Alternative Varieties

A tall mixture of this delicately fragrant, well-loved cottage garden plant in many vibrant colours! Snapdragons are relatively slug resistant and in protected areas can last many years. It is ready for cutting when 3 to 5 flowers on the lower part o...

Bush type. Patisson blanc is a flat, round, cream coloured squash, waved or serrated along the edge. Stores for a limited period. Mild in flavour. Eat young with skin like courgettes. Recommended alternative for squash Patisson orange [G748], which ...

Rouge vif d'Etampes (Roter Zentner) is a trailing, vigorous squash, with very large flattened round, orange to orange red fruits. Flesh yellow orange. Stores a long time. Weight 5-25 kg. Recommended alternative for squash Gele Centenaar (Gelber Zent...

Robila is a very long, slim, cylindrical stump rooted autumn and winter carrot. Very good keeping qualities. Evenly coloured and with a well developed sweet, mild, nutty, carrot flavour. Recommended alternative for carrot Rolanka [G282], which has b...

Green cabbage lettuce Briweri is suitable for early production in a cold or heated greenhouse. Second early, compact, well formed, rather smaller heads with strong leaves and a white core. Also suitable with an autumn planting in a protected location...

Laibacher Eis 4 is a medium firm, late shooting salad with heads of yellow green colour tinged with red. For use throughout the outdoor growing season. Very high reliability. Much sought after due to its beautiful, unique appearance and outstanding f...

Celeriac Monarch has very large and very heavy, tankard shaped, pale coloured roots with a low set root base. Interior quality exceptionally white and firm. Not sensitive to celery leaf spot. Remains white when cooked too. Pleasantly mild, nutty tast...

Tica is a second early, high yield tomato with short inter-nodes for protected cropping. Beautiful, shiny very firm fruits that can ripen on the plants for a long time. Can also be harvested in racemes. Because of the long storage life, Tica is also ...

Rijnsburger-5-Selection with good storage quality. Second early onion for growing from seed with a fine round form and pale bronze skin. Quick and powerful growth with strong leaves. Firm, round storage onion that retains its skin well; very high yie...

Zaphito is botanically a squash but can be used as young fruit like a courgette. The skin is edible too. The fruits should be harvested when they are 8-12 cm long and with a pale green colour. The fruits have yellow flesh. The plants are non-trailing...

Gesche is a round beetroot variety with a smooth skin and dark red interior. Leaves of medium vigour and fine leaf nodes on the root. Homogenous and well set roots. The variety can be harvested by hand or with the harvesting machine. Stores very wel...

Selma is a fast growing, fine, white Florence fennel with a flattened round form. Strongly bolt-resistant and with a high yielding potential. Less susceptible to peripheral leaf browning. For the entire outdoor growing season. Recommended alternati...

The variety Daniel is a relatively low growing cauliflower with heavy, firm and well-covered heads. Homogenous stock. Very late variety. Uniform selection with a high percentage of grade 8 selections. Good harvest quota. Suitable for spring and autum...

Spring garlic with a white external skin and rose coloured cloves. Slow growing, specially suited for marketing in the half-dry or dry state. 10-16 cloves per bulb. Particularly resistant to Fusarium wilt and hence good for storing. Recommended alte...

Enrico is a creamy-white kohlrabi variety with flattened round ‘bulbs’ that develops rapidly. Suitable for spring and autumn cropping. Develops 3-4 days faster than Rasko. Low tendency to split and to develop purple tints. Easy to harvest with a high...

Fast growing early leek Kulaures is bolt resistant and suitable for both early cropping and autumn cultivation. Plants with long shafts, upright leaves, minimal bulb formation and high yielding potential. Particularly good taste. Also available as s...

Sugrano is a vigorous tall sweet corn. Cob size is similar to Tramunt. SH2 type with an intense sweetness and well rounded flavour. Around 100 days to maturity. Recommended alternative for sweet corn Mezdi (medium) [G457], which has been discontinue...

Winter tarragon is a herb, which originates in Mexico and has long pointed and very aromatic leaves. The taste is very similar to French tarragon with a strong anise-like scent. The plant is not winter hardy but can be overwintered with protection. ...

Round, yellow beet Wintersonne has healthy foliage and upright leaves. The exterior colour is orange, while the interior is yellow with faint white rings. It grows slightly slower than red varieties and has smooth skin. Particularly suited for fresh ...

Gelbes Rüsselchen is a golden yellow chilli with bent fruits. Good yield as a result of its early maturity - 60 days from planting. Fruit weigh about 10 g and are 10-14 cm long. Since they grow to 80-100 cm tall and have long side shoots, support is ...

Green heading lettuce Finja is highly resistant to downy mildew. For the entire growing season. Medium to heavy closed, homogenous heads with a tightly layered base. Mid green, firm leaves, slight buttery flavour. Also available in pelleted form (pri...