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This splendid variety, named after the Mother Earth goddess, is one of the best mid-season apples, being ready for picking in September. The firm, sweet, white flesh of Cybele has a most attractive red skin. Its blossom tends to resist frost, leading to a fine crop of scab-resistant apples.
If you like your apples really big, look no further than this variety! While it is first and foremost a 'cooker' - and a very good one - Howgate Wonder is quite sweet when eaten fresh, so also has a claim to being a dessert apple. A very handsome variety, it has green skin lightly flushed with orange and crisp, white flesh. Howgate Wonder is simply superb as a baked apple and it is also a fine choice for juicing. It does well just about everywhere and we particularly recommend it for areas considered 'difficult' for growing apples. Incidentally it was bred on the Isle of Wight around 1915.
With Cox and Golden Delicious as its parents, this late dessert variety shows outstanding resistance to both mildew and scab, making it a great choice for those who like to grow their fruit organically or with a minimum of chemicals. The fruits, which are yellow skinned with a good red flush, become ready in September and will keep until Christmas. It has a splendid flavour, as we would expect with Cox in its parentage.
The main aim in developing this mid to late dessert apple was disease resistance. Not only did the breeder achieve this, but also managed to produce an apple which is sweet, juicy and crisp. Its creamy yellow flesh has a rather open texture and, when fully ripe, there is a hint of strawberry about its flavour. Rejka has yellow skin heavily overlaid with rich red. Its fruits are most attractive and of a good size.
This is the apple for those people who may be allergic to apples due to the high level of protein which most contain. Santana was bred specifically for its lower levels of protein - and this has been achieved. Raised at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, Santana has much else to recommend it.The medium sized apples have skin with a deep red flush on a yellow background and creamy yellow, firm flesh. Its fragrance and flavour are rather intriguing in that notes of rose blossom, lychees and even Gewurztraminer grape are detectable, especially as the skin reddens. Santana is ready for picking in September and is a superb variety.
If you enjoy the refreshingly zingy flavour of a Granny Smith, chances are you will enjoy this superb, late variety, despite it having a mainly red skin rather than a green one! Topaz is also notable for its excellent resistance to disease and its ability to keep well from a late October/November harvest through to the following March.The medium to medium-large fruits have firm, juicy, cream coloured flesh, the flavour of which mellows with keeping. Topaz has the excellent Lord Lambourne in both its parent lines.
While this excellent late apple become ready from late October, it will often stay on the tree in good condition until the end of December. The red skinned, tasty fruits, which have a lovely touch of sharpness, will also keep until the following March.
These small apricots can be eaten almost like a bunch of grapes. Ready in early to mid August, they have a superb, Muscat grape-like flavour which we believe is superior to that of other varieties. You will not find Petit Muscat in supermarkets because it does not have a long shelf-life, so growing it for yourself is the only way to appreciate the intense sweetness of this top-class apricot.
Fancy something a little different? Why not grow your own peanuts with thispeanut plant offer. This easy to grow plant is not only quick to grow on thewindowsill or outside but easy to harvest too. It produces lovely yellowflowers and healthy nuts!
Replaces Newport. Perfect as 'baby' carrots in early summer or as mature roots up to 25cm/10in long into autumn, this superb carrot has excellent colour and a wonderfully sweet flavour. Throughly recommended.
Casseille is a cross between blackcurrant Giant Boskoop and a gooseberry. Why? Because you can cross it but also because it produces a fruit of amazing flavour! The leaf is like a gooseberry while the fruit looks like a blackcurrant grape! Truly a cross! A very sweet flavour, a little like a dessert gooseberry, the fruit can be eaten from the bush. The very fragrant fruits are ideal in fresh fruit salads and summer puddings. The other bonus is that Casseille is a very heavy cropper and can produce several kg of fruit per plant.Well worth a try!
Easy to pick as the fruits tend to grow upwards, while the flowers 'set' even in humid, cloudy conditions. The plants are especially disease-resistant.
For long a familiar sight in the countryside, elder is also worthy of a place in the garden. Its light, ethereal flowers and rich, heavy berries both make delightful cordials and wines. Elderflower wine has a bouquet similar to that of the Sauvignon Blanc grape, and the creamy-white flowers can also enhance the flavour of stewed fruit, jellies and, especially, gooseberry jam.Elderberry wine is similar to port when sweet and to claret when dry. The phrase 'a good wine needs no bush' is said to derive from the ancient French practice of adding elderberries to inferior wines to improve their body. They also make a delicious savoury jelly for accompanying meats.Alternatively, you may prefer to grow this medium sized shrub just for ornamental purposes or to support wildlife in your garden, for the berries are loved by many wild birds. Elder has several medicinal uses and its leaves can even be boiled and strained to produce an organic insecticide. How's that for a truly versatile plant?
A dramatic variety, Ronde de Bordeaux yields figs with a shiny black skin and deep red flesh with a wonderfully rich flavour. Early, sweet and so tasty, it will do best on a south-facing aspect in the south and in a greenhouse elsewhere.Image courtesy of Pierre Baud
Expect plenty of stringless, 15cm/6in pods from this productive variety.The healthy, vigorous plants present their pods well above ground forclean and easy picking. The flavour is tip-top.
This softneck variety has a very dense bulb which has an intense flavour much prized in Umbrian and Tuscan dishes. Although a smaller bulb than some, what it lacks in size it makes up for with flavour. It will keep well to the March the year after harvest.
Another late type, this variety is widely grown in Tuscany where it suits the warmer summers and cooler winters rather than the blasting heat of southern Italy. This garlic has large cloves and is widely used in Umbrian chicken dishes.
This glorious variety will be appreciated by all those who love the best soft fruits of summer! Its berries are of the softest, translucent pink, full of juice, sweetness and flavour. What's more, they have a delightful fragrance and can be used in a wide range of dishes, but our favourite has to be as the 'secret ingredient' of mouthwatering summer puddings.The plants, which are robust and disease-resistant, bear their plentiful crop from mid to late July. The season is short, but its 'gloire' is unforgettable.
