BushDeterminateEgg sized, deeper than round plum fruits. Tomato Pomodoro Principe Borghese has a characteristic sharp taste as 'vine ripenedfruits for salad and ideal as a sun dried variety. A huge cropping tomato over the season.
CordonTomato 'Il Pantano Romanescois a typical Italian variety producing large, flattened, ribbed fruits. The ripe beefsteak tomatoes show a slightly greener crown and have a superb meaty texture. This versatile, flavoursome variety is ideal for slicing into salads as well as using in cooked dishes. Suitable for growing as a cordon under glass or outdoors. Height: 200cm (79). Spread: 50cm (20)
The large, cylinidrical fruits of cordon Tomato 'Il San Marzano Lungo 2' have deep red skins and dry, meaty flesh, making them superb for cooking, and unsurpassable for making sauces. This flavoursome plum tomato is early to ripen and crops well over a long season. Height: 200cm (79). Spread: 50cm (20)
An 'Oxheart typewith a distinctive, ribbed, heart shape that produces large, meaty beefsteak tomatoes, each weighing up to 200gm. The fruits of Tomato 'Cuore di Bue' are late maturing and ripen to an attractive orangey-red colour. The creamy flesh has a superb flavour and is ideal for adding to salads or eating with slices of fresh mozzarella cheese. This cordon tomato is suitable for growing in the greenhouse or outdoors. Height: 200cm (79). Spread: 50cm (20)
Semi-BushTomato 'Roma Nano' is a traditional plum tomato producing juicy, fleshy fruits with very few seeds, making them ideal for pastes, soups, sauces and sun drying. This semi-bush variety can be grown in the greenhouse but will have a richer, fuller flavour if grown outdoors. Grown as a semi-bush variety, it is easy to grow with minimal training and no side shooting. Height: 150cm (59). Spread: 50cm (20)
A delicious blend of lettuce which, from regular sowings give tasty salad leaves all the year round and is a well-balanced mixture of young, fresh and tender leaves. It will provide a continuous harvest of salad leaves all the year round if successionally sown in pots on the windowsill, or sown outdoors from March to September. It is easy to grow with minimum maintenance. Salad Leaves Mixture Misticanza D'Insalate contains: Lettuce Bionda a Foglia Liscia, Bionda a Foglia Riccia, Verde a Foglia Riccia, Meraviglia Delle 4 Stagioni and Biscia Rossa.
Lattuga Bionda Lenta a Montare is a delicious, crisp, dark green, classic 'Romainetype with solid hearts which stand in good condition during hot weather. Traditionally used in Caesar salads. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds
Outdoor typeCucumber 'Cetriolo Marketer' produces prolific crops of medium length, dark green cucumbers with short, white spines. The climbing variety is best grown outdoors against a support. Height: 3m (9'). Spread: 45cm (18)
A loose leaf 'picking lettuce', Lattuga Rossa a Foglia Riccia da Tavolo produces abundant bronzed leaves to add to salads, and sandwiches, or used as a garnish. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds
Slower growing and with a more serrated leaf than Cultivated Rocket but Wild Rucola Selavativca is increasing in popularity to add to Cultivated Rocket as a mixed salad ingredient
Very quick growing, Rocket Cultivated Rucola Coltivata is a vigorous, robust plant with pungent leaves. Use as a main ingredient of a mixed green salad to add zest and texture
Forms a round mound of pale green, frilled edged leaves. Lattuga Lollo Bionda does not produce a firm heart. Cut the entire plant or just pick leaves as required. Makes an attractive complement to Lollo Rossa. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds