Est 1831 2014 Garden Seed Catalogue

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Dear Gardener, Welcome to our 2014 garden catalogue. Please just email [email protected] to sign up to be a ‘Tuckers Tester’ and we will send We have had a season of weather variations and you new seed as it becomes available. All we yes, some of them have been an enigma! In 2012 ask in return is for some information on how it we went from drought alerts to flood alerts to performs, grows, yield, good points and bad and cold weather alerts, and when winter came of course photographs which you can email us early a typically showery and cool October rather than sending prints, so apart from some moved onto snow for some areas. November time this would cost you nothing and you get was exceptionally wet with flooding and to help shape the future of our garden seed December progressed again to cooler, wet and catalogue. wintery weather. Januar y through to April was generally dry and cold and some areas, From time to time we will be having ‘discount including us here on Dartmoor, even had snow and give away’ days!!! To ensure you don’t miss in May! Some organised gardeners were caught out on these random events, you will need to out by the exceptionally low night time keep visiting our website or checking in with temperatures as the days were so pleasant our Facebook and twitter pages for during spring and sadly lost their first sowings. announcements. Stocks will of course be However once spring sprung it was great, with limited and p&p will be applicable. lots of light, sun and a shower or two of rain We hope that you enjoy our 2014 catalogue making for perfect growing conditions. This and thank you for your continued custom; then moved into a heat wave which again enjoy your gardening. caused a few people a little trouble as their seedlings cooked in the sun but August settled All varieties that have been awarded the ‘Royal into a much calmer period of warm with Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit’ showers. We now just cross our fingers for a will now have the text RHS AGM after their late autumn so that everyone has chance to descriptive write up; the plant/cultivar has been make the most of this growing season. awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit because it has proved to be reliable in appropriate We’ve listened to our customers and many of conditions and a good performing plant. For more you will be pleased to see that several old information on RHS Award of Garden Merit favour ites are back including Darkmar Brussels plants visit www.rhs.org.uk/plant Sprout, White Gem Parsnip, Good King Henry and Victoria Rhubarb. Please do continue to tell us what you would like to see in the Great news!! We’ve negotiated a better garden catalogue and we will where possible deal with our couriers and many of our and practical seek to find them for you. For a section two carriage charges are comprehensive list of all new varieties please reduced this season. Please see page 47 see the back of this catalogue. for details. We would like to offer some customers the opportunity to participate in trialling some new varieties for us. We’ve had the luxury of a KEY professional trial site for the past few years, but feel the best people to try out these new Victorious Veg varieties are you, our customers in your own Encourage Beneficial Insects gardens.

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We are GM FREE and FERA and SOIL Agricultural Seeds ...... 42 Marrow ...... 24 ASSOCIATION registered, to ensure Amaranth ...... 3 Melon ...... 25-26 quality of seed. Artichoke ...... 3 Mibuna ...... 26 Asparagus ...... 3-4 Mizuna ...... 26 No seeds in this catalogue have been Asparagus Pea ...... 4 Mustards ...... 26, 43 genetically modified in any way and we Aubergine ...... 4 Mustard Spinach ...... 37 obtain written assurances from all our Baby Leaf Beetroot ...... 8-9 Okra ...... 26 suppliers to this end. Beetroot ...... 8 Onion Seed ...... 26-27 Borecole ...... 19-20 Onion Sets ...... 48-49 Front cover pictures from left to right: Broad Beans ...... 4-5 Orach ...... 27 Top row: ROC09 Dragon’s Tongue Rocket page 36 / LBE06 Intense Chard page 20 / Broccoli-Sprouting ...... 9 Pak Choi ...... 27-28 COU25 Sunstripe F1 Hybrid page 16 / Brussels Sprouts ...... 9-10 Parsley ...... 28 GAR25 Carcassonne Wight page 18-19 Cabbage ...... 10-11, 42 Parsnip ...... 28 Bottom row: PEA43M Shiraz purple Calabrese ...... 11-12 Pea Bean ...... 8 podded mangetout pea page 30 / BEE83 Cape Gooseberry ...... 12 Peas ...... 28-30 Organic Golden Detroit Beetroot page 8 / Carrot ...... 12-13 Pepper ...... 30, 35 ONI35 Retano F1 Hybrid Onion page 27 / Cauliflower ...... 13-14 Perennial Ryegrass ...... 43 RBE27M Firestorm Runner Bean page 5 Celeriac ...... 14-15 Phacelia ...... 43 Celery ...... 15 Potatoes ...... 