorous vine (up to 2.5 metres) produces lilac flowers
Climbing
followed by stringless flat, straight, green pods with red
French
Brejo
mottling when mature. Seed Guardian Rosemary Hall
Bean
says, "they have a delicate flavour, not as robust as runner
(green pod)
beans" and the friends she shared them with all agreed!
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Vegetable
Variety
Climbing
French
Bean
(green pod)
Carre de Caen
Climbing
French
Bean
(green pod)
Czechoslovakian
Description
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Originating in Normandy and first mentioned in 1868 in the
Botanical Garden Conservatory of Caen 'Carre' when
translated means 'square' which is thought to describe the
shape of the beans as they are pushed up against each
other in the pod. Hardy, prolific and growing to 2-2.5m in
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height it produces white flowers that gradually become
apricot when mature. Petite pods are produced in
abundance and contain around six small beans, perfect for
shelling.
When this variety was grown at Ryton we found that it
produced very healthy plants, growing to 2-2.5m tall. The
flowers are pale pink to lilac followed by stringless long,
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green, flat pods. We would really value your opinion on
these beans, do let us know what you think of them.
Donated by Ms J M Cullen of Friston, Sussex who has
grown this ex-commercial bean for at least 30 years.
Originally from Ryder’s of St Albans just before the firm
Climbing
was sold on in the 1970s and all of its varieties
Ryders Top O' the
French
discontinued. The 1970 Ryder’s catalogue describes it as
Bean
Pole
“a heavy bearer, absolutely stringless and of delicious
(green pod)
flavour, may be sliced or cooked whole.” HSL Member Mr
Harvey adds "tasty cooked and eaten cold with a salad,
but equally as good eaten hot."
Produces tall, vigorous and hardy vines (>2.5m) with dark
green, almost black, foliage. The large, white seeds are
Climbing
most curious, as each is marked with a solitary saint-like
French
San Antonio
figure dressed in monk robes. Young beans are lovely
Bean
eaten fresh and freeze well, retaining their rich flavour.
(green pod)
Can also be used dried.
Donated by Irma Jacyna, this bean from Western Ukraine
is named after her sister. The creamish-white seeds are
Climbing
traditionally grown for winter storage as dried beans,
French
Siglinde
however the light green, stringless pods can be eaten
Bean
fresh when young.
(green pod)
Achieved an RHS first-class certificate on its introduction
in 1885 and probably synonymous with ‘Tender & True’
Climbing
and ‘Guernsey Runner’, neither are still commercially
French
Veitch's Climbing
available. A good cropper producing straight, long,
Bean
delicious flat pods. Donor Martin Roberts says, “When
(green pod)
dry, the seed makes a superior chilli bean!”
Our donor, Dr Rosemary Sassoon, believes that these
beans were found in Spain and brought to Britain in the
1950s by her late father, Frank Waley, who was a plant
Climbing
hunter. Thought to perform best when sown later (MayFrench
Waley's Pea Bean
Bean
June) and seem particularly well-suited to dry conditions.
(green pod)
HSL member Jane Cropp found that the pods were
delicious picked young, then parboiled with butter. Jo
Steranka says "They're Great!" what do you think?
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Vegetable
Variety
Cucumber
Armenian
Cucumber
Dekah
Cucumber
Izjastsnoi
Cucumber
Jordanian
Cucumber
Kheera
Cucumber
Perfection
Dudi
Dwarf
French
Bean
(coloured
pod)
Mo Sayed
Bountiful
Description
New for 2015
Produces squat fruit with rounded ends and netted, pale
buff skin that is heavily mottled brown. Not especially
vigorous, but the fruit produced have a fresh, crunchy
texture even when very ripe. The flavour is pleasing,
remeniscent of melon, but not quite as sweet.
Developed at the Crimea Station of Research and Plant
Breeding in the former Soviet Union. Passed via Seed
Savers USA, and Koanga Gardens New Zealand (the NZ
equivalent of HSL), eventually coming to the UK with our
donor, Deborah Duffield. A hardy, early variety tolerant of
extreme weather conditions and thought to show
resistance to powdery mildew. Fruits are thick-skinned and
juicy with no bitterness.
An Estonian pickling variety donated by Heine Refsing. A
ridge variety with short, plump, prickly fruits borne on
compact bushes. It tolerates poor treatment and cool
temperatures, though requires a nitrogen-rich compost to
perform well. The juicy flesh has excellent flavour but
remove the spiky skin first!
The pale green fruits with smooth, glossy skin and lime
green striping can be a little thick skinned but are easy to
peel. Produced an average of 18 small cucumbers per
plant when trialled here in 2012. Seed Guardian Gill
Browning says, “It looked good, tasted good and grew
well”. What more can you ask for?
Originating from Bangladesh, this makes a pleasantly mildeating, mid-sized cucumber with a triangular cross-section
when cut, rather like a famous brand of Swiss chocolate
bar! Let the fruit fully ripen or you won’t tell the difference
between this and a normal cucumber, but grown under
cover it’s easy, fruitful and relatively trouble free.
A vigorous, hardy and productive ridge variety. The long,
straight, almost spineless fruits grow to around 20-30cm
and have an excellent flavour. Sutton’s Seeds 1977
catalogue states, “Will crop well into the autumn provided
that the fruits are cut before they get too old”.
Collected from Highfields in Leicester, this dudi is slightly
later than others we have offered previously, but will
produce fruit the size of a small child!
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New for 2015
Donated by John Yeoman, this heirloom variety originated
in New York in the late 1890’s. The heavy yielding,
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bushes produce pretty lilac flowers with purple outer
edges and veins followed by 15-20cm dark purple,
stringless pods. The fresh beans are excellent steamed
and freeze well.
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Vegetable
Variety
Description
New for 2015
Our donor, Martin Roberts, acquired this very old French
variety from the Tezier Freres catalogue many years ago.
Deuil Fin Precoce
It is particularly early, reliable producer of long, slim pods
that are green streaked with purple. Best eaten young,
when Martin says the flavour is excellent.
A compact, yet vigorous and prolific variety. White flowers
Dwarf
have a slight pink blush and are followed by flat, straight
French
pods that turn yellow with pink marbling when mature.
Bean
Dwarf Horticultural
These pods are tender and delicious when young, but this
(coloured
is really a rich-flavoured shelling bean, perfect in salads
pod)
and when dried, in succotash.
New for 2015
Named after the Hopi people, a native American tribe of
north-east Arizona who used the beans not only for food,
Dwarf
but also as a source of dyes. The compact (35-50cm) but
French
prolific plants produce dark lilac flowers followed by a
Bean
Hopi Black
generous crop of flat, greenish-yellow pods. These can be
(coloured
eaten fresh when young, or allowed to mature when the
pod)
dried beans are great in chillis or as refried beans. Also
thought to show some drought resistance. Sow to harvest
90 days (approx.)
Grown by Mr Brooks in the 1960s, but passed to us by his
Dwarf
neighbour, Mrs Seeley, who has grown the beans since
French
Mr Brooks' Blue 1969. Produces very attractive, mauve and lilac flowers
Bean
Bean
followed by slim, flat, purple pods. Best picked when
(coloured
young as it becomes a little stringy as it matures. Sow to
pod)
harvest 70 days (approx.)
Jill Rushenbrooke acquired these beans of Dutch origin
from Dave Twinberrow, a gardening friend. Mr Twinberrow
Dwarf
had grown them since the late 1960s. The dried beans
French
were thought to look like peewit (lapwing) eggs, hence the
Bean
Peewit
name. Hardy and compact plants (30-45cm) produce a
(coloured
profusion of green pods with attractive pinkish mottling.
pod)
Can be eaten as green beans, but perfect for use dried.
Grown on the edge of the Lincolnshire Fens by our
Dwarf
donor’s father since the 1940s, these prolific and bushy
French
“knee high” plants produce beautiful mauve flowers and
Bean
Snake Bean
striking flat, green pods with purple striping. Best as
(coloured
young, tender pods, when they are delicious steamed,
pod)
though the dried beans have a great flavour and meaty
texture.
New for 2015
Thought to have been grown by the mountain people of
Dwarf
Tennessee, this American heirloom produces bushy
French
plants, but sends out one or two leaders. Pretty lilac
Blue Bloom
Bean
flowers are followed by dark green pencil pods, which
(green pod)
cling to the seeds, becoming mottled with reddish purple
when they mature and left to dry.
