Vegetables

Winterpostelein is like corn salad, a salad variety for growing in autumn, winter and early spring. In protected locations it can be cut several times during the winter. Very frost-hardy. Note: Germinates only at temperatures below 12 °C.

Winterriesen/Verdil is a large leaved, second early spinach variety with rather tender leaves. Particularly suitable for autumn and winter cultivation. Very characteristic leaves with pointed tips at the lower end. Flavour is particularly aromatic an...

Round, yellow beet Wintersonne has good, healthy and upright foliage. External colour is orange, inside it is yellow with delicate white rings. Rapid early development and uniform growth, smooth skin. Specially suited to fresh and direct marketing. A...

Vorbote 3 is the earliest of the savoys useful for extending the range on offer in early and mid summer. Heads weigh 0.5-1 kg. Round to oval shape. Very good used freshly harvested from end of June to August. Well curled tender leaves, mildly aromati...

Wunder von Kelvedon is a short, early maturing garden pea with long dark green pods. Heavy cropping and resistant. Grows up to 50-70 cm high. Flavour is particularly sweet and aromatic.

Yellow California Wonder is a medium-tall thick-skinned pepper with heart-shaped fruit that ripen to orange-yellow. Fruits weigh around 185g. Thick-walled fruits which break off easily when picked. Good potential yield.

Yellow cherry tomato Yellow Submarine has an open growing habit. Potato leaf type. Many small, beautiful, pear shaped fruits growing in long racemes, delicious flavour. Because of its funny shape and good taste it is known as the 'children’s tomato'....

Yellow Sweet Spanish is a visually attractive sweet onion with copper-coloured, very firm skin. Uniform onions with very good storage qualities weighing 400-500 g. Resistant to sun burn. Slow growing. Good flavour with a spicy touch.

Bell pepper Yolo Wonder has large, glistening dark green ripening to red, thick fleshed fruit of stocky form. Particularly suited to grow in a greenhouse. Healthy growth and relatively early ripening. High yielding. Good taste.

Yorokobi is a low growing, compact, dense Pak Choi of a medium to light green colour. Very broad, tender midribs on well placed leaves. Recommended for autumn cultivation. Good flavour, mild and sweet.

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...

Zazu is a sweet pointed pepper with an open tall growth. The long-shaped fruits change from pale green to yellow and can grow to 18-22 cm in length. Robust plants whose fruits will still ripen in cooler weather at the end of the season. Fruits keep w...

Bunte Zierkürbis-Mischung is a mixture of small and decorative fruits from variously coloured trailing varieties.

Aubergine Zora is a vigorous market garden variety with long oval shaped, deep purple fruits. Sepals are only slightly prickly. Uniform fruits. Its harmonious form makes the plant easy to manage. Good typical aubergine taste.

Non-trailing courgette variety Zuboda has green, slightly marbled, long fruits with a small seed cavity. Early and good cropper.

Chicory sugar loaf Zuckerhut forms long shaped and pointed heads. A winter salad with a more delicate taste than endive. Can withstand light frosts. Firm heads can be stored until ca. January. The leaves have spicy-nutty, slightly bitter flavour....

The variety Zuckertraube is a heavy cropping, relatively large cherry tomato with long bunches with red, appealing fruits. Vigorous. Side growths can also be trained. Very good, particularly sweet flavour.

The beetroot variety Ägyptische plattrunde is short topped and early with dark red flesh. Specially good for early cropping. Speciality for amateur gardeners.