51-57 Please note a few varieties are not Celtuce ...... 23 Pumpkin ...... 16, 25 currently in stock, but should be available Chicory ...... 15 Purslane ...... 35 in time for sowing. These varieties will not Chinese Cabbage ...... 11 Radicchio ...... 15 have a price next to their code but please Chinese Mustard ...... 26 Radish ...... 35, 36 see our website www.tuckers-seeds.com Claytonia ...... 15 Red Clover ...... 43 for updates on availability. Comfrey ...... 15 Rhubarb ...... 36 Corn Salad ...... 15 Rocket ...... 36 P - Denotes part/all of the plant, or its seeds are poisonous. Courgette ...... 15-16 Runner Bean ...... 5, 6 Cress ...... 16-17 Ryecorn ...... 43 Crimson Clover ...... 43 Savoy Cabbage ...... 11 NB. Please note as we are dealing with nature, we would ask you to be careful; if Cucumber ...... 17 Scorzonera ...... 36 your plant looks unusual or not as Drying Beans ...... 7-8 Shallot Seed ...... 36 expected, please do not eat it. We’re Endive ...... 18 Shallot Sets ...... 49 happy to advise should this situation Fennel ...... 18 Sorrel ...... 36 occur. Field Beans ...... 43 Spinach ...... 36-37 Flowers ...... 44-46 Squash ...... 24-25 We also produce a Professional Growers Flower Sprout ...... 18 Strawberry Seed ...... 37 Catalogue (available November/December) French Beans ...... 6-8 Swede ...... 37 and a special Discount Sheet for Gardening Garlic ...... 18-19 Sweet Corn ...... 37-38 Clubs and Associations. Please telephone Green Manures ...... 42-43 Tares ...... 43 01364 652233, Fax 01364 654211 or email Herbs ...... 40-41 Tatsoi ...... 38 [email protected] if you would like Italian Ryegrass ...... 43 Texel Greens ...... 38 us to send you any of these. Extra co pies of Japanese Greens ...... 26 Tomato ...... 38-40 catalogues are also usually available on request. Kale ...... 19-20, 42 Tomatillo ...... 12 Kohl Rabi ...... 20 Trefoil ...... 43 Are you a member of a club or association? Komatsuna ...... 37 Turnip ...... 40 Thinking of starting one? If so please Lawn Seed ...... 48 Vetches ...... 43 contact us on 01364 652233 or email Leaf Beet ...... 20 Water Cress ...... 16 [email protected] for our Leafy Mixes ...... 23-24 White Clover ...... 43 association order form. Leek ...... 20-21 Wild Flowers ...... 46 Lettuce ...... 21-23 Winter Lettuce ...... 23 Malt ...... 58

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Orders from this section type to the original item Section 1 will be sent as soon as ordered. If we do not have a possible; they may be suitable replacement we incomplete, but you will be would either, refund or hold FREE POSTAGE* on all advised of items which are a credit for you. If you are orders from this section , outstanding. These will not happy to take any follow on as they become substitutes, please mark (*minimum section one available. If you require part your order form, NO SUBS, order value £30.00; free of your order in advance of or list acceptable postage only applies to the main batch please do alternatives. Many thanks deliveries made to not hesitate to mark this, for your cooperation. mainland UK, Scottish remembering to include extra postage if necessary. SEED COUNTS & Isles, Channel Islands, Isle WEIGHTS of Man, Northern Ireland Our Substitution Policy: We would hope to have We give seed counts & Isles of Scilly. For and weights in the deliveries to Eire and sufficient stock of items to make substitution a rarity. hope it will prove of Mainland Europe - please However, unfortunately the help to our customers. enquire for prices. Below need to substitute an item All counts and weights £30.00 a charge of £1.25 cannot be eliminated completely. We only are approximate and will be made to help cover appear either after the postage and packing). substitute something if we feel that it is of a similar species or name.

AMARANTH ASPARAGUS ASP01 Sow in situ April onwards, or Sow in pots in the greenhouse JERSEY KNIGHT F1 Hybrid earlier under glass and harvest from February to March (15 seeds) pkt £2.60 approximately 55 days later. maintaining a temperature An all-male hybrid, producing premium quality spears. High ARH01 between 21-27°C (70-80°F) throughout germination and tolerance to fusarium and crown GARNET RED AMARANTH seedling development. Thin rot. (1000 seeds) pkt £1.60 seedlings to 7.5-10cm (3-4") apart. An intensely red amaranth. Very Pot-grown plants can be potted on ASPARAGUS vigorous can be cut young as a sprig, during the year and hardened off. perfect for colouring up salads. CROWNS Both can then be planted in their Prepare the bed in autumn, digging final bed the following April. in well rotted manure and ARTICHOKE - GLOBE Prepare the bed in autumn, digging removing all perennial weeds. Sow in greenhouse with gentle in well rotted manure and Plant crowns 30cm (1ft) apart in heat in late February, harden off removing all perennial weeds. April into ground with good gradually and plant out in late Ground with good drainage is drainage. Leave 90cm (3ft) May. Otherwise sow in open required. Plant the crowns 30cm between the rows. Cover the ground in April and thin during the (1ft) apart with 90cm (3ft) between crowns with 5cm (2") of soil year, transplanting the following the rows. Cover the crowns with initially. Fill in the rest of the spring into beds 90cm (3ft) apart. 