Growing Guides

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  DESIREE

  One of Britain's most popular and best-loved varieties. This red-skinned favourite does well on all soils and its yellow, waxy textured flesh has a lovely flavour. It can become very large and slightly mis-shapen, but is nevertheless very versatile. Boil, mash, chip or saute.

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  RESISTAFLY

  Marked resistance to carrot fly is not the only reason to grow this Nantes-type. Its flavour is sweet, and the roots have little core. The perfect finger carrot for late autumn.

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  OCTAVIOUS

  An outstanding green celery which produces thick, succulent, pale green stems of medium length and good flavour. The vigorous plants are high yielding and slow to bolt.

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  BORLOTTO

  An Italian variety whose green pods are liberally splashed with red, used as a conventional dwarf bean when young and tender or left to mature as 'haricots'.