This section covers salad accompaniments like radish, celery, spring onion, red onions (including the Tropea Rossa shown on BBC Gardeners World 22/12/06), cucumber and of course, Rocket (wild and cultivated). Please note that Italian cucumbers are very different to English ones. They are all for indoor cultivation and have a cucumber taste when smaller and like melons when larger. They are great, but don't expect them to taste like the one's from your local greengrocer !!
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| BLACK RADISH RAMOLACCIO |
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S29 - Black Spanish round radish dating from around the middle of the 16th century. Good sized root with black skin and white inside. @1500. Sow Mar-May and Jul-Nov. |
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| CELERY GIGANTE DORATO |
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S32 - Golden legs of celery. Use raw, for dipping in 'Bagna Cauda' and as a base for pasta sauce (with carrot and onion). Not self blanching. @5000 Feb-end Jun. |
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| CELERY VERDE PASCAL |
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S33 - A green celery from France, used also in Italy. Needs blanching. Best suited raw, in salads. Not self blanching. Rich in Vitamins A, B2 and minral salts. Best to break the sticks rather than cut them. @6000. Sow Feb |
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| CORNICHON GHERKIN OF PARIS |
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S18 - 'Small Gherkin of Paris' used widely across Italy. Suitable for pickling 'sott'aceto'. @150. Sow Mar-end Jul. |
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| CUCUMBER MARKETMORE |
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S14 - English style cuke. Mid-early medium sized fruits with few spikes. Low in calories. @150. Sow Mar-end Jul and harvest Jul-end Oct. |
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| CUCUMBER MELONE OF MANDURIA |
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S12 - Melon Cucumber. Grown since Roman times, this vigorous, round cucumber variety is once again popular. Makes nice round slices. This is a 'Melon Cucumber' as above. Indoor. As featured in the Telegraph 01/10/06 by Bunny Guinness. @120. Sow Mar-Jul. |
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| CUCUMBER MELONE PUGLIESE |
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S11 - Dual Purpose - picked young it is eaten as a cucumber. Let them grow on and it becomes a melon, although not as sweet due to a slightly reduced sugar level. Rustic variety from Puglia in Southern Italy. Short, medium sized fruits and good productivi |
£1.95
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| CUCUMBER MELONE TORTARELLO ABRUZZO (SAVE 46p) |
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S13 - A long, light green ridged cucumber variety from the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. The odd fruit has a tendency to become 'hairy', but they are few and far between !! Indoor. 120 seeds. Sow from Mar-end of Jul and harvest Jun-Oct. |
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| CUCUMBER SAKAMARI F1 |
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S17 - Japanese variety. English style. Resistant, vigorous and productive. Mid long fruits with few spines. Recommended for forcing. @15. Sow Mar-Jul. |
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| CUCUMBER VERDE DEGLI ORTOLANI |
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S15 - 'Long green cucumber of the veg grower' !! Mid-Late, smooth, dark green, English style cuke. @150. Sow Mar-Jul. |
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| CUCUMBER VIRIDIS F1 |
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S16 - English style. Vigorous plant. Good production. Long, round fruits with dark green knobbly skin. A real cracker. Male/female, so self pollinating. @20. Sow Mar-Jun. |
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| CULTIVATED ROCKET |
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S1 - First introduced to the UK by the Romans. Adds a peppery flavour to salads and pizza's. Easy to grow. Rich in Vitamin C which aids the absorption of Iron. Sow Mar-end Sep. @5000 seeds. |
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| CULTIVATED ROCKET 50g RESTAURATEURS PACK |
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Medium strong flavour and used in salads, to make rocket pesto, on Pizza's like Bresaola e Rucola, for antipasto etc. Sow from Mar-Sep or protected all year. Highly sought after by most restaurants, rustic and easy to grow, although rocket can bolt. If |
£6.49
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| GHERKIN BETH ALPHA |
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S20 - These mid-east type cucumbers have a very thin skin, absolutely no bitterness, are mild, productive over a long season, one of the earliest to produce, and should go until a frost. In short, they are one of the best all around gherkin/cucumbers avai |
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| LONG RED ONION TROPEA ROSSA LUNGA |
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S8a - Mid/Early. Large elongated bulb, reddish/purple skin with a firm rosy flesh. Ideal for eating raw due to it's mild flavour and high sugar content. Sow Mar-May. @840. |
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| NESTI DANTE SAPONE AL CETRIOLO |
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From Nesti Dante, Florence, est.1948. Each soap is still made using the old cauldron baking traditions of the 'saponeria'. A rich cocktail of vitamins which with the sugars found in the tomato leave your skin glowing. Dermatologically tested. Made with |
£3.99
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| POLISH RADISH SZLATA |
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S30 - Yellow radish variety from Poland. The Poles know their radishes and Szlata means 'Gold'. It's a mid sized salad radish and is of medium pepperyness. Sow from Mar-Aug continously. |
£2.49
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| RADISH CANDELA DI GHIACCIO |
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S27 - 'Candle of Ice'. Long, ice-white radish or mouli, which looks like an icecle and dates from around 1820. @2250. Sow Feb-Jun and Sep-Oct. |
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