5cm (2") of soil initially. Fill in the trench over the season as the rest of the trench over the season ART92 ** ORGANIC ** plants grow. Watch out for as the plants grow. Watch out for IMPERIAL STAR (15 seeds) asparagus beetle and slugs and asparagus beetle and slugs and take appropriate action. pkt £2.00 take appropriate action. Protection Protecti on from hard frost and An improved Green Globe variety from hard frost and strong winds with 6 to 8 buds per plant. strong winds may also be Artichokes can be produced in the may also be necessary. necessary. Do not harvest spears first season. Sweeter than in the first year, and only a few the standard Green Globe, with good following year. After that you uniformity. 90-120cm (3-4 ft) tall should be able to cut succulent plants. spears in abundance for at least 8- Telephone: 01364 652233 3 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 4

10 years. Orders must be placed produced on a plant well suited Height 90cm (3ft) unless stated. before the end of February. N.B. to our climate. We give approximate heights for Asparagus crowns will be sent from beans as a guide only. The AUB99 ** ORGANIC ** early April. Unpack on arrival, if condition of the soil can soil conditions do not allow BLACK BEAUTY (75 seeds) considerably influence the final immediate planting, keep cool and pkt £1.90 crop height. lightly cover with peat. Popular old variety bearing large, dark, glossy, violet, egg shaped fruit. 12cm (5") long. BBE01 ASP02 SUPER AQUADULCE DARZILLA F1 Hybrid (pack (100 seeds) pkt £2.50 of ten one-year-old crowns) BROAD BEANS Early, hardy, longpod type, £17.50 Sow from late February to June, 5- recommended for autumn sowing. Darzilla is a fantastic clonal hybrid (some plants may produce 7.5cm (2-3") deep in double rows BBE02 berries, but this will not effect 90cm (3ft) between each pair. Seed WITKIEM MANITA (100 their yield), mid-season cultivar should be spaced 15-23cm (6-9") seeds) pkt £2.50 that is an improvement on the apart within the row and the rows Outstanding variety, probably the extremely popular Dariana, which should be 23cm (9") apart. earliest spring sown variety. High it replaces in our range. This Aquadulce can be sown from yields of top quality beans. RHS variety produces very large and October to January as soil AGM. uniform spears of 22mm. The conditions allow and the Sutton BBE03 tasty tips are tightly closed and of can be sown in the autumn with outstanding quality. High yielding EXPRESS (150 seeds) with good disease resistance. protection or in a sheltered site pkt £2.70 from late February to early June, as Early and fast maturing (70 - 75 ASPARAGUS PEA normal spring beans. days). Express produces heavy crops Sow direct in ground during May or Broad Beans are not fussy as to soil of tender and fine flavoured beans June, cropping August - September. which have a lovely texture. This conditions but will reward good variety is winter hardy and is ideal This subject is not a true pea - it is preparation and a well drained for the freezer as it does not tend to a member of the Vetch family. The sunny site. The main pest is black discolour. Height 90cm (36”). RHS pods are small and winged with a fly which can be avoided by early AGM. delightfully unique flavour. Pick sowing, followed by pinching out when pods are about 2-5cm (1-2") the tops when four trusses have BBE03M long. Steam lightly to retain best set. You could also try growing EXPRESS (MINI PACK) flavour. Summer Savory with your beans. (25 seeds) pkt £1.60 Keep weeds out of the establishing BBE08 APE01 crop to lessen the effects of Pea BUNYARDS EXHIBITION ASPARAGUS PEA (100 seeds) and Bean Weevil and ensure you pkt £1.80 water well when the plant is (150 seeds) pkt £2.70 Produces heavy crops of long AUBERGINE flowering to encourage pod podded beans when sown in the development. If you cannot plant Sow in gentle heat 16-21ºC (60- spring. Can be sown in autumn in outside early enough or you have mild areas. Popular old variety. 70ºF), in February or March, rodent or bird problems, it may be transplanting into pots when large worth starting your beans off BBE05 enough to handle. Can be grown in inside without heat; harden off MASTERPIECE GREEN a heated or cold greenhouse, or and plant out when they are LONGPOD even outside in sunny sheltered around 15cm (6”) high at the above (100 seeds) pkt £2.40 positions. Mist regularly to spacings. If the plants grow tall or A superior green-seeded variety. encourage good fruit set. your site is particularly exposed Outstanding cropper. RHS AGM. AUB02 you may need to give the plant BBE07M some support. Tuckers Top Tip: MONEYMAKER F1 Hybrid GREEN WINDSOR (MINI dig the roots of the bean back into (50 seeds) pkt £2.10 PACK) (25 seeds) pkt £1.60 your soil after harvesting to add in Prolific variety with exceptional First introduced around two taste. Elongated fruits are matter and nitrogen. hundred years ago this short podded, 15-20cm (6-8”), variety

