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A favourite vegetable throughout the Caribbean. The leaves can be cooked and used in the same way as spinach and the young leaves and stems can be harvested to use in salads.
Traditional, large oval to round, darkly coloured fruits with excellent flavour and texture, an essential ingredient in many Italian and Greek dishes. Best grown in a greenhouse or frame.
Popular herb and an excellent choice for any kitchen garden. Has a mild aniseed flavour and can be used in all manner of dishes. Great in traditional Mediterranean dishes, classic with tomatoes.
Prolific crops of thick, fleshy, rounded pale yellow pods. Reputed to be one of the best for flavour, even when frozen, an American heirloom variety that is still just as popular today.
A very popular Italian variety, these 'Fire Tongue' pods contain 5-6 freckled beans. They can be picked as dwarf beans or left to mature and the beans shelled and dried.
Long cylindrical roots are perfect for slicing with firm, crimson flesh that is slow to go woody. A monogerm variety, it produces only 1 or 2 seedlings per cluster which makes thinning much easier.
A high quality long season variety that develops long spears with deep purple heads and succulent stems. One of the earliest to crop, it is at its most delicious from November onwards.
Unusual bright lime-green 'spiral' florets with a distinctive almost nutty flavour. Steam whole heads to retain their shape or eat raw to maximise its sweet distinct flavour and crunchy texture.
A traditional German sauerkraut variety. The thin and tender leaves are just perfect for shredding in salads and coleslaw too. Large pointed heads can weigh up to 4.5kg/10lbs!
This modern variety combines great taste with striking looks. Fantastic for creating a new twist on popular dishes. Best eaten raw or only lightly cooked to retain the colours.
Easy to grow. Large, white roots with wonderful piquant flavour, similar to celery. Stores well after harvesting for winter use. A versatile vegetable for mash, soups, stews or grated raw in salads.
Fast maturing versatile plants that form crisp hearts of tender leaves with succulent crunchy mid-ribs. Resistant to club root and slow to bolt, helping them stand well in the garden.
Easy to grow herb with a subtle garlic flavour. Flower buds as well as the leaves are often included in Thai stir-fries and the decorative flowers can be added to salads. Easily grown in pots.
Very popular flavouring in Asian and Mexican dishes or simply added to a salad. This versatile herb has large fragrant leaves and is slow to run to seed.
Very attractive fruits with raised green ridges. They have a distinct, almost nutty flavour and firm texture, which some say is the best of all courgettes.
Prolific crops of high quality, fantastically sweet baby cues. For the best flavour and quality pick when 10-15cm (4-6in) long. Best grown in a greenhouse or polytunnel.
Firm, heavy flattened bulbs with good bolt resistance. Bulbs and stems can be used raw or cooked to add a delicious aniseed-like flavour. The fine, feathery foliage can also be used as a garnish.
Easy to grow, slender dark green fruits, pick when up to 10cm (4in) long. Early-fruiting, trailing variety with high yields for outdoor crops. Has good resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus.
Unusual, very dark wrinkled leaves. Easy to grow and delicious as baby leaves for salads or left for very winter hardy mature plants. Versatile and nutritious, can be used both raw and cooked.
An unusual looking vegetable with a delightfully mild and slightly nutty flavour. The purple bulbs have a crisp, white flesh. Very versatile, can be used both raw and cooked.