Dwarf
French
Bean
(coloured
pod)
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Vegetable
Variety
Description
(syn. ‘Superlative’) A French heirloom introduced in 1913
by Carter’s Seed Company. A late variety producing
Dwarf
strong plants with white flowers and slim pencil pods. Best
French
Magpie
eaten young, but the attractive black and white dried
Bean
(green pod)
beans are ideal for soups and stews. Sow to harvest 90
days (approx.)
One of the many varieties donated by Harlow Carr Botanic
Dwarf
Gardens. Roughly translated from the Russian means
French
"broad or wide-podded". White flowers are followed by flat
Shirokostruczkovnia
Bean
pods produced in profusion. Best as a green bean; string
free and delicious when young.It is a very early variety that
(green pod)
also shows some frost tolerance.
This New England, USA heirloom dates back to before
1876. Ideal for British conditions, hardy and with good pest
Dwarf
and disease resistance, it produces an abundance of
French
Vermont Cranberry attractive white flowers and small pods filled with beans
Bean
that are cranberry-like in both shape and colour. Green,
(green pod)
shell or dry, it has a unique sweet flavour. Sow to harvest
60-85 days (approx.)
Journalist, professional gardener and politician Xenia Field
died, aged 103, in 1998; this bean is without doubt a
Dwarf
tribute to a most fascinating woman. Once available from
French
Xenia Field
Unwins it was claimed to be high yielding, disease
Bean
resistant and perform well in British conditions. White
(green pod)
flowers are followed by straight, green pods that are best
picked when young and stringless. Also freezes well.
This is the most productive of the Indian mustards that we
tried and was collected from the St Mary’s Allotments in
Indian
Gupta's Indian
Leamington Spa – a multicultural hotch-potch of vegetable
Mustard
Mustard
growing.
Kale
Asparagus
Kale
Georgia Southern
Collard
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(B. oleracea)
Described by Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885) it is reputed to be
one of the tastiest of kales, and treated more like broccoli.
Plants grow to around 1.5m producing violet tinged,
fringed leaves which when picked young are mildflavoured and really tasty. Guardian Kathy Kromm sprouts 200
the seeds for winter salads. In spring (February-April) the
flower shoots can be blanched and eaten like asparagus.
Seed Guardian Keith Woolley found that it also shows
some clubroot resistance. Compact, reliable, hardy and
very productive.
(B. oleracea)
An American heirloom from the southern state of Georgia
that can be dated to before 1880 and shows good
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resistance to both heat and cold. A prolific producer of
huge, dark green leaves with white veins. Tasty and full of
flavour.
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Vegetable
Variety
Kale
Shetland
Kale
Tall Green Curled
Kale
Theyer's
Lablab
bean
Yings Lablab
Leek
Early Market
Leek
Kelvedon King
Leek
Sim Seger
Description
New for 2015
(B. oleracea)
Donated by Jane Brace, who acquired it from organic
crofters Tommy and Mary Ibster of Burland, near
Scalloway, Shetland. Reputedly grown on Shetland since
the 16th Century, it was a crucial source of winter food for
livestock and spring greens for the crofters. It is a very
hardy, wind resistant heading kale, developing some
purple colouration as the temperatures fall.
New for 2015
(B. oleracea)
Donated by Mr D Orton, this very old variety was
described by JL CLucas Ltd in 1953 as "one of the most
useful vegetables grown for a supply of "greens" from
October to the end of April." It produces very curly leaves
on compact plants 30-45cm in height and around 30cm
wide.
(B. oleracea)
Donated to the Heritage Seed Library by Peter Handy and
named after John Theyer, whose spinster daughters (born
in the 1850s) took the kale with them when they set up
home in Hucclecote, Gloucestershire. The family
continued to grow it and passed seed to Mr Handy.
Compact, hardy and productive, it is similar in appearance
to Ragged Jack, with less purple colouration on the
leaves.
A Chinese lablab with lovely scented lilac flowers and
pretty pods – lime green, often with a reddish purple edge.
Flowering should start by July from an April sowing. This is
the type called liva in Gujerati which produces broad flat
pods. We found this to be the mildest flavoured lablab of
the ones we’ve grown so far.
An ex-commercial variety from Suttons Seeds who
described it as “a very early maturing variety suitable for
autumn use”. However, Garden Organic member Sheila
Travers found that it over-wintered in the Scottish climate.
Produces light green leeks with minimal bulbing at the
base and a lovely flavour, not too strong.
John Size, formerly of commercial seed merchants Seeds
by Size, donated this variety in 1993. A selection from
'Giant Winter' it is hardy and has good winter storage
qualities. HSL member Mr A R Brown describes them as
"Fantastic! Lovely display and great taste!"
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Donated by Mark Goff whose neighbour, Sim Seger, grew
this variety for 22 years because they performed well in
his locality of Marton, North Yorkshire. A hardy leek, which
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appears to be disease resistant too. HSL member R
Wightman describes them as "good looking, sizeable and
tasty". What more can you ask for?
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Vegetable
Leek
Lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce
Variety
Walton Mammoth
Description
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The long white stems of Walton Mammoth are a
tremendous thickness and mature rapidly. It is said to be a
wonderful show variety with good resistance to rust. HSL
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member Gareth Close found that this variety performed
best if sown early.
Listed in James Carter's 'Catalogue for a Choice
Collection of Floricultural, Vegetable and Agricultural
Seeds of 1842, this variety was described by a contributor
to The Gardener (1867) as "ought to be in every garden.
Bath Cos
No other variety can surpass it". Thought to be
synonymous with 'Brighton Cos', the large, dark green
leaves have a rust coloured tinge and are flavourful, crisp
and juicy.
An ex-commercial variety donated by M Ward in 2007.
Cos-type with crisp, green leaves speckled with red. Our
Bloody Warrior
donor suggests planting out in autumn and over-wintering
with protection; the lettuces will heart up for early summer
harvesting.
A beautiful, productive California heirloom, popular in the
USA but almost unknown here. Drought and cold hardy,
so ideal for autumn sowing and overwintering; it survived
frost and snowfall at Ryton. Also less popular with slugs. A
Bronze Arrow
large, non-hearting lettuce; the attractive, arrowheadshaped leaves have a distinctive bronze tinge and mild
flavour. Seed Guardian Keith Bickmore describes it as
“outstanding”.
Donated by (the late) Mr Harris of Bridgwater during the
1980s, this unusual, open-hearted cos type lettuce can be
grown all year round; robust enough for autumn or spring
Bunyard's Matchless sowing. The thick, juicy, dark green leaves have a
distinctive, nutty flavour, a real lettuce-lovers lettuce.
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Originally bred by W Atlee Burpee Company, USA, and
introduced in 1884. Our donor, Jane Anger found seeds in
an allotment shed, left behind by a previous tenant.
Burpee's Iceberg Described by Burpee as having “medium-sized compact
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heads with heavily ruffled leaves and crisp, tender hearts.”
A classic, crisphead lettuce, thinnings make delicious
extra-early salads. 85 days from seed to harvest (approx.)
A large, loose-headed, oak leaf variety. Seed Guardian Bill
Dale reports, “A lovely crisp lettuce producing a frothy
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Carnival
in the garden and on the plate. Quick to be eaten but slow
to bolt!”
Donated by Mrs B Richardson in 1997; her late husband’s
family had grown the variety for at least 60 years. Autumn
George Richardson sown, this cos lettuce stands well with protection
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producing reddish-brown tints on the outside leaves. We
found this slow to bolt even inside a polytunnel.
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Vegetable
Variety
Lettuce
Mescher
Lettuce
Soulie
Lettuce
Stoke
Lettuce
Windermere
Melon
Cantalun
Melon
Green Nutmeg
Onion
Batun
Description
Austrian heirloom dating back to the 1700s. A slowgrowing, compact lettuce, its unusual crinkled leaves have
a pretty red tinge to the margin, brightening up any salad
bowl. These tightly packed leaves blanch the heart, giving
it a sweet flavour. Known to be cold hardy. 77 days sow to
harvest (approx.)
Donated by Dilys Skilleter, whose sister acquired seed
from Luc Soulie of Tarn, southern France. This variety has
been, and still is, saved by generations of the Soulie
family. A cos lettuce, upright with red-tinged, fairly loose
leaves. Surprisingly crisp with a pleasant sweet flavour.
Reluctant to run to seed.
Originally from Stoke, near Rochester, Kent and grown by
the Cheesman family for 170 years, but probably dates
back to before 1840. A compact and trouble-free lettuce,
perfect for growing in limited space; HSL member Alison
Chivers grows hers successfully in tubs. The dark green
leaves are crunchy, flavoursome and slightly sweet. They
also keep well. Sow to harvest 70 days (approx.)