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yields 4-5 very tasty and succulent BBE98 ** ORGANIC ** RUNNER BEANS green beans per pod. It is particularly good for freezing as it SUPER AQUADULCE (100 seeds unless does not tend to discolour. Green (50 seeds) pkt £2.20 otherwise stated) Windsor is still very popular today among discerning gardeners We give approximate heights for RBE25M and this reliable variety should be beans as a guide only. The MOONLIGHT (MINI PACK) ready to harvest from June condition of the soil can (30 seeds) pkt £1.70 onwards. Height 60-100cm (24- Moonlight is a white flowered and 39”). considerably influence the final crop height. seeded British bred, runner bean BBE06M which has unique self-setting THE SUTTON (MINI PACK) properties even in poor weather RUNNER AND conditions. It combines the best (25 seeds) pkt £1.60 FRENCH BEANS attributes of runner beans with This excellent dwarf, 30-45cm (12- those of a climbing french bean, 18”) variety produces an Standard climbing varieties should creating a prolific variety. abunda nce of fine flavoured be sown 5cm (2") deep, 23cm (9") Producing a much improved tender beans in 13-15cm (5-6”) apart in the row. Usually two rows fleshier and smoother, stringless pods and can be sown in the 45cm (18") apart are grown pod of around 25-30cm (10-12”), spring or autumn. Ideal for together using bamboo canes Moonlight has a delightful tasty smaller exposed gardens or even sloping inwards and tied to a runner bean flavour. Height: 280- for growing in a container; this 300cm (9-10’). Likes Full Sun. variety is perfect for successional horizontal bar for support; sowing and the beans freeze well. alternatively grow in a wigwam of RBE27M around 100cm (39”) in diameter. RHS AGM. FIRESTORM (MINI PACK) Dwarf varieties can be sown 15cm BBE17M (30 seeds) pkt £1.90 (6") apart in rows 60-75cm (24-30") Firestorm is an amazing red KARMAZYN (MINI PACK) wide. Both types should not be flowered British bred variety (25 SEEDS) pkt £1.70 sown in the open until all danger which has been developed by This wonderful and very pretty of frost has passed. Earlier crops taking the best characteristics bean grows to just 60cm (24”) and can be obtained by sowing seeds in from both french beans and is perfect for the smaller garden pots in the greenhouse at the end runner beans; this creates a or patio. Karma zyn produces a of April or early May and variety that is prolific and sets copious amount of short pods, well even in ch allenging growing especially given the size of the transplanting end of May to first week in June. Dwarf French beans conditions as it is self pollinating. plant; each of these pods contains The flavoursome beans are on average, four of these unusual can be sown as late as early July. stringless and with its masses of pink tasty beans. For the most Runner Beans will do best on red flowers it is also very pretty. tender and delightful beans, eat ground which has had a liberal when young, which is when their helping of moisture retaining RBE01 colour is at its most vibrant; do compost or well rotted manure. ACHIEVEMENT pkt £2.90 not be tempted to over cook; the Bean Seed Fly can be a devast ating Popular old variety which we re- colour retention will be improved pest on both Runner and French introduced because of customer by steaming. With a mid-early demand. Fine flavoured long maturity, you should expect to Beans; sowing indoors and planting out will lessen its effect. Tuckers straight beans are produced in harv est your beans from June to abundance. RHS AGM. August. Top Tip: Pollination may be assisted by growing Buckwheat, RBE02 BBE14 Phacelia or Sweet Peas nearby. ENORMA pkt £2.90 RED FLOWERED (25 seeds) Ensure you water well when the Fine pods of exceptional length pkt £3.00 plant is flowering to encourage and quality. Ideal for the show Heritage variety dating back to pod development. Dig the roots of bench . RHS AGM. the 1800’s, beautiful deep red the bean back into your soil after flowers, small upright pods. The harvesting to add in matter and RBE03 beans have an excellent flavour. nitrogen. KELVEDON MARVEL pkt £3.00 BBE93 ** ORGANIC ** Height 210cm (7ft) plus If you want the earliest runner EXPRESS (50 seeds) unless otherwise stated. beans, this is the variety for you. pkt £2.50 Heavy crops of good quality.

