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Exotic Vegetables A to N Welcome to our new 2008 section of
unusual and tropical vegetables. Many of these can be grown outside as a
summer annual in the same way we grow many other veg that do not
originate from our cold northern climate. Others will need a warm
greenhouse or conservatory. |
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Chenopodium
capitatum
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An annual member of the goosefoot family and a native of Europe this plant is known for the red fruits that form at maturity. These are pleasantly sweet, but insipid alongside a real berry. The real crop comes from the spinach-green, triangular, and bite-sized leaves with toothed margins, borne in an open rosette. A warm position, fast growing plant for summer salads and a beautiful curiosity in fruit. |
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Chenopodium
giganteum |
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A vigorous attractive and valuable annual for borders, with purple and lush green foliage. Young leaves can be cooked and eaten tasting of spinach or eaten raw. Excellent as a spot plant or centre piece. This is a tall plant to 6ft, giving a colourful display, with smooth stems striped red and green, producing large leaves of a brilliant magenta colour, covered when young with a red crystalline powder, and bearing long spikes of tiny reddish flowers. |
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Chinese
Mustard (Brassica juncea) |
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Red Giant is a Japanese leafy mustard. with high yields of red to dark purple tinted leaves that can be harvested as baby or full leaf. Lovely mixed with other salad leaves as it has a very mild mustard flavour or used in stir frys and is highly prized in Oriental cooking. On mature plants the large savoy leaves are deep purplish red with white mid ribs. Plants are very vigorous and grow best in mild/cool climates. Seed sown from April to autumn in succession to provide a continuous crop, to prevent the plants from bolting delay sowing until June. Sow in shallow drills. |
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Choy Sum
Chinese Flower Cabbage n£ |
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Very popular in South China and Hong Kong, this vegetable is used in various stir-fry dishes. Whole plants are harvested prior to the flower buds beginning to blossom. The Red Hybrid belongs to the Hon Tsai Tai type. An early to medium tasty variety, it has good heat and cold tolerance and is disease resistance. The stem is red purple with green leaves adding an ornamental element to the plants and salad crop. Prefers cool conditions and ideal for an English summer crop, after the risk of frost has passed. Our Green selection ‘Golden 49’ is also a quick maturing crop with both heat and cold resistance, good for both summer and autumn crops. |
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Coccinia
grandis
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Ivy Gourd or Dondakaya is a widely consumed vegetable in India, rich in beta-carotene, and available in India through out the year, large numbers are now imported daily to the UK. The small, stubby, green coloured vegetables which grow on aggressive perennial vines are used to prepare delicious stuffed curries, stews, pickles, salads and stir fries. can be harvested at the green unripe stage or when red. The young shoots and leaves can also be eaten as greens and the fruits can be eaten raw. Worth a try as an annual crop in a warm sheltered spot in the UK and our seeds come from a selected Indian cultivar |
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Courgette
Kojac |
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A very high yielding and prolific courgette with dark green, spine-free fruits that makes picking much easier Use as a hot vegetable or try frying in butter for a delicious taste. Pick young for courgettes or leave to large marrows, which are excellent for stuffing with a mincemeat filling and baking in the oven. For a continuous crop pick regularly. |
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Courgette Organis Soleil
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We have been growing these bright yellow courgettes for many years, they are prolific croppers and add a real dash of colour to both the vegetable garden and the table. Pick young as courgettes or leave to large marrows, which are excellent for stuffing with a mincemeat filling and baking in the oven. |
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Cucumber F1
Carmen |
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A unique all female variety with resistance to all known strains of powdery mildew, scab and leaf-spot. Fruits are bitter free and produced in abundance with 50 or more per plant. Easy to train and day length sensitive. For maximum yield plant March to April. |
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Cucumber Tanja n£
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Organic seed producing robust plants with slim, dark green 1ft long fruits, which are free from any bitterness. Suitable for polytunnel or outdoor cultivation. |
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Cucumis
melo Golden Sweet |
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An unusual small Oriental melon, with oblong-shaped melons 3-4 inches long, these fruits have a smooth, golden skin and a very crisp, sweet white flesh. Plant grows vigorously in warm climates. This melon is very prolific and is very popular in Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Sow seeds in seed pots in spring and transplant to a greenhouse border or warm frame when large enough. The plant begins to set fruits 40 days after transplanting. |
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Cucumis
metuliferus |
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Cucumis metuliferus, or ‘horned melon’ or is a fast growing annual vine related to the cucumber family that is best planted in a greenhouse as our summers are not really warm enough for it. Prized by some for its slightly bitter papaya and watermelon flavour. Beware though the fruits have thorns and the leaves have very small spines. Best grown for its novelty value. |
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Cucumis
sativas |
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Suhyo is a long-time favourite cucumber in Japan, that produces long slender cucumbers, 1” x 18”. The cucumber skin is dark green and has small spines. The flesh is firm, crisp and delicious. A very productive variety. |
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Cucurbita
Buttercup |
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Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. Buttercup a late autumn variety, is said to be the smoothest, best flavoured squash yet produced, up to 3 or 4 lbs. each. |
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Cucurbita
Cream of the Crop |
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Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. ‘Cream of the Crop’ is an All American Winner and a winter acorn squash with a tasty creamy flesh. |
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Cucurbita
Kabocha |
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Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. Kabocha has a very sweet nutty flavour and is a particular favourite of ours. |
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Cucurbita
Uchiki Kuri
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Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. For a fabulous red colour display as well as a delicious vegetable with a sweet creamy flesh try Uchiki Kuri. |
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Daikon
Radish Mino Early |
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Mino Early is a long-time favourite of Japanese Daikon
radish. This variety is widely planted in Japan from late summer through
to autumn. Plants mature 40 days after sowing. The root is 18” to 24”
long, pure white and slightly tapered. White flesh is very crispy and
tender with mild pungency. |
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Edible
Amaranth |
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Edible Amaranth are a fast growing vegetable that can be harvested 30 days after sowing in warm conditions, by the cut-and-grow-again method. Seeds are very small and will germinate best at temperature above 20°C under dark conditions. Thin the growing plants if necessary and thinnings can be eaten. Edible young leaves and stems are cooked like spinach. Soft texture and tender leaves are excellent for stir-frys and soups. |
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Kohlrabi
Blaro |
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Blaro an F1 hybrid takes slightly longer to reach maturity than other types, but producing good quality purple bulbs resistant to cracking with excellent crisp white flesh. |
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Kohlrabi
Grand Duke |
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Grand Duke is a high-yielding white kohlrabi hybrid. Maturity is approximately 50 days after transplanting. The very uniform bulbs are round to slightly squashed and up to 4” across. |
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Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogan |
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Lemon grass is an excellent aromatic clumping tropical
grass growing to 6' tall. When the leaves are crushed the fragrance
resembles the scent of lemon. The stem and leaves are used for cooking
in the Asian kitchen but it is also used to make a refreshing tea and
for perfume, oil and medicine. |
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Leek Autumn
Mammoth |
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This early variety is comparable to Goliath if left to
mature to full size. It has a long shaft and erect leaves, with some
rust resistance. Can also be used for succulent baby leeks and therefore
a useful multi purpose variety. |
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Lettuce Curled Leaf
n£S Green, Red & Mixed Salad Bowl Aprx 500 seeds £1.69 |
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Green Salad Bowl is a large fast growing rosette lettuce with long, light green deep cut leaves. Heat tolerant and very slow to bolt. Red Salad Bowl is very similar but with a brownish red head. Excellent for continual harvesting and we seem to be able to get an all summer crop from only two sowings. |
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Lettuce
Little Gem |
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One of the earliest varieties to mature. Little Gem
produces small compact plants which are packed with a crisp sweet heart
and little outside leaf. Very useful for cloches and small gardens. |
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Lettuce
Milan Organic Butterhead
Lettuce
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A high quality organic butterhead lettuce suitable for both outdoor and glasshouse production. Neat shiny green leaves, resistance to some mildews and tolerant of mosaic virus. |
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Melon F1
Sweetheart |
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All melons are best grown under glass or in a warm cold frame. This one is a Charantais F1 hybrid producing early, heavy yields of good sized fruits with a smooth skin. The flesh is sweet with a mild aromatic flavour. Medium globe shaped fruits to 600gms. |
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Melothria
scabra |
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Egg shaped inch-long green & white striped or mottled fruits resembling tiny watermelons. Fast-growing annual with lobed leaves from Mexico. Fruits have a tasty flavour and crunchy in texture, used in salads or stir fries and pickled in Mexico where they are known as Mexican Sour Gherkins. |
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Moringa
oleifera |
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Native originally to the Himalayan
foothills of northern India, the horseradish tree can be found widely
planted throughout the tropical areas of the world. Nutritionally, ounce
for ounce, powdered Moringa leaves have seven times the vitamin C of
oranges, four times the calcium of milk, three times the potassium of
bananas, four times the vitamin A of carrots and two times the protein
of milk. The one to four foot long pods lend the plant the common name
of drumstick tree. They are also high in nutritional value and can be
cooked like green beans when young. The flowers are high in calcium and
potassium but must be cooked before consuming. The peeled root tastes
like horseradish, hence the common name, but care must be taken as the
root bark is toxic. It is also used in many Indian traditional medicine
recipes where they have over 300 uses for Moringa. |
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