The large, mild-to-sweet tasting, deep pink fruit are very attractive indeed, especially when sliced, with pronounced pleats and hollows within the flesh as illustrated. When sliced and arranged in a salad they always make a serious talking point, and this rare and quite astonishing tomato is sold at inflated prices in exotic fruit shops. It was named after the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico, who developed this attractive tomato. (Cordon) ... Learn More

This amazing, quite recent introduction is a hardy raspberry/loganberry cross that looks rather like a huge raspberry in appearance and has one of the longest picking windows of any of the recent hybrids. The superb, strong, fruity flavour is similar to that of the renowned loganberry and they are particularly hardy, cropping from early July until the end of August. If possible they are best grown strung along wires to get maximum cropping potential, which can be very heavy. ... Learn More

Round shaped hybrid Milan type, with high uniformity. Excellent internal quality; smooth skin. High heat tolerance. Maturity is around 55 days from sowing. Suitable for early protected cropping and maincrop field production. ... Learn More

Very hardy, dwarf, compact plants produce round roots with tender, yellow, mild-flavoured flesh and with outstanding keeping and exhibition qualities. Golden Ball is the best of the main crops, according to some experts and is recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. ... Learn More

Also known as Green Top Stone, this high yielding, hardy variety produces a heavy crop of large cream-white rounded turnips with a delicate flavour. They are easy to grow, store well in winter and can be planted late and then eaten throughout winter and spring. ... Learn More

A 19th century Italian heirloom which is quick maturing and well suited for cooler climes. The medium-sized roots, with a sweet and mild flavour are very flat with a bright purple top and a white base below soil level. ... Learn More

An early maturing, globular turnip which was first bred in the 1860's in Devon. The roots are reddish-purple above ground and white below. The flesh is solid with a delicate flavour especially if the roots are harvested when young. ... Learn More

The ten varieties in our vegetable gift pack give a range of unusual vegetables which make the perfect gift for a gardening friend or relative. You also save more than 25% compared to buying individually! The ten packets are: Detroit Red Globe (Beetroot), Tender and True (Parsnip), Tumbling Tom Red (Tomato), Bishop's Crown (Pepper), Giant Winter(Spinach), Merveille des Quatres Saisons (Lettuce), White Lisbon Winter Hardy (Spring Onion), Chantenay Royal (Carrot), Durham Early (Cabbage), Queensland Blue (Squash). The actual contents of the veg pack may differ slightly from the varietie ... Learn More

This prolific-fruiting sport of the red currant (Ribes rubrum), produces heavy trusses of fruit in summer. It differs from the red currant mainly in the strong, fruity, tangy flavour, and when completely ripe is an amazing translucent pearl-white . Making a striking addition to fresh fruit salads, it is an easy-to-grow, long-lived bush, fruiting and improving yearly with little care other than an occasional removal of very old stems. ... Learn More

Quick and easy to grow in a container, garden or green house, producing thousands of small, black, ornamental fruits which we recommend should not be eaten even though it may be recommended elsewhere online. The leaves of this plant are reputedly narcotic, and are sometimes smoked as a canabis legal-drug substitute, and they should not be used thus, and we DO NOT recommend this practice. ... Learn More