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RBE05M RBE09M CFB01 STREAMLINE (MINI PACK) LADY DI (MINI PACK) BLUE LAKE WHITE SEEDED (30 seeds) pkt £1.80 (30 seeds) pkt £1.60 (200 seeds) pkt £2.40 This high yielding early variety An excellent and vigorous variety produces 30-45cm (12-18”) smooth RBE23 that produces sweet, tender, pods of superfine quality which CELEBRATION pkt £3.20 stringless, straight pods of grow in large clusters. Streamline A beautiful looking early runner medium length. Blue Lake is is red flowered and is very bean with salmon/pink flowers. excellent in drought conditions popular with gardeners due to it’s Celebration is a heavy cropper and the tasty and fleshy fresh beans are brilliant for freezing and lovely flavour and long harvesting that produces uniform, high period; this reliable and vigorous should be ready to harvest Mid variety should produce beans quality straight fleshy pods of June – Mid October. This variety from July for 12-16 weeks after 25cm (10”). The pods are is also suitable for dried beans if sowing and is also recommended smooth, tasty and delightfully allowed to ripen and Blue Lake for freezing. tender and stringless when can also be grown in a cold greenhouse or in a polytunnel. RBE06 picked young. RHS AGM. SCARLET EMPEROR RBE18 CFB02 HUNTER pkt £2.40 pkt £2.90 LIBERTY (10 seeds) pkt £1.60 Early variety first introduced This superb, high yielding, white This superior quality runner during the early 1900’s. Still seeded variety, produces delicious considered by many to be the bean produces outstanding long 25cm (10”) flat, stringless best flavoured bean available. crops, suitable for exhibition. pods in abundance. Excellent The beans are very long and quality and ideal for the show g. RBE24 tasty with smooth thick tender bench. Hunter can also be grown in a cold greenhouse or in a ST. GEORGE pkt £3.10 flesh and stunning red flowers. A very attractive bi-colour polytunnel. Harvest June – RHS AGM. September. RHS AGM. variety which has red and white flowers. St. George produces an RBE20 CFB09 early, prolific yield of semi SUNBRIGHT pkt £3.20 FESTIVAL RZ pkt £2.40 stringless, 25-30cm (10-12”) long Late harvesting variety for a Festival RZ is a stringless flat pods, which are easy to pick. good crop in October. High climbing bean. The pod is The fleshy, juicy, straight pods yielding. The stunning golden approximately 22-24 cm (9”) long. Good self setting pod with are delicious and have a fresh leaves and bright flowers are a fine flavour. Best for late pale green colour. A British bred decorative enough to spring and early autumn exhibition variety, to replace incorporate into any flower production and can be grown Painted Lady. RHS AGM. border or kitchen garden. under glass or polythene.

RBE09 RBE98 ** ORGANIC ** CFB04 LADY DI (100 seeds) ENORMA (40 seeds) COSSE VIOLETTE pkt £3.30 pkt £2.90 (100 seeds) pkt £2.00 A red flowered variety which is Purple podded variety, stringless RBE96 ** ORGANIC ** early and attractive as well as pods which turn green when SCARLET EMPEROR cooked. Fine flavou r. tasty. Lady Di is a stringless (50 seeds) pkt £2.90 variety which produces long, 25- CFB05 30cm (10-12”) slender beans; the CLIMBING FRENCH BARLOTTO LINGUA DI pods are fleshy and the seed BEANS FUOCO 2 (50 seeds) development is slow. Quality (100 seeds unless pkt £2.30 and yield is much improved over Red markings on bright green, flat some of the older varieties and otherwise stated) pods make this a colourful bean this variety has gained in Height 210cm (7ft) plus to grow. The red markings are popularity in recent years. unfortunately lost with cooking. unless otherwise stated Excellent flavour. Should be ready for harvest from July to October. RHS AGM. 6 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 7

CFB10 Height: 45cm (18"), spread: 30cm excellent flavour and an upright MANTRA RZ pkt £2.40 (12"), making it ideal for pots and habit. From an early indoor A mouth-watering stringless flat containers as well as open ground sowing you can expect to start climbing bean which is best for production. harvesting from June. The 15cm (6”) stringless purple pods turn late spring, summer and early DFB03 autumn sheltered outdoor green when cooked and are held production. Mantra RZ produces THE PRINCE pkt £2.50 well above t he foliage facilitating self setting pods of 18-21cm (7-8”) Good early variety producing easier harvesting. Height 50cm (19- long, superb flavour. abundant long fairly flat pods. 20”). Excellent flavour. Can be picked CFB07 over a long period. RHS AGM. DFB83 ** ORGANIC ** YARD LONG (200 seeds) SPEEDY (100 seeds) pkt £2.50 DFB07 This delicious, high yielding, pkt £2.50 STANLEY pkt £2.50 tender, green bean is especially Otherwise known as the Asparagus A very high yielding early variety suitable for either early or late Bean. This very vigorous plant which produces uniform, medium sowings (under a cover of fleece) needs the protection of a long, 15cm (6”), green, fleshy and or for those who are a little late to greenhouse or polytunnel. Very tasty pods. Stanley is a white sow normal varieties as it is quick long pods are pro duced, which are flowered and white seeded bean to mature (60 days). The sweet and thin, stringless and have a superb which is suitable for early and late tender pods are approximately flavour. sowings so it can be harvested 15cm (6”) long and flesh y. Should PEA BEAN See page 8 June - October. Shows good be ready for harvest June to resistance to halo blight and October, Height: 45cm (18"), CFB89 ** ORGANIC ** anthracnose. RHS AGM. spread: 30cm (12"). Can be grown in COBRA (50 seeds) pkt £2.40 a pot or container. A quality early and high yielding DFB09 bean that is dark green, tender and SAFARI (300 seeds) pkt £2.60 DRYING BEANS exceptionally tasty. The attractive A highly recommended and fast smooth straight pods are 18-20cm maturing variety (12 weeks) which (50 seeds unless otherwise (7-8”) long, round and stringless. produces