Long, pale, ribbed, 3 ft fruits are crisp, juicy & sweet. Best when picked at about 1 ft & 2-3" in dia, Never needs peeling, is burpless & easy to digest plus an excellent slicer, good in salads. Apart from it's size & unusual ribbed skin, if left to grow on the ground, it will grow into strange twisted shapes like a snake's coil, yet if grown on a trellis will grow straight.

First Early - Waxy Flesh - Raised in Scotland by Donald Mackelvie, Even more popular than Consul. Highest selling early for many years. Prefers a good soil to do well. Recommended use: Bake, Boil, Roast,, Priced for One Kilo

Floury Flesh - Main crop - Bred in the Isle of Arran by D. Mackelvie. the oldest of the "Arrans" still grown, named in 1918 in celebration of the War ending. Rare & one of only two blue skinned varieties still available for general cultivation. High yielding given a long season. Tubers are round to short oval with blue skin, snowy white flesh & deep eyes. Use: Boil, Roast, Mash, Priced for One Kilo

Mug-wort , This 2 ft high European woody perennial is associated with the liquor Absinthe, but, its odour makes a good plant spray against pests & in companion planting, its root secretions have an inhibiting effect on the growth of surrounding plants, thus weeds & useful in repeling insect larvae. Can be used to repel fleas & moths indoors. Small, greenish tinted flowers from July to Oct

Gloucester 1700’s - Flowering Group 5, Rootstock: MM106, Pick Nov, Use Dec - March, according to The Herefordshire Pomana of 1880 this dessert apple has a sweet, slightly acid, highly aromatic flavour, with very firm, crisp, juicy flesh & russetted green/brown skin, very hardy, improves with keeping, Suitable for Espaliers & Cordons, Good for Exposed Sites, Suitable for juicing, Priced for 1 yr Maiden

'Cut and Come again' , Our Tangy mixture of an Asian combination of baby leaf & stir fry products including frilly & zesty Mizana,crunchy-mild mustard & cabbage flavoured Komotsuna, crunchy Pakchoi - tatsoi, extra tangy red & green Giant Red Mustard & sneak in a Red russian kale. A true cut and come again all year around

Also called Chinese Stem Lettuce - Not a cross between Lettuce & Celery, just a variety grown for its romaine-like foliage & mainly for its thick, edible 6 to 8-in tall Celery-like stem. Leaves look & taste of salad lettuce but the midribs have crunchiness & spicy flavour of celery Ht:2 ft

(circa 1596) Winged Pea (Lotus edulis) - A relatively unknown pulse from the med, the young stem shoots without leaves & eaten like asparagus, or the winged light green pods, developing from crimson flowers, are best picked & eaten young, (has an almond flavour) Season: Jun to Oct