Originally from Sutton’s Seeds but deleted from the
National List in the late 1990’s. Tolerant of hot weather,
the large iceberg lettuces have frilly leaves and crisp
hearts with excellent flavour. Quick to mature. For
successional sowing from March to July outdoors, or in
October with protection for harvesting in early May.
Suttons themselves describe it as "specially
recommended".
Originally from the Vilmorin Seed House, this variety was
donated to HSL by Richard Stockwell. It is a mid-season,
Charentais type melon producing round fruits,
approximately 12-15cm in diameter and just under 1kg in
weight, with delicious sweet, orange flesh. We would love
to know what you think of this one.
Described by Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885). A vigorous vine
prolifically produces small, dark green, ‘netted’ fruit.
When ripe they have soft-textured, juicy, pale green flesh;
HSL Member David Martin says allowing a few days
between harvest and eating sweetens the flesh further.
Does well in a cold frame or polytunnel, and outdoors in
warmer areas.
A Russian variety donated to HSL by Masha Borodina.
‘Luk Batun’ when translated means bunching onion
(Allium fistulosum). The onions form clumps of thumbsized, purple tinged, crescent-shaped bulbs. Their mild
flavour makes them ideal for salads, soups and stir-fries.
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Vegetable
Variety
Onion
Brown Spanish
Onion
Cipolla Bianca
Agostana
Onion
Lukovidzky
Pea (round
seeded)
Carlin
Pea (round
seeded)
Duke Of Albany
Pea (round
seeded)
Frueher Heinrich
Description
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Donated by Donald Baker this variety has been in use
since 1793. Listed in EW Kings 'Wholesale Catalogue of
Vegetable Seeds' in 1898, it was possibly re-named
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sale outside Australia and New Zealand. Still marketed in
Australia by Yates Seeds who describe it as "Golden
globes or crisp, pungent flesh. An excellent, main crop
variety."
Translated literally this means ‘onion white jumbo’, a
particularly good description of this Italian variety. It is a
large, mid to late maturing, globe-shaped white-fleshed
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onion with thin skin. Sweet and mild, but full of flavour, no
streaming eyes while slicing either! Medium storage
capacity.
This Russian onion was acquired by Teresa Cherfas and
Masha Borodina at the market place in Pushkino, about 40
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saved seeds. A uniformly cropping, pale skinned, flattened
bulb.
Grown by the family of our donor, J Freeman, for more
than 100 years and originally given to her great, great
grandfather as a wedding present, this ancient variety
dates back to at least Elizabethan times. Protein rich
(about 25%) this classic drying pea is still traditionally
eaten in northern England on Carlin Sunday (the Sunday
before Palm Sunday). The peas are soaked in brine
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overnight, boiled and eaten with salt and vinegar or
doused in beer or mint sauce. Some say that the day
commemorates the arrival of a shipload of peas in
besieged Newcastle in 1644, saving many from starvation.
Attractive pink and lilac flowers are followed by pods of
small, brown mottled seeds.
An ex-commercial variety from Robinson’s Seed
Company, Lancaster. Our donor, Mrs Whitely of Hornby,
Lancashire, has grown this pea since 1971. Described by
Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885), it is tall (>2.1m), thick-stemmed,
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reliable and vigorous requiring sturdy supports. White
flowers are followed by long, dark green pods, with up to
ten peas in each. Excellent raw or cooked and freezes
well. Guardian Margaret Lingard comments, “Really
reliable variety. Tasty too.”
(syn. ‘Early Henry’)
Donated by Jean Bollkaemper who grew it in Germany
before it disappeared from commercial catalogues. A
round-seeded, mangetout type, growing up to 1.5m, so will
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require staking. Jean says, “It is more reliable than any
new variety. Stands up to drought and crops well for
months. The pods are deliciously tender when picked
small.”
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Vegetable
Pea (round
seeded)
Pea (round
seeded)
Pea (round
seeded)
Pea (round
seeded)
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Variety
Description
Donated by D Bland of Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire. Vegetables of New York (1928) states
that Messrs Jeyes were Northampton-based seed
merchants. A tall pea (1.8-2.1m) producing white flowers
Jeyes
and a heavy crop of large, sweet, solid peas tightly packed
it their pods. Delicious fresh, but also freeze well,
maintaining their flavour.
Donated by Jean Jones from Bedale who says, "all the
flowers grow like fingers on a hand. I grow them as a
curiosity." Originally trialled as a fodder crop in the 1970s,
Salmon Flowered the compact plants have strikingly beautiful, bicolour pink
flowers followed by small, sweet pods. The plants require
good supports as flowers and pods are produced primarily
at the top of the plants.
New for 2015.
No, not a Bernard Cornwell novel featuring the dashing
soldier fighting in the Napoleonic war, but a rare variety of
pea. Sharpe & Co, Seed Merchants, were based in
Sharpe's Liberty
Sleaford, Lincolnshire from 1913 to 1983. Growing up to
2m in height this variety produces white flowers followed
by a good crop of shortish, blunt pods containing 6-7
round seeded peas in each.
Thought to have originated with Henry Eckford
(1823-1905), horticulturist and hybridist, best known for his
work with Lathyrus. A second early variety described in
Shropshire Hero The Evening Times (supplement), New York (1895) as "a
robust grower, producing abundant white flowers and
large, well-filled pods.....has also been recognised by the
Royal Horticultural Society of England".
Donated by Seed Guardian Bob Catchpole this compact
pea (60cm-1m) is exceptionally high yielding. Introduced
in the UK by Taber and Cullen in 1890 and in the USA by
W Atlee Burpee in 1904, listing it in their Annual in 1916. It
British Wonder
produces white flowers followed by plump green pods.
Seed Guardian Jo Walter describes them as “flavoursome
and sweet”.
New for 2015
Donor by Ronald Parkinson was given the seed by a
neighbour, who in turn had acquired them from a past
member of the Bullroyd Allotment Association. The pea
Bullroyd Bean Pea had been successfully grown for a number of years on the
allotments. Dense plants produce pink/purple flowers and
pods of large tasty peas. Guardian Michael Blake enjoyed
their 'old-fashioned' flavour and found them particularly
tasty in a pea and cauliflower curry.
Donated by David Leech, who has grown them for around
20 years. 'Chibby' was his elderly neighbour who had
grown the variety since he was a child. Strong, prolific and
Chibby's Wonders virtually pest and disease free at Ryton, and fairly compact
(<1m), but Guardians found that it grew significantly taller,
so be prepared! White flowers are followed by very long,
straight, green pods and sweet peas.
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Vegetable
Variety
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Cockpit
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Cooper's Bean Pea
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Eat All
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Greenshaft
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Herbie's Purple
Podded Bean Pea
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Latvian Large Grey
Christmas Pea
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Raisin Capucijners
Description
Donated by HSL Member Lorna Cubbage, but originally
from her elderly neighbour who discovered them in their
original packet in her garage. Compact (around 1m), the
young plants produce branching, feathery tendrils. This
maincrop variety produces white flowers followed by long,
green pods averaging 7-8 tasty peas in each.
A very tall (>2m), productive bean pea producing
bicoloured violet and deep reddish-purple flowers followed
by fat, straight, stringless pods. Our donor, Sybil Cooper,
says, “It looks like a pea, tastes like a bean”. She was
given the peas by a visitor to her house during Open
Gardens weekend and has grown them ever since.
A mangetout variety growing to 1.5m with pretty bicoloured flowers. Donated by J Simmonds of Halesworth,
Suffolk who was given them by his grandfather. According
to his mother his grandfather had grown them for at least
50 years; he died in 1939. Guardian Margaret Lingard
found them “reliable and prolific”. Guardian Hilary Cartmel
adds, "Hardy, vigorous, tasty, love it!"
New for 2015
A white-flowered, tall (1.5-1.8m) variety thought initially to
have been the commercial variety Hurst Greenshaft, but
our trials determined otherwise. Produces full green pods
containing up to eleven sweet, tasty and firm-textured
peas in each.
New for 2015
Donated to HSL by Alan Smith whose father acquired
them from Mr Herbie Nicholson. Herbie had grown them
for around 20 years in Northumberland after being given
them by Mrs Mynas, an elderly lady whose garden he
tended. She told him that they had been passed from
generation to generation for many years in the
Bedlington/Choppington area. The tall vines (1.8m) grow
rapidly after germination producing purple pods and pale
green peas with a flavour very similar to a processed pea.