strong plants with an Cobra can be harvested over a long upright growing habit. The 10-12cm stated) period, right through to the (4-5”) attractive straight, slim pods Sow as French beans. If you want to autumn if picked regularly. It has are round and green in colour and eat as a standard French bean, pretty violet flower s which would are carried high on the plant simply leave pods on the plant and grace any flower bed, making it making picking easier. The harvest when young and tender, perfect for smaller gardens. stringless, tasty pods should be gather as normal. However if you Should be ready for harvest June ready for harvest from July to to September, 12-16 weeks after wish to use your produce for drying September and the plant shows a beans leave the pods on the plant sowing. Height: 180cm (70”), high level of disease resistance. spread: 30cm (12”). RHS AGM. RHS AGM. to mature, your plant should no longer be producing flowers when DWARF FRENCH DFB12 pods have reached maturity. If BEANS SONESTA pkt £2.40 possible the best place for your An early variety which produces beans to start drying is on the (250 seeds unless over a long period, high yields of plant, simply leave them in place, otherwise stated) beautiful yellow pencil podded, (still watering and looking after the stringless fine wax beans of 12- Height 60cm (2ft) unless plant) and when the pod skins go 13cm (4-5”) on a compact plant. brown and brittle, in the autumn, otherwise stated Sonesta is resistant to bean mosaic virus and anthracnose and should harvest the pods and they should DFB01 be harvested July to September. be easily shelled. If the weather is TENDERGREEN pkt £2.30 Height: 45cm (18”), spread: 30cm wet and the pods can not dry in A high quality early variety which (12”). RHS AGM. situ then pull the whole plant and produces masses of pencil shaped hang in shed or other dry place, or green beans of up to 14cm (5½") DFB08 pick the pods and dry on cardboard long, over a long period. The PURPLE TEEPEE (100 seeds) in a warm place, good air flow is stringless pods are fleshy and tasty pkt £2.20 and excellent for freezing. Should essential. Watch out for moulds This reliable and high yielding be ready for harvest June to and rots, and discard any that show pencil podded cultivar has an September, 12 weeks after sowing. signs of problems. When beans are

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hard simply store in paper bags or BEE01 BEE23 cardboard boxes, again watch out BOLTARDY pkt £1.20 MONETA (250 seeds) for mould and rot, this would Good quality smooth skinned pkt £1.90 indicate that the beans were not globe shaped roots. Boltardy has Monogerm (single seeded) type, dry enough when put into storage. sweet flavoured tender flesh and less or no thinning is required if may be sown earlier than other sown carefully. Sensational CFB08 varieties because of its resistance variety producing top quality PEA BEAN pkt £2.40 to bolting. RHS AGM. roots with very good resistance to A climbing variety. The flat pods bolting. can be harvested young, when BEE19 tender and eaten whole. ZEPPO RZ F1 Hybrid (250 BEE10 Alternatively shell like peas once seeds) pkt £1.60 CHIOGGIA pkt £1.70 Traditional Italian variety with mature. The attractive brown and Zeppo RZ is a fast growing hybrid decorative white rings in the white coloured seeds will keep with strong foliage. It produces an pink/red flesh. their flavour after storage. Height attractive smooth round root Very tender with a mild flavour. 180cm (6ft). which has a deep red colour and hot superb flavour. Stands warm Highly attractive, use as a vegetable or cold in salads. DFB93 ** ORGANIC ** growing conditions very well and BARLOTTA LINGUA DI does not bolt readily. Customer BEE81 ** ORGANIC ** FUOCO NANO (100 seeds) quote "this is a very good variety JANNIS (200 seeds) pkt £2.40 which as they say 'does everything A dual purpose dwarf French bean it says on the packet'. Good pkt £2.00 for use as both green pod or fry germination, good size, smooth An improved selection of Boltardy bean. Spectacular green pods globes and good colour and taste. which shows good resistance to which are approximately 13cm (5”) Doesn't seem to be bolting easily bolting so it can be sown from in length with decorative red despite the very dry summer”. March. Fine tasting globe shaped stripes, lovely flavour. Can be roots. picked young or left to mature for BEE02 BEE99 ** ORGANIC ** excellent drying bean. Harvest DETROIT GLOBE (2) DETROIT ROUND pkt £1.80 June to October, 9 – 12 weeks pkt £1.20 after sowing. Early red beetroot. Globe shaped A fine globe beet for general use. bulbs. Light green foliage with CFB01 See page 6 Excellent colour and taste. dark red veins. BEE04 BEE83 ** ORGANIC ** PABLO F1 Hybrid (300 seeds) GOLDEN DETROIT (100 BEETROOT pkt £1.70 seeds) pkt £1.80 Unsurpassed quality roots with Succulent and sweet, these yellow (375 seeds unless good internal colour. High fleshed roots have the same flavour as ordinary beetroot; this otherwise stated) yielding. Very uniform shape, ideal for baby beet production. variety does not tend to stain or Sow in 23-30cm (9-12") rows, RHS AGM. bleed. spacing seeds 10cm (4") apart in drills 2.5cm (1") deep. Early bolt BEE20 LEAF BEET (PERPETUAL resistant varieties can be sown BABYBEAT RZ (500 seeds) SPINACH, SWISS from March with the others pkt £1.60 CHARD, etc.) following from mid-April. Smooth, round, very uniform root See page 20 Successional sowings will allow with less foliage. It has a very fresh beetroot to be harvested good internal colour and a from June to October with the mouth-watering flavour. Babybeat RZ is ideal for mini- BABY LEAF remainder pickled or stored in beetroot production, del icious BEETROOT peat or sand for winter use. when eaten both fresh and Sow in situ from early summer to Beetroot will grow well in most pickled. early autumn and harvest so ils but do best in well manured approximately eight weeks later. ground in full sun.

