Potato 1st / 2nd earlies Foremost
An excellent tasting waxy potato with good sized tubers and a reasonable resistance to slug damage. Roseval
Red salad potato, huge quantities of fairly uniform size spuds, little slug damage and superb taste, boiled and cold in salads and such. (recommended by Muckdiva) Potato Maincrop Marfona
A very versatile waxy potato that makes an excellent baker if left in the ground long enough. It is moderately resistant to slug damage and has a superb taste. It stores very well. Carrot carson
Great taste and reliable (recommended by Kay) parmex
Great in pots in greenhouse when slow to grow in garden - reliable and great taste (recommended by Kay) Beetroot Swede Turnip Radish Parsnip
Parsnip 'Tender and True' - my second year of growing this and it hasn't disappointed yet again, beautiful creamy coloured roots that scrub up really nicely and stay tender right to the middle even when quite large. Delicious flavour. recommended by Birdie Wife Garlic Onion from seed Onion from sets Sturon
A good performing onion that grows to a good size and stores very well. Very few bolt even when planted in early March. Superb taste. Red onions (seed or set) Leeks Spring onions Shallots Prisma
A quality shallot from seed, forming individual bulbs of a good size for either the kitchen or pickling. They store very well, into May this year before sprouting. Cabbage Brussels sprouts Cauliflower Other brassicas Tomato cherry Berry
This is shaped just like a strawberry and is oh so sweet totaset, quite prolific as well. Sungold
A taste that sets the standard others should be judged by, very sweet and prolific but do tend to split if left on the plant too long Tomato beefsteak Tomato regular Chillies Sweet peppers Pumpkin Winter squash Courgette / summer squash De nice a fruit rond
A very prolific round variety with a pale green skin. It has an excellent taste and is useable even when a bit large. Peas
Pea 'Misty' performed fabulously for me this year, very productive, with plump pods that set mainly outside the foliage for easy picking. The plants were very vigourous and easily caught up with the ones I sowed in the late autumn last year Birdie Wife French Beans Runner Beans Lettuce / salad leaves Herbs
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