They also freeze well.
The term ‘grey peas’ refers to those that can be eaten
without cooking. Originating at least 100 years ago in
Latvia this is a vigorous, tall and productive pea with thick
stems, large fleshy leaves and bicoloured purple flowers
followed by pods containing large, well-flavoured peas.
Seed Guardian Keith Woolley suggests drying them and
using as mushy peas or pease pudding.
A Dutch dwarf variety grown locally to produce dried peas.
Grows to around 1m so ideal for small spaces. Pretty
white flowers flush with pink as they mature. The pods are
sweet and succulent if picked young, but best as a drying
pea. HSL member Peter Fogarty says, "Very easy to
grow", and found that the plants produced seeds even in
drought conditions.
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Vegetable
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Pea
(wrinkle
seeded)
Pepper
Variety
Description
Donated by Michael Stanley of Melton Mowbray, who had
grown them since the 1950s after acquiring seeds from a
Mr Robinson, who had obtained them in Scotland. The
vigorous plants (>2m) produce long, slim, slightly curved
Robinson
pods over a long season. Extraordinarily sweet, retaining
their flavour even when frozen. HSL Member Mrs
Harrington states, “In my opinion this is the star of the
Heritage Collection.”
Donated by Anne Plummer, this variety is named after the
area in which they have been grown for many years,
Stokesley, North Yorkshire. Growing to around 1-1.5m this
strong, early, productive pea has unusual yellowish
Stokesley
foliage, white flowers and distinctive curved pods packed
full of large, sweet peas. Seed Guardian Eluned Paramor
says, "peas gorgeous young, and when more mature."
Sow to harvest 85 days (approx.)
Developed by plant breeder Thomas Laxton in 1872 and
introduced in 1898, it received an Award of Merit from the
RHS in 1901. A very early cropping, first early variety
Sutton's Harbinger
producing compact plants (1-1.5m) with pods borne in
pairs that Sutton's describe as being "filled with peas of
excellent flavour". Sow to harvest 80 days (approx.)
Probably introduced by Sutton’s Seeds in the 1960s and
listed in their 1970s catalogues as a ‘Continental Variety’.
Growing to 1-1.5m the strong, sturdy and productive vines
Sutton's Purple
produce beautiful bicoloured pink and magenta flowers
Podded
and plump purple pods solidly packed with sweet green
peas. Seed Guardian Judith Reid comments, “Lovely
flowers and a full-bodied pea. Well worth growing!” Sow to
harvest 110 days.
Our donor Mr Schofield of Bolton obtained this variety in
1940 from a Yorkshire relative and he’s grown it ever
since. Very tall (2.4- 3m) Mr Schofield harvested it “from
the top of step ladders” as a youngster. Despite having
Table Talk
thick stems strong supports are essential. The broad, pale
green pods are filled with extremely sweet peas, even
when mature. Also excellent for freezing.
Bushy, compact plants (60-90cm high) produce white
flowers followed by 12-20 long (9-12cm), conical fruits per
plant. Seed Guardian Jackie Warner says, “These have
more culinary appeal when mature, when they become
Long Green Buddha
‘Long Red Buddha!” Relatively mild when green, the heat
increases as they turn red. Guardian Karen Skeates says,
“The heat takes a backseat to their marvellous, rich
flavour.” Sow to harvest 70 days (approx.)
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Vegetable
Pepper
Pepper
Radish
Radish
Radish
Radish
Radish
Variety
Description
Donated by G Twigg, from a collection of seeds obtained
from his son-in-law’s parents who had a smallholding
near Gostava, Yugoslav Macedonia. So named because
of the seeds’ aroma. Produces green peppers that turn
Macedonian Sweet dark red when mature. Seed Guardian Jane Rickerby
found that they performed well even in her Cumbrian
location. Guardian Bev Mumford adds, "an excellent
variety with sweet, juicy flesh." Milder than a chilli, but still
has ‘bite’.
Our donor, Mary Frings, picked up these seeds in Croatia.
The large, heart-shaped, crunchy fruits start off pale jade
(white when cooked) changing through pink, orange-red
Soror Sarek
and eventually scarlet when mature, and produced in
abundance. Katie Butler uses them for ratatouille, stir
frying and raw in salads and says, “Everything I want in a
pepper. An excellent find”.
Quick to grow and slow to go woody the 5-8cm long
radishes with ochre-coloured skin and white flesh. HSL
member Jane Gifford has found that they keep their
French Golden
flavour and crispness longer than other varieties. Summed
up perfectly by HSL member Ian Ebsworth who says,
"Superb!"
Thought to date back to the 1800s, this long, slender
variety can reach 15cm in length. Described by VilmorinAndrieux (1885) as having “skin smooth, of a vinous-red
Long Scarlet
colour” with flesh that is “tender, crisp and fresh to the
taste”. Thought to have been the vareity made famous by
Beatrix Potter in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
A robust winter storage radish with pink roots and crisp,
white, medium to strong-flavoured flesh making it ideal
grated for salads or coleslaw. Sow in July/August allowing
Pasque
a little more space than for summer radishes, as the roots
are large. Can be left in the ground until required making it
a good winter standby for fresh salads.
New for 2015
The earliest reference we can find for this radish is in
Johnson's Gardeners' Dictionary of 1842; it also appeared
White Turnip
in John Forbes' Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower seeds
in 1892. Produces slightly flattened, globe shaped white
radishes with excellent flavour. Fast growing. Let us know
what you think of this one.
(syn. ‘New London Particular’)
An ex-commercial variety with long, pink, tapering roots
best used at around 5-7cm. Listed in Carter’s Blue Book
Wood's Frame
in 1845 it is hardy and pest resistant and bred for forcing
under cold frames, but does well outside. Guardian Peter
Swallow says, “Mild and sweet….before you are aware of
the peppery note”.
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Vegetable
Variety
Red Peas
Starley Red Peas
Runner
Bean
Black Knight
Runner
Bean
Blackpod
Runner
Bean
Ernie Cooper's
Runner
Bean
Inchley's White
Runner
Bean
Stenner
Runner
Bean
Sue Mitchell
Description
Actually, this is a dwarf French Bean, but these seeds
originally came from Jamaica! Traditionally used to make
Jamaican rice-and-peas or dirty rice, the beans are dried
and used for cooking all winter but taste good fresh too.
This selection was collected by the late Phil Bannister
from Starley Road Co-op community garden in Coventry.
It has creamy-pink flowers and long pods which dry to
reveal compact terracotta-flowerpot-coloured beans.
A black-seeded variety donated by G.H. Callaghan of
Leicester who has saved and shared seed of this variety
since the early 60s. He describes it as “a lovely, fleshy
bean of good length and quality, not stringy”.
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Donated by Jane Bygott, this heirloom has been grown by
her family in Bridgnorth, Shropshire for at least 100 years.
Passed to Jane by her aunt Mary, who still grew a few
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beans in her garden when she was in her 90s. Many of the
short (20cm), broad pods are tinged purple growing darker
when mature. Stringless when young.
Thought to have bred by Nurseryman Ernie Cooper
during the 1950s or 1960s. It was donated to the HSL by
Mr Mick Bailey who was given seeds by another
nurseryman, Vincent Cooper. Vincent said that they beans 10
produced often exceeded 60cm in length. Seed Guardian
Jean Goldberry found that it crops well even in poor
conditions.
A late, white flowered runner bean producing tall plants
and a huge crop of long, irregular-shaped pods generously
filled with white beans. Does well even in hot, dry
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conditions. This variety is particularly productive and the
young pods are both tender and delicious. 10 seeds.
The National Vegetable Society note that this is an
exhibition variety, perfect for the show bench. Our donor,
Mr Stenner, had much success with this bean in the 1970s
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and 80s, unbeaten both locally and nationally between
1976 and 1986. A very vigorous variety producing a
generous crop of very long, straight pods, which remain
stringless and tender. Excellent flavour and freeze well.
Donated by HSL member Sue Mitchell, who acquired
seedlings more than 30 years ago from an elderly
gentleman gardener at the property where Sue now lives
and has grown them ever since. A traditional orange/red
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flowered runner bean with exceptional flavour, so good
that Sue really wants to share it with other members. HSL
member Sarah Mackenzie got "the best yield ever" from
this bean.
