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Has intermediate resistance to fusarium. Large, dark green glossy leaves on thick sturdy stems. High yields and slow to bolt. This is a nice compact Genovese basil well suited for pot production and for fresh cut use in the field.

Popular Italian appetizer served with garlic and olive oil. Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest. Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed.

The “deer tongue” idea refers to the pointed shape of the leaves and not, we hope, to some special fondness deer may have for this unusual variety of leaf lettuce. Still you'll need to guard it from marauders, deer or human, because the rich, nutty...

The variety is described as rugged and a heavy producer perhaps befitting of its Amish heritage. Like the red deer tongue variety, this is a very nice leaf lettuce with tongue-shaped leaves.

The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty! 60 days. Deep-red “baby” pods make very attractive menu additions and older pods remain tender even at 20cm/8” length, and retain their red colour when...

This is the true strain used in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken noodle soup. Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less...

Stalks are pure white, crisp and very tender. Grows 25cm/10” in 45 days. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour.

Highly resistant to common fungal diseases. Open headed romaine with gorgeous pomegranate-red leaves.

Dark purplish-bronze foliage. Excellent for seasoning, and for basil vinegar which turns a beautiful red colour. Former All-American award winner, famous for its pure dark purple foliage, but in recent years it has become about 25% green.

Chinese herbalists say this herb expels ‘wind' and promotes ‘eruption.' Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating. It also has an antibacterial action. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat,...

Leaves are delicious when young in salads, and larger leaves can be steamed, stir fried, or sauted. With a prominent display of bright crimson stalks and dark green crinkly leaves veined in red, this swiss chard is highly ornamental.

The sweet and mild flavour is reminiscent of asparagus, mushrooms, and beans. Yields can be huge if pods are picked often to encourage more to come. A red-podded variation on the yardlong or asparagus bean.

Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs. With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners.

Besides using the leaves, try the pretty purple flowers, separated into florets, in salads for colour and flavour. Regular onion chives.

A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour. Long, and can get up to over 10kg. Some disease and drought tolerance. Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern...

Sets double pods, very productive vines over a long period of time. Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating raw, in stir fries or steamed.

Tops are used as cooked greens. Excellent pickled, in salads, gourmet borscht or grilled. Attractive, bright golden-orange roots, are best eaten when small, but retain their sweet flavour and do not become fibrous when larger.

Repeat sowings for a continuous crop. Sharp-flavoured curly leaves are excellent in salads and sandwiches or cooked. Harvest when young and tender.

Ripens to a fiery golden-orange. Standard variety.

They are most tender when just 5-8cm (2-3") across. (Sunburst squash) Distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer. They also make a most decorative container at the dinner table for other foods when scooped...

They are gorgeous for fall decorations, and of course they are great for popping. The stalks get only 120-150cm/4-5ft tall, so the plants blend in well with ornamental grasses or at the back of the garden.

Fast growing Genovese type suited for year round pot production. Leaves are medium large to large with dark green colour. Uniform, erect habit.

For flavour and for colour. A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. And it may be resistant to downy mildew according to one report. It tolerates heavy cutting well so multiple cuttings are possible.

It makes delicious tortillas, sweet and nutty, as well as cornbread, corn chips and pancake mixes. Traditional crop of the Hopi Indians of Arizona, not only for food, but also for its spiritual and ritual significance.

Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves. Standard curled variety.