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BEE08 BRO09 BRU07 BULLS BLOOD BEET CARDINAL pkt £1.80 BRILLIANT F1 Hybrid (400 seeds) pkt £1.70 Another British-bred variety pkt £2.70 An exceptional deep red beetroot suitable for late use. Attractive September – October harvest. An leaf, use this sweet tasting leaf and delicious spears can be cut early variety with unusually dark, when immature (35 days). Ideal to from March to early May. heavy buttons, plants stand well. ‘colour up’ salads, the colour Good disease tolerance. intensifies as the plant matures BRO10 into the autumn. CLARET F1 Hybrid (50 seeds) BRU24 pkt £2.60 BRIGHT F1 Hybrid pkt £2.80 The first hybrid sprouting broccoli Main crop variety maturing from BROCCOLI - on the market. It has very good mid-October to mid-November, SPROUTING quality and uniformity. A large approximately 175 days. Produces vigorous plant, producing heavy very attractive, uniformly sized, (250 seeds unless yields of purple, tasty spears for smooth round buttons. Tall plant otherwise stated) harvest in April. RHS AGM. with very good resistance to lodging. Sow in seedling rows 15cm (6") BRO99 ** ORGANIC ** BRU17 apart in April or May, transplant at PURPLE SPROUTING (200 BRIGITTE F1 Hybrid least 60cm (2ft) preferably 75cm seeds) pkt £1.40 (75 seeds) pkt £2.60 (2½ft) apart during late June to October - December harvest. July. Firm rich soil with a high pH BRO98 ** ORGANIC ** Vigorous growth with excellent and adequate staking are the main SANTEE F1 Hybrid (50 seeds) resistance to lodging. Good considerations when growing this pkt £2.90 disease resistance and sweet crop. Regular harvesting is also This fantastic broccoli should nutty flavour. important to maintain supply. The yield tasty spears from June to BRU02 most devastating pest is Cabbage November from a February to May sowing. DIABLO F1 Hybrid pkt £3.20 Root Fly which can be controlled Early mid-season variety for with Fyba cabbage collars, or harvesting December through to Enviromesh. The above spacings do BRUSSELS SPROUTS February. Excellent disease not apply to Green Sprouting resi stance. May need staking in Broccoli - See Calabrese, page 11. (Open pollinated varieties very exposed areas. Re-introduced 500 seeds, F1 Hybrids, 100 by popular demand. RHS AGM. BRO15 seeds unless otherwise BRU29 SUMMER PURPLE pkt £1.80 This purple variety produces well stated) MONTGOMERY F1 Hybrid (75 seeds) pkt £2.20 formed spears from June to Sow seed 1cm (½") deep in seed October, depending on sowing Montgomery is a British bred date and climate. beds from mid-March to mid-April, late mid-season Brussels sprout, alternatively sow in seed trays it produces high yields of BRO01 indoors in February. Transplant uniform attractive good quality EARLY PURPLE (800 seeds) from mid-May to end of June 75cm sprouts. Dark green, round and pkt £1.30 (2½ft) apart. General culture and excellent flavoured with good A delicious vegetable producing tolerance to lodging. Harvest Cabbage Root Fly control, see December to late February. RHS heavy crops of purple topped side Sprouting Broccoli, page 9. shoots. Ready in March. AGM. BRO02 BRU01 BRU23 RED ARROW pkt £1.70 DARKMAR 21 (300 seeds) CRISPUS F1 Hybrid Much improved form of early pkt £1.60 (25 seeds) pkt £2.90 purple sprouting developed in An excellent open pollinated main This clubroot resistant variety Great Britain. Heading February - crop variety, producing dark green produces fine flavoured, dark March. RHS AGM. solid buttons. Can be harvested over green buttons. Harvest from a long period. Back by popular September to February. request. Please visit our website at www.tuckers-seeds.com to view our clubroot collection. Telephone: 01364 652233 9 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 10