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Vegetable
Variety
Description
The Westmacotts, a market gardening family from
Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, spent 60 years improving
this variety. It is thought that they acquired seeds from the
local village policeman, George Watson. Our donor, Denis
Runner
Keyte, sent some of the seed to us following the death of
Westmacott
Bean
Mr Westmacott. He says "the beans are of excellent
quality, regular winners of the longest bean prize with
pods up to 24" in length!" Pick them young to get them at
their best.
This vegetable is traditionally grown as the 'poor man's
Shark Fin
shark meat' and used in soups. Should produce 4 - 5 fruits
Hongs
Melon
per plant. This variety is paler green and spreads
vigorously.
This vegetable is traditionally grown as the 'poor man's
shark meat' and used in soups. Should produce 4 - 5 fruits
Shark Fin
Joe Dagleish
per plant. This variety is darker green and slightly less
Melon
rampant.
A hardy, early, prolific and disease free Russian variety
(‘Shchavel’ means ‘sorrel’ in Russian). The succulent
and sharp leaves really lift a mixed salad, but it can also
Sorrel
Shchavel
be used in soup recipes. HSL member Hilary Ash says, “I
cook the leaves down like spinach, and freeze in ice cube
trays; I can take out a couple of cubes and add to dishes
as flavouring.” A truly multi-purpose vegetable.
A variety from Virginia, U.S.A, this seems to have been
Blight Resistant derived from ‘Bloomsdale Longstanding’ but with added
Spinach
Virginia
resistance to spinach blight virus and yellow dwarf virus.
Autumn sow as it runs to seed in hot weather
(C. maxima)
Caribbean pumpkins have a firmer flesh than European
varieties so that they can be cooked alongside sweet
Squash
Caribbean
potato without disintegrating. This variety, originally from
Trindidad, has been grown on an allotment in Leicester for
a number of years.
(C. maxima)
Thought to have originated in the Appalachian Mountains,
Georgia Candy
this productive banana-type squash is perfect for roasting
Squash
Roaster
and pie making. The large, long fruits (weighing anything
up to 25kg!) have thin, pinkish orange skin and delicious
smooth orange flesh. A good keeper.
(C. pepo)
A bushy variety that is very productive and just keeps on
going. The light green fruits have pale green, mildSquash
Greek
flavoured flesh and can be eaten young, or allowed to
grow on to hefty marrow proportions.
(C. pepo)
The original small sugar pumpkin of New England, USA,
first described by Fearing Burr in The Field and Garden
New England Sugar
Vegetables of America (1863). Trailing plants produce
Squash
Pie
orange, almost oval, lightly ribbed fruits weighing in at
around 2kg with a tough, smooth skin and creamy, sweet
flesh. A good keeper.
Qty
10
5
5
100
50
10
4
6
3
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Vegetable
Squash
Squash
Squash
Squash
Stem
Lettuce
Variety
Description
Qty
(C. pepo)
Ram has been growing this small, round, orange-coloured
squash on his allotment in Newton Street, Birmingham for
many years, and for an open-pollinated variety it’s proved
Ram's Kodu
5
remarkably stable! Very dependable and seems to cope
with whatever weather conditions the summer throws at it.
Probably best eaten immature although it’s suitable for
making pumpkin soup or pie when left to ripen fully.
New for 2015
(C. moschata)
This Japanese pumpkin was developed in the early 19th
century. It is bottle-gourd shaped and has ribbed, very
Shishigatani
3
warty dark green skin, which turns tan when fully mature.
Its fine-grained, yellow flesh has a delicious nutty flavour.
Shishigatani pumpkin is particularly popular in Kyoto
cuisine.
(C. pepo)
Deserving of its name, this sprawling, bush type produces
a proliferation of small, sunny yellow patty pans. The
succulent, scalloped fruit, often seen in expensive
Summer Sun
3
imported supermarket packs, are excellent sliced and
steamed and when mature make great individual stuffed
dishes. Cheers up the veg patch no end!
(C. maxima)
Smells like melon but has a more savoury flavour. A bush
variety that reliably produces tennis ball- sized, dark
Zapallito de Toscana
5
green to purple fruits with orange flesh for summer or
winter use, as it eventually develops a hard, waxy rind.
Grew well in trials at Ryton and an excellent keeper.
Collected from an allotment in Coventry, this variety is
productive both outside and in the glasshouse. Its stems
have a distinctive smoky flavour.
Yings Stem Lettuce
25
Swede
Bjursås
Swede
Kelper Gigantic
Translating as 'Beaver Ridge' this traditional Swedish
variety is named after a village in the province of Dalarna.
It has juicy whitish flesh and an excellent flavour. Small,
50
with sparse foliage; the root is slightly elongated and the
neck continues as a stem. Not especially high yielding, but
worth growing for its texture and taste.
New for 2015
Passed by Mr Carey of Stanley, Falkland Islands, to
Richard Rixon at Chase Organics who thought they would
be of interest to HSL. They have been grown on the Island
50
for more than 60 years, always organically and it is
beleived that they were originally supplied by Bees Seeds,
Liverpool. It produces round bicoloured roots with crisp,
orange-yellow flesh.
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Vegetable
Variety
Tomato
(other)
Clear Pink Early
Tomato
(other)
Darby Striped
Pink/Yellow
Tomato
(other)
Lilac Giant
Tomato
(other)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Description
Qty
Semi-determinate. This Russian heirloom is early and
compact producing plants 60-90cm tall. Not quite a bush
variety, more of an unbranching, short cordon. Produces
20
long trusses of attractive smooth, round, pinkish-red fruit,
which are sweet but tangy. Let us know what you think.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by Peter Fry who saved
seed from tomatoes given to him in the 1960s by Dr Lewis
Darby of the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute,
Littlehampton. Seed Guardian, Eluned Paramor, says,
20
"They do equally well in polytunnels, a cold greenhouse or
outside in pots against a south facing wall". Flavour is best
when fruit are really ripe.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by John Yeoman of The
Village Guild. Not truly lilac, it produces large (up to 750g),
slightly flattened, beefsteak-type tomatoes with sweet,
20
pink flesh - great in sandwiches or salads. Let us know
what you think.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Introduced in 1988 by Glecklers
Seedsmen, Ohio, USA. Produces long vines of small, firm,
bright orange fruits with a juicy, mild and sweetly tangy
Mini Orange
flavour. HSL member John Maillard says "Stars of the
vegetable patch! Sturdy plants and a heavy cropper,
picked more than a kilo most days from August to the end
of September".
Indeterminate. Cordon. Acquired by our donor during a
chance acquaintance whilst touring in Provence. The
large, red horn-shaped fruit are produced in trusses of 4-5.
Buffalo Horn
Plants will require support quite early on. Seed Guardian
Mary Gotts comments "A very, very good tomato. The
fruits are fleshy, rich flavoured and thin-skinned with a
sweet taste. Good for cooking or eating raw."
New for 2015
Indeterminate. Cordon. Produces large, red, slightly
flattened beefsteak-type fruit. If seed saving, the flowers of
Easton's Beefsteak this variety have protruding stigma will cross with other
tomatoes of this type. We have very little information on
the flavour of this tomato, so do let us know what you
think.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Collected by the Rev P Hodson
from the Dionysiou Monastary, Athos, Greece.
Predominantly a glasshouse variety; early and prolific, but
with a short cropping season. Produces fabulous round,
Greek
red fruits with yellow shoulders, averaging about a 500g
each in weight. Full of flavour and good for slicing, eating
and stuffing. A winner in Garden Organic taste tests.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by Christel Eagling, this
beefsteak variety has fruit that certainly do resemble a
heart – although not in the romantic sense! The fruit are
Iraqi Heart-Shaped large and pinkish-red with slightly green shoulders, giving
them an odd shaped apple-like appearance. Produced a
good yield in the tunnels at Ryton until late on in the
season.
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20
20
20
20
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Vegetable
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Variety
Description
Indeterminate. Cordon. The seeds were originally passed
to our donor, Cristel Eagling, by a teacher in Germany.
Leafy plants produce medium sized, reddish-orange fruits
Jugo
with soft flesh and a delicate flavour that is not too acidic.
Seed Guardian Elizabeth Trow found them "perfect for
cooking and sauces".
Indeterminate. Cordon. Our donor originally purchased
these seeds in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1996, hence the
Kathmandu
name. The rich red, beefsteak type fruit are smaller than
other varieties of this type with a juicy, but mild flavoured
flesh.
