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	Vegetables & Herbs
	A wide and ever expanding range of vegetable plants are available in spring and early summer followed by autumn sales of winter vegetables. Scottish seed potatoes, sold loose, are on sale early spring onwards together with a wide selection of Kings Vegetable seeds.
	POTATOES due late January 2021 £1.95 PER KILO BUT SOLD LOOSE SO YOU CAN HAVE JUST THE TUBERS YOU NEED. GETTING LOW STOCK NOW BUT EARLY, 2nd EARLY AND MAINCROP STILL AVAILABLE
	Click on the links to view the range in those categories Below is a summary of other veg

Broad Bean "Bunyard's Exhibition Longpod"

Reliable performer. Tall with 5-6 beans per pod. For early planting from March onwards as they are frost hardy

Packs of 6. Available early spring only £2.50

ALL THESE BEANS ARE TENDER AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE UNTIL EARLY MAY

Dwarf French Bean "Masterpiece" packs 9 £2.50

Early maturing with 8-9 inch long, flat podded, beans

Packs of 9. Available mid May onwards as early planting runs the risk of frost damaging the young plants outdoors

Climbing French Bean "Cobra" packs 9 £2.50

Great quality beans, very straight, good flavour and stringless, 8 inches long. Has a long cropping period

Packs of 9. Available mid May onwards as early planting runs the risk of frost damaging the young plants outdoors

Runner Bean "Streamline" packs 12 £2.50

Stringless, good quality runner beans 12-15 inches in length. Packs of 12. Available mid May onwards as early planting runs the risk of frost damaging the young plants outdoors

READY EARLY APRIL

Leeks "Musselburgh" Standard mid winter variety cropping from Nov to Feb. Available in punnets of 15-20 £2.10

Onion "Rinjsburger 5"

Brown, very firm, medium sized with excellent culinary and keeping qualities. We store and use these to March most years

punnets of 15-20 £2.10

Onion "globo"

An enormous onion, regularly achieving world record weight but still great in the kitchen. Mild enough but with a bit of bite. Keeps till about Christmas .Packs 12 £2.50

Onion globo

Onion "Red Baron" punnet 15-20 £2.10

Good quality red onion, globe shaped with a thick neck. Keeps till Christmas

also for mid May cold houses

or ready now if heated

Peppers choose from sweet pepper Bell Boy

Chilli Pepper Apache, Basket of Fire (limited stock)

Aubergine Money Maker

all £1.50 each

WE GROW MUTIPLE BATCHES. WARM HEATED GLASSHOUSE ESSENTIAL FOR MARCH, APRIL UP TO MID MAY THEN THEY CAN GO IN A COLD HOUSE.

ONE OF OUR BEST SELLING CROPS BECAUSE PEOPLE INSIST ON HAVING THEM TOO EARLY THEN THEY DIE OF COLD!

all £2.10 each

Cucumber "Femspot"

F1 hybrid ensuring uniformity and vigour. All female flowered son no bitter fruit caused by fertilization. A quick strong grower with long, slightly ribbed fruit.

For the greenhouse

Cucumber "Passandra"

Never have half a cucumber left rolling about in the fridge again! F1 hybrid, all female flowered mini cucumber, 6-8 inches in length, easily producing in excess of 40 fruits in a season and even managing 60 in the Trials Garden glasshouse.

Now out selling the normal cucumber "Femspot"

Melon "Irina"

More of a challenge but perfectly possible if you can grow cucumbers. The trick is to make sure to pollinate the flowers and restrict each plant to 4 or 5 fruit only

Irina is the best for cold greenhouse and produces fruit weighing about a pound with a good, aromatic flavour

FOR PLANTING OUT MID MAY £2.50 pack 9

NOT ready until May

Sweetcorn "Earlibird"

A super sweet variety that also stays sweet for longer after picking, but the old adage "walk slowly to pick it but run back home to boil it" still holds true as the sugars quickly turn to starch after picking. 8 inch long cobs, quick to mature in less than ideal weather