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Vegetable Seeds Catalogue
This early, prolific, Italian heirloom produces apricot sized, oval, red fruit. Very tasty, when eaten raw but mainly used for drying. Needs staking. Prepare the soil by digging in plenty of rotted organic matter and use lime if soil is acidic. 40 seeds
A popular crimson red medium tomato with great taste that tolerates low night temperatures, so it is ideal for cooler area. A Russian heirloom that is an early producer. A tough and vigorous producer that needs staking. 80 seeds.
A prolific producer of cherry tomatoes. This German heirloom produces a cluster of 20-30 sweet red fruit (Riesentraube translates as ‘giant bunch of grapes’) that are pear shaped with a sharp pointed end. An indeterminate variety that requires staking. 80 seeds.
This vigorous French bush variety with strong flavoured, flattish red tomatoes will set large amounts of fruit even in cool weather. Surround the young plants with lots of straw around the base to keep the ripening tomatoes of the ground. 80 seeds
This Italian, long, pear shaped tomato has medium sized, tough skinned, sweet fruit that stores well and is a reliable, staking variety for pastes and purees. Prepare the soil by digging in plenty of rotted organic matter and use lime if soil is acid. approx. 80 seeds
A very early slicing tomato bred in the NW of America. A vigorous bush variety that will provide several bursts of ripe tomatoes as the season progresses. Flavour packed tomatoes that are sweet, round, red and 10-14 cm in diameter. A parthenocarpic tomato, meaning that it can form fruit naturally even in cold weather. 30 seeds.
This heavy-cropping Russian heirloom produces flattish, soft-red tomatoes early in the season. A compact, bush variety, with attractive grey-green, finely-divided leaves, it does well in containers. Tomatoes produced are a meaty 7-10 cm flattened variety. A star performer in our 2017 trials, ripening before most cherry tomatoes. Surround the young plants with lots of straw around the base to keep the ripening tomatoes off the ground. Prepare the soil by digging in plenty of rotted organic matter and use lime if soil is acid. 30 seeds
A very early and cold-resistant staking variety with medium-sized, round, red, fruit. A Czech heirloom variety that is indeterminate, so requires staking. Richly flavoured, it slices well and is an ideal size for a couple of sandwiches. It even produced large numbers of fruit thorough the cold summer of 2008-09 when many other varieties failed! A very early and cold resistant, one-meter tall staking variety from Eastern Europe with medium sized, round red, fruit. Rich flavour and good slicing type. 40 seeds
This small to medium-sized, red tomato has orange stripes and makes a stunning addition to salads. This is one of our favourites as it is early, high yielding, looks good, tastes sweet and versatile in the kitchen (use in salads or tossed with garlic, parmesan and parsley into pasta). A 1m tall staking variety. 40 seeds