Indeterminate. Cordon. (Syn. 'Chiswick Red'). Translates
as ‘King Humbert’; named after the Italian king Umberto I
(circa 1878) whose consort Margherita inspired the
famous pizza! Donated by Paul Parker, it was trialled in
1887 by The RHS who said, "An extraordinary cropper,
König Humbert
the fruit borne in clusters of 10-20." Also mentioned by
Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885). The medium-sized, scarlet,
plum fruits are delicious in salads and when cooked,
though the skin can be a little thick. Crops well both
outside and under glass.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by JR McIvor, whose
father and grandfather before him had grown it since
around 1926 in their market garden at Carriden, Bo'ness,
Listers
West Lothian to sell as both plants and fruit. Primarily a
Protection/Perfection glasshouse variety. The round, medium-sized, richlyflavoured fruits are at their best, according to our donor,
when slightly under-ripe when the thin, deep orange skins
that have a green blush at the stem-end.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by John Yeoman of The
Village Guild, this variety produces clusters of small, globeLivingston's
shaped, deep scarlet, tomatoes. Described by VilmorinFavourite
Andrieux (1885) as "one of the handsomest smooth kinds
in existence". Let us know what you think.
Determinate. Bush. Plants require no staking, no removal
of side shoots but do need room to spread. Guardians
Nova
have suggested that they are ideal for container growing.
Produces an abundance of small, red, plum-type fruits that
are perfect for tomato sauces and cooking
Semi-determinate. Pinch out side shoots regularly.
Originally donated by Dave Podmore this variety is prolific
and hardy doing well both outdoors and under glass. The
Pink Cherry
small, plum-shaped fruits begin pink, becoming red once
ripe, and have a pleasant, mild flavour.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Our donor, Mrs Smallwood,
acquired these seeds from an elderly lady who had been
given them at an RHS seminar. The person delivering the
Queen of Hearts talk was American, and it was assumed that the variety
was of American origin. The fruits are thin-skinned, sweet,
knobbly and almost heart-shaped. Let us know what you
think of the flavour.
Qty
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Photo
Vegetable
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(red)
Tomato
(yellow)
Tomato
(yellow)
Tomato
(yellow)
Tomato
(yellow)
Variety
Description
Indeterminate. Cordon. HSL member and 1940s
enthusiast Barbara Forest saw this variety mentioned in
adverts dating back to at least 1940, before Suttons
acquired the seeds from F Stonor of Southampton and
Stonor's Most Prolific
began marketing them. This variety produces strong
plants and small, firm, orange-red fruits with pinkish-red
flesh, perfect for eating raw in salads and sandwiches.
Also great for tomato sauces.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Thought to have been developed
by the Experimental Station of Horticulture in Simcoe,
Ontario, Canada during the 1970s. Produces slightly
Veepro Paste
elongated, plum-shaped, fleshy red fruits of uniform size
(6-8cm diameter) ideal for cooking and are perfect for
sauce and soup making.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated in 1994 by Frank Ryder,
Stafford, but brought from Poland after World War II by his
neighbour, Wladeck Neitzgoda. This prolific variety can be
grown outdoors or under glass. Frank says, “Heavy
trusses, require ingenuity to support. Fruits are large,
Wladeck's
beefsteak-type…the taste is a revelation – unsurpassed
flavour and aroma." Seed Guardian Adam Hesketh agrees
"Absolutely fantastic! Taste and colour superb." If seed
saving isolate from other beefsteak tomatoes.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Originating in Germany in 1955,
but with a Hungarian name that translates as Golden
(arany) Apple (alma). It produces thin-skinned, bright
golden-yellow fruit; cropping over a long period of time,
Aranyalma
both outdoors and under glass. Sweet and juicy, Seed
Guardian Robert Jamieson says it is the best yellow
tomato he's grown.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Originally found growing in a
pavement crack in Indianapolis, give it plenty of space and
Broad Ripple Yellow prune rigorously as it is very vigorous. Produces masses
Currant
of sweet-tasting, tiny yellow fruit until mid November.
Noted as being only mildly affected by the dreaded blight,
and very hardy.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Bred by the W Atlee Burpee Seed
Company this variety was an All American Selection
Burpee's Jubilee (AAS) winner in 1943. It produces uniform, medium-sized,
yellow/orange fruits with a thin skin and meaty flesh
without acidity.
Determinate. Bush. Originally from Tom Wagner, this late
variety produces stout, hairy bushes with bi-green striped
fruits, which ripen to pale yellow. Tomatoes have waxy
skin, "squeaky" to the touch. Sweet, tangy, and keep well
Dwarf Wax
despite their thin skins. Grows well in pots. HSL member
Diane Bailey says, "The flavour is good for a large fruit",
but adds, "Once they turn pink they are past their best for
eating".
Qty
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Photo
Vegetable
Tomato
(yellow)
Tomato
(yellow)
Tomato
(yellow)
Tomato
(yellow)
Turnip
Variety
Description
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated in 1988 by Paul Parker
from Leicester University. We've renamed this after one of
its synonyms as we have another variety of 'Golden
Golden Yellow
Queen' that fits the original descriptions better. A very
Queen
vigorous tomato suitable for growing indoors or out. We
enjoyed its sharp and tangy flavour, which has an almost
citrus edge.
New for 2015
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by tomato breeder
Suzanne Arregger Perini in 2010 this variety produces
Gold Ribbed
large (up to 450g), slightly flattened, golden-yellow ribbed
fruits, hence the name. If seed saving this variety will
cross pollinate with other beefsteak type tomatoes.
Indeterminate. Cordon. This late variety produces tall
plants and heavy trusses of egg-shaped tomatoes that
ripen to a very pale yellow, almost off-white. Members
Ivory Egg
have noted that it makes a very delicate soup or tasty
tomato sauces but salads showcase its unusual shape.
Will grow oustside or under glass.
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by John Yeoman of The
Village Guild. Produces large, flattened pale yellow fruit
Old Yellow
with a pinkish flush. Has a good texture for slicing and a
well-balanced flavour; sweet and tangy, mild, but tasty. It
Candystripe
will cross pollinate with other beefsteak varieties, so
isolate if saving seed.
Donated by Debby Banham who bought seeds from a stall
in Las Ramblas, the famous street in Barcelona. Produces
very long, sweet roots that keep well. The white flesh is
Black Sugarsweet
firm with a sugary flavour. HSL member Sarah Mackenzie
says, "Tasty! much better than 'Purple Top Milan'".
Qty
20
15
20
20
100
New for 2015
Originating in the northernmost regions of Norway this
Malselvnepe
variety produces an almost perfectly round yellow root,
Turnip
50
Brandhaug
with a convex bottom and great flavoured firm flesh.
Excellent storage qualities too. Our donor, Peter
Erlandsson, describes this as "a beauty in the garden".
Vietnamese mustard can be stir-fried or mixed with other
salad leaves. Worth growing for its flavour - it has a sweet
taste with a peppery kick, but not quite as ferocious as
Vietnamese
Vietnamese Mustard
50
winter mustards. Before it flowers it produces tiny broccoliMustard
like lime green florets, which are great for adding flavour
and texture to salads.
Collected in Birmingham by a now sadly deceased Master
Gardener and Seed Steward, we have named this
White
Phil Bannister's
selection in his memory. A tall maize which looks
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Maize
White Maize
spectacular in the garden and tastes good. The cobs have
pearly white grains and mature late. They benefit from a
sheltered site or the plants may blow over.
Your request - what you need to know
1. OUR DEADLINE FOR THE RECEIPT OF SEED REQUESTS IS 27th February 2015. We
will not be able to process orders received after this date.
2. You are entitled to receive seed of 6 varieties of vegetables. Please include 1 st,
2nd and 3rd choices of variety for each vegetable selected. If your 2nd or 3rd choice
is a different variety and vegetable, fill in both names in the appropriate box. We
will send your six first choices if available, followed by 2 nd and 3rd. If all three
choices are unavailable we will send you substitutes of our choice to make up
your six varieties, unless you have waived this option on the Request Form. You
are more likely to receive your first choices if you send your request in early.
3. Please write your choices clearly. We strongly recommend that you use the
Request Reminder to keep a copy of your choices and your date of sending.
4. Requests will be completed in order of receipt. We will record the dates of
receipt and dispatch.
5. Please allow 28 days for delivery and make allowances for delays caused by
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6. If you would like to make a financial contribution towards postage and packing,
please do so. This really does help us. Please do not include stamped addressed
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thank you for your generosity.
