This very productive, pole habit, cut short green bean has excellent flavour, whilst the almost square red and white beans are also tasty. Reputedly the bean that went to America with the Mayflower... >>

An ancient Heirloom English variety of runner bean dating back to the 17th century with attractive bi-coloured red and white flowers. Compact plants produce tender pods best picked young for fresh ... >>

This popular and appropriately-named runner bean, performs exceptionally well, producing a good crop of medium-sized superbly flavoured beans with distinctively different seeds from other varieties... >>

Very rare, old-fashioned, string beans obtained from the USA with green pods, the beans are beige with a black swirl. It makes a great soup bean. >>

A popular, good-yielding, old favourite English runner bean with striking red blossom and large pods which contain deep purple beans speckled with red or lavender when mature. >>

A Victorian heirloom, which is often grown as an ornamental, on account of its dark crimson, almost black leaves which taste sweet if picked young. The globe-shaped roots have a good flavour and o... >>

The ball-shaped, mild and sweet roots of this Italian (1840's) heirloom are resistant to bolting and have light red skin. Cutting open reveals attractive alternating dark pink and white rings (anot... >>

Cylindra is an old Danish variety with deep tapered cylindrical red roots about 6-8 inches long. It is smooth-skinned with dark uniform purple-red flesh. The tops are small and reddish-green in co... >>

A 19th century US heirloom beetroot producing fantastic, smooth, uniform, ox-blood globular beet with luxuriant red-veined leaves. This variety is resistant to downy mildew and does well in all kin... >>

A globe-rooted, 19th century, USA heirloom beet with golden-orange skin and sweet golden-yellow flesh and bright green leaves which are tasty when cooked. It is resistant to bolting and if harveste... >>