7. We regret that we cannot accept seed requests by telephone.
8. Even though you have chosen to receive a paper copy of your catalogue you can
still order your seeds online. A link to an online form will be available in the
members area of our website, www.gardenorganic.org.uk
9. Please return your Request Form before 27th February 2015 to:
Garden Organic
Ryton Gardens
Coventry
CV8 3LG
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mail will not be delivered to us. Requests sent in without a stamp will not be received
and therefore not fulfilled.
Terms and Conditions
The Agreement between us
The agreement printed below is not a legal document but aims to secure your agreement in
spirit to undertake to help us safeguard the seeds. We have no wish to be too restrictive in our
treatment of the seed and certainly do not have any problem with the sale of plants at fundraising or charitable events or the passing of a few spares to a friend or exchanging them at
Seed Swap events. Our main intention by this agreement is to enable us to benefit from any
commercial exploitation of our seed. We are not suggesting that exploitation is wrong, simply
that we would like that to be through discussion and agreement with us.
Your submission of the order form will be taken as an endorsement of these terms
It is not that we distrust you but that we need to draw attention to the possibility that you may
inadvertently pass the seed to someone who then exploits it with no benefit to us. We claim no
ownership of the seed ourselves and think no one else should either. But we do claim that
without our efforts the seed would not be available at all. We are keen for seed swapping to
continue, but hope that you will help us by ensuring that any swapped seed goes to gardeners
for their personal use rather than a commercial enterprise.
Agreement for supply of material
Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library (HSL) holds all HSL members in trust to observe the
spirit of this agreement in order to protect the future of the collection. We ask you to respect
the following conditions:
1. You will use the material and any progeny or derivatives thereof for your own noncommercial purposes only.
2. You may transfer the material to a third party for non-commercial and personal use
only. This includes the exchange or sale of plants.
3. You will discuss with Garden Organic fair and equitable sharing of any benefits arising
from any commercial use of the material, including research results and publications,
but excluding sale of plants for charitable purposes.
4. You will not transfer the material or any genetic parts of it to any third party for any
commercial use (including research and breeding) without written agreement between
Garden Organic and the third party.
5. You will not claim ownership of any material received, its progeny or derivative of the
material.
'Non-commercial use' – by this we mean use solely for your own interest or for personal food
production, research and trials. It also includes any sale of plants or produce raised from HSL
seed for charitable or fund-raising events.
'Commercial use' includes sale of the seed supplied or plants or produce derived from HSL seed
(except for charitable and fund-raising events), regeneration of the seed variety for sale,
breeding or use of genetic parts for breeding and distribution for promotional purposes.
'Fair and equitable recompense' – this will be a mutually agreed arrangement
Please read our Terms and Conditions then fill in the following:
Welcome to the 2015 Heritage Seed Library Seed Swap
The Seed Swap is an extra service offered to help members share their surplus seed
with others. The seeds should be requested directly from those who are offering, not
from HSL. There is no fee to use this service, but please read the guidelines below to
help it run as smoothly as possible.
1) When requesting seeds we suggest that at the very least you send an adequately
stamped, addressed padded envelope. Seeds can easily be damaged in the post.
Remember that a large letter stamp is likely to be required for heavier seeds.
2) As many of these varieties are not on the National List, it is currently illegal to sell
them. Perhaps you could provide stamps rather than money if you really feel you would like
to recompense the person sending seeds to you. Some of the varieties may be covered by
Plant Breeders Rights and, therefore, any 'sale' of such seeds would entitle the holder
of the Rights to levy a royalty.
3) Please do not send UK stamps or currency to swappers participating outside of the
UK.
4) Each variety is followed by a list of members who have the variety (after Has) and
members who want the variety (after Wants). You then contact the member involved;
their names and addresses can be found at the end of the Seed Swap section. The
member offering provides descriptions of non-HSL varieties, so unfortunately we
cannot guarantee their validity.
5) We cannot guarantee that varieties offered through the Seed Swap will be 'true to type'.
If you have any qualms or queries about seed that you have received through the Seed
Swap, contact the person who sent you the seed directly. We ask that members offering
seed try their utmost to ensure varietal purity. If you wish to receive further details on
saving seed, please write to us, stating which vegetable(s) you are interested in,
enclosing an A4 sized SAE to; Seed Saving Guidelines, HSL, Garden Organic, Ryton
Gardens, Coventry, CV8 3LG. The Guidelines are also available on the HSL pages on the
Garden Organic website at http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/seed-saving-guidelines
Due to the limited amount of space we only include vegetable varieties in the Seed
Swap listings. Therefore, if you offered or requested seeds of fruits, herbs, cereals,
flowers or other ornamentals, you will find that they have not been included.
The names and addresses printed in this section are listed purely for the purposes of
the Seed Swap. They are not a mailing list and should not be used by seed companies
or for any other purpose. Please respect their privacy.
Rachel Crow
Aubergine
Szechuan
See main catalogue for description
Has: Angela Schokman
Broad Bean
Bowland’s Beauty
See main catalogue for description
Has: Adam Alexander
Crimson Flowered
Originally donated to the Seed Library in 1978 by Rhoda Cutbush of Kent. We do not know its
exact age, but crimson-flowered broad beans were mentioned as long ago as 1778. A beautiful
bean in flower, followed by small upright pods that are delicious picked young and cooked
whole or left longer on the plant for the small, tender, deep green beans
Has: Charles Knight
Londonderry
This bean grows to 4-5ft and produces long pods up to 21cm long, containing 4-5 creamywhite seeds. Originally from Lawrence Hill’s personal collection at Bocking in the early 1960s,
and donated to the HSL at a later date by Mr G Hudson who notes that they are “rarely troubled
by blackfly”.
Has: Roger Blaney
Red Bristow
This variety had been grown by a friend of the donor, Peter Bristow, for many years in Walgrave,
near Northampton. Best sown in spring the plants grow to around 1m in height. A red-seeded
variety that tastes great and freezes well.
Has: Adam Alexander
Syria Small
From a small Syrian market in Allepo. Eat the whole pod when young, but also delicious when
shelled.
Has: Adam Alexander
Brussel’s Sprout
Peer Gynt F1
Wants: Keith B Watts
Cabbage
Delaway
This Irish variety had been grown and saved for generations of the Hughes family on their farm
in Lankhill, Co. Mayo. A dark green, spring cabbage, best sown in August and distinctly kale-like,
but retaining its cabbage flavour. Pick by the leaf and it will regrow like spinach.
Attractive, hardy and disease resistant; it is very tender picked young and is productive over a
long period of time.
Has: Adam Alexander
Chili
Luang Prabang
A small and very hot chilli from Laos, found in a market in Luang Prabang. Needs a long
growing season. Sow in gentle heat in early January and transplant when four true leaves have
formed. Pot on in May into 10” pots in greenhouse.
Has: Adam Alexander
Cotter’s Large
A pale pink hot and spicy chilli from the edge of the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya. A prolific and
bushy plant that grows to 5 ft. Suitable for greenhouse only. Fruits up to 3 inches long are
great both fresh and dried. Sow in gentle heat in early February and plant up finally into large
pots or grow in the greenhouse border.
Has: Adam Alexander
Rocotto Pubescens
A fantastic chilli that makes a great house-plant. Beautiful shrubby habit with dark leaves and
purple flowers, yielding plum sized red fruit with black seeds. Wonderful medium hot and
sweet flavour. Best grown under glass but worth trying in a sunny, sheltered spot.
Has: Adam Alexander
Turkish Long
Produces mild tasty chillies up to 8” long that are best harvested when green. Very nice as a
basis for Thai Green Curry but also to spice up salads – but remove the seeds first! Sow in
February. Best grown under glass in large pots where this plant will crop for many months.
Has: Adam Alexander
Chaing Rai Long Fine
Slender fruit up to 6 inches long. Best allowed to ripen fully and dried. When soaked and used
in curry they become quite hot and piquant. Slow to germinate. Can grow to 5 ft. with a
shrubby habit.
Climbing French Bean
Bonne Bouche
Originating in the Rouen area of France in the 1950s, this vigorous (1.8-2.4m) ex-commercial
variety produces pairs of delicate white flowers and long green pods with a slight red stripe.
Tender and flavoursome when young; when mature the podded beans are delicious.
Has: Adam Alexander
Borlotto
Grows to around 1.8m, sow under cloches in mid-May, removing protection and staking in early
June. Harvest the delicious young beans when the pods begin to turn dark red and cook fresh,
or leave on the vine and use as dried beans from an autumn harvest.
Has: Adam Alexander
Purple Harage (Harage Pink)
From a market in Zanzibar. This drying bean does well in a sunny spot outside and amazingly in
a polytunnel! Produces clusters of 20cm pods containing speckled purple beans. Start in pots in
mid-April and transplant in early May protecting the plants until they are well established. Dry
the beans on the vine and harvest August/September.
Has: Adam Alexander
Ryder’s Top ‘O the Pole
See main catalogue for description
Has: Adam Alexander, Roger Blaney
Cucumber
Crystal Lemon
Vigorous and prolific producer of round, lemon coloured fruits with
white flesh. Great for pickling or in salads. Outdoor (ridge) variety
Has: Angela Schokman
Dekah
See main catalogue for description
Has: Adam Alexander
Kheera Cucumber
Originating from Bangladesh, this makes a pleasantly mild-eating, mid-sized cucumber with a
triangular cross-section when cut, rather like a famous brand of Swiss chocolate bar! Let the
fruit fully ripen or you won’t tell the difference between this and a normal cucumber, but grown
under cover it’s easy, fruitful and relatively trouble free.
Has: Angela Schokman
Zanzibar
From a market in Zanzibar in 2007. It is a rampant type with very sweet dark green fruit that
go brown as they ripen. Well worth growing. Prolific and very tasty.
Has: Adam Alexander
Dudi
Mo Sayed
Collected from Highfields in Leicester, this dudi is slightly later than the Tower Hamlets, but
will produce fruit the size of a small child!
Has: Angela Schokman
Dwarf French Bean
Emperor of Russia
Syn. 'Longfellow'. This fine haricot bean produces neat plants with white flowers followed by
slim and crisp pencil pods. Stringless and flavoursome when young. Seed Guardian Bill Dale
comments, "A good, no-nonsense bean!"
Has: Adam Alexander, Roger Blaney
Giant Stringless
Donated in the early 1980s by American member Russell Crow, this 19th century American
heirloom has compact (40-50cm) plants but BIG beans. An early producer of long, stringless
green pods with dark seeds.
Has: Roger Blaney
Magpie
See main catalogue for description
Has: Roger Blaney
Vermont Cranberry
See main catalogue for description
Has: Adam Alexander
Xenia Field
See main catalogue for description
Has: Roger Blaney
Photo: Andrea Jones
Fennel
Finale
Produces bulbs that are firm, heavy and with a flattened shape. Bolt resistant, which means it
can be sown from the end of February to July, for harvesting between June and November.
Has: Angela Schokman
Kale
Asparagus
See main catalogue for description
Has: Adam Alexander
Ragged Jack
Donated by Paul Pickering whose family had grown it for years as ‘Tunley Greens’, originally
obtained by his wife’s grandfather from Tunley in Wiltshire in 1910. It has a lovely purple tinge
to its frilly grey-green leaves. Extremely frost hardy yet tender to eat, requiring less cooking
than other kales.
Has: Adam Alexander
Pea
Mange-tout Luang Prabang
Found in a market in Laos. Prolific crops of green pods from lovely purple flowers. The pods
can be allowed to swell and shelled as peas. Need to be able to grow up secured pea-netting
or sturdy 6’ pea-sticks.
Has: Adam Alexander
Prince Albert
A tall variety. Sow in January for cropping in May; then sow seeds from this crop in July for an
additional September crop!
Has: Charles Knight
Robinson
See main catalogue for description
Has: Adam Alexander
Radish
Pasque
See main catalogue for description
Has: Adam Alexander
Rat’s Tail
A wonderful radish grown for its hot and peppery pods which grow in profusion on unruly
herbaceous plants.
Has: Adam Alexander
Shark’s Fin Melon
Hong’s
See main catalogue for description
Has: Angela Schokman
Squash
Pompeon
A delicious winter squash weighing up to 2kg that keeps well. Deep orange flesh within dark
green skin. Sow into 4” pots with heat in April. Plant out in May under large cloches in rich
ground leaving plants at least 3 feet apart. Remove cloches when the plants are well
established. Stop leader at 3’ and pinch outside shoots at three leaves. Harvest in September.
Has: Adam Alexander
Tomatoes
Ailsa Craig
Indeterminate. Cordon. A very vigorous, productive variety. Deep red, medium sized fruits in
profusion. Can be grown outdoors or under glass.
Has: Angela Schokman
Auntie Madge’s
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by Veronica Parsons, this variety
has been in her family for generations and handed down to her by
her husband’s Aunt Madge. A prolific producer, the young fruits vary
in shape, maturing to a rounded plum 3-4 cm in size.
Has: Angela Schokman
Black Hole Sun
A small, almost black delicious tomato. This year’s favourite in
Angela’s house!
Has: Angela Schokman
Cherry Brandywine
Indeterminate. Cordon. Produces dark pink, large cherry tomatoes
that resemble mini-beefsteaks. Very productive.
Has: Angela Schokman
Photo: Andrea Jones
Harbinger – Adam’s Stripey Sport
Indeterminate. Cordon. A couple of years ago some of my Harbinger tomatoes developed lovely
golden streaks and mottled markings on their skins. This ‘sport’ tastes just as wonderful as its
pure red sister but only as the fruit matures does the grower know just how far this mutation is
going!
Has: Adam Alexander
Hilda
A large tomato acquired at a local seed swap.
Has: Angela Schokman
Jersey Sunrise
Indeterminate. Cordon. A very heavy and prolific cropper. Long trusses of round fruit up to
4cms in diameter are born in profusion. Very sweet when picked ripe. Worth trying outside in a
warm, sheltered spot. Likes lots of feeding. A good all-rounder.
Has: Adam Alexander
Nectar Cherry
Produces very small, cherry tomatoes
Has Angela Schokman
Nello’s Plum
Indeterminate. Cordon. Suitable for greenhouse cultivation. The fruits are large, flavoursome
and wonderful to cook with. Also I dry them in a cool oven for an English equivalent of Italian
sun-dried tomatoes. Blanche, skin and freeze for use in soups and sauces in the winter. Makes
great ketchup!
Has: Adam Alexander
Purple Cherokee
Indeterminate cordon. A large, deep purple, super-sweet tomato. Great in salads and for
cooking.
Has: Adam Alexander
Smaragd Apple
Indeterminate. Cordon. This large and sweet green tomato was given to me by a Swiss collector
from Pro Specis Rara. Allow to ripen to a golden bloom.
Has: Adam Alexander
Salt Spring Sunrise
Determinate. Bush. The late J James of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada developed
this very early variety, which performs equally well in both cool and warm summers. The red
fruit tends variable in size but their robust flavour makes them perfect for eating fresh or in
cooked dishes.
Has: Angela Schokman
San Marzano
Indeterminate. Cordon. The classic Italian red plum tomato, perfect for sauce making. Prolific,
both under glass and outdoors.
Has: Angela Schokman
Speckled Roman
Indeterminate. Cordon. A striking colourful large plum tomato which is great sliced in salads
and used in cooking. I have been cropping from eight trusses.
Has: Adam Alexander
White Princess
Indeterminate. Cordon. The best of the white varieties producing very large (400-800g), flat,
cream-white beefsteak fruits that become tinted pink when exposed to the sun. Very good
flavour, sweet and juicy. Very productive.
Has: Angela Schokman
Yellow Pear
Indeterminate. Cordon. Donated by John Yeoman of The Village Guild, this variety is thought to
date back to the 1600s. It is a vigorous variety producing bright yellow, cherry type tomatoes
with a distinctive pear-like shape and thin skin.
Has: Angela Schokman
Names and Addresses
Adam Alexander
3 Croes Bleddyn Cottages
Itton
CHEPSTOW
NP16 6BN
veggingoutwithadam.com
Roger Blaney
Morton Hall
Morton
Nr Southwell
Nottinghamshire
NG25 0UY
[email protected]
Charles Knight
18 Bridge Street
OLNEY
Buckinghamshire
MK46 4AB
Angela Schokman
Buzon No 1
San Roque
Tablones de Orgiva
Granada 18418
Spain
Keith B Watts
16 Canterbury Road
Wolverhampton
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Library members. We provide them with a small number of seeds each year,
which they grow, talk sweetly to, love and cherish before returning to us (in
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takes to become one of this loyal, dedicated band? If you tick the boxes on the
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that you could dedicate to supporting our work?
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Library?
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database.
In return we will provide you with:
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membership number, name and address expressing an interest in guardianship
and we will send you more information ([email protected]).
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of our members. Without your membership, many of these fantastic varieties you are
choosing from today would simply no longer exist.
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continuing to protect as many varieties as possible for future generations to enjoy.
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