BRU93 ** ORGANIC ** CAB01 Very attractive with a medium to DORIC F1 Hybrid (50 seeds) HISPI F1 Hybrid (100 seeds) dark green colour. pkt £3.20 pkt £2.10 CAB42 A vigorous late variety. Good An F1 Hybrid pointed cabbage of CAPE HORN F1 Hybrid (100 solid buttons which hold well. greyhound type. Highly Harvest from December recommended. Can be sown in cold seeds) pkt £1.80 onwards. frame in autumn for planting out Cape Horn F1 is an early white for early use. Otherwise sow in pointed cabbage for harvesting BRU97 ** ORGANIC ** spring for summer cutting. RHS June to November (65-75 days) if IGOR F1 Hybrid (30 seeds) AGM. successionally sown from February to April. It produces pkt £2.50 uniform, short cored and dense A uniform early mid-season CAB25 SONSMA RZ F1 Hybrid (100 heads of 500-800g (1.1-1.8lb). Cape variety that produces sturdy Horn F1 has a fine flavour and a plants that grow to around 85cm seeds) pkt £2.00 crisp texture and a good tolerance (34”) tall. Igor produces firm, fine Sonsma RZ is a sweet tasting to the cold. It is slow to bolt and flavoured, tender green sprouts variety that produces a smooth shows a high resistance to which have a fabulous flavour and conical dark green head 50-65 fusarium. RHS AGM. should be ready to harves t mid days after planting. It can grow November to January. Freezes to anywhere between 500g-2Kg CAB74 ** ORGANIC ** well and in our opinion it is one (1.1-4.4lbs) depending on CARAFLEX F1 Hybrid (50 of the best sprouts on the market. planting densities, we RHS AGM. recommend planting close seeds) pkt £2.70 together and using every other Caraflex F1 is an attractive, very CABBAGE one for spring greens, then leave uniform, smooth pointed cabbage the rest to mature. Sonsma RZ which yields well. It has a (Open pollinated varieties should be ready May to mid deliciously sweet, rich and tasty 500 seeds, F1 Hybrids 125 October and has good flavour and the leaves are tender, resistance to downy mildew. making it perfect for salads or seeds unless otherwise coleslaw. Caraflex F1 matures in stated) CAB02 around 68-75 days and can be GREYHOUND pkt £1.20 harvested as a mini cabbage All types should be sown 1cm (½") Summer cutting. Pointed variety, making it perfect for smaller deep in the seed bed with rows stands longer than Hispi without gardens, when the heads are 400g 15cm (6") apart. The time of sowing splitting. RHS AGM. (1lb), although it can grow to 900g (2lb). Should be ready for harvest and transplanting vary according CAB05 May t o October and can be stored to type, see further details later. GOLDEN ACRE (Primo) for up to ten weeks. Firm ground, high pH and good pkt £1.20 humus levels are all important in Summer/autumn cutting. A RED CABBAGE achieving a good crop. Cabbages popular ball headed variety. RCA01 suffer from a number of foliar RED DRUMHEAD pkt £1.30 pests. These can be control led by CAB07 Deep red with solid hearts, ideal an array of organic and non- STONEHEAD F1 Hybrid (50 for pickling. organic sprays. For Cabbage Root seeds) pkt £2.00 Fly control see Sprouting Broccoli, A nice-looking, round, late RCA05 page 9 summer/autumn variety which HUZARO F1 Hybrid (100 produces compact, firm heads seeds) pkt £2.30 that have an excellent flavour. Very uniform, solid dark red heads SUMMER/AUTUMN Stonehe ad will reach maturity on neat plants with few outside approximately 80 days after leaves. Stores extremely well. CABBAGE transplanting and can be planted Plant out 30-45cm (1-1½ft) apart in Suitable for close planting. RHS close together. It stands well and AGM. rows 45cm (1½ft) apart. Sow end should be ready for harvest from of February to early March under May to late October. RHS AGM. RCA10 cloches or April outdoors for CAB32 REDMA RZ F1 Hybrid cutting from May through to pkt £2.20 DUCHY F1 Hybrid pkt £2.60 October. Redma RZ is a fast maturing An outstanding, lovely and sweet variety with a production period flavoured, pointed early variety. 10 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 11

of around 80-100 days. The dark CAB73 ** ORGANIC ** CAB88 ** ORGANIC ** red heads are a nice shape and KALO RAMA RZ F1 Hybrid (75 PIXIE pkt £2.00 are usually between 1-3Kg (2.2- seeds) pkt £2.40 English bred spring greens and 6.6lbs) depending on planting Kalorama is a traditional Dutch hearted cabbage variety. densities. Harvest mid June to White which has a round, dark Successional sowing can provide end of October; stands well. green head and matures in 130-150 almost year round picking. RHS AGM. RCA98 ** ORGANIC ** days. Increase or decrease spacings to produce heads from 0.8-3Kg MARNER LAGERROT (1.75-6.6lbs). Harvest from the CHINESE CABBAGE (LARGE RED) (150 seeds) beginning of September to the Sow late summer for cropping pkt £2.00 end of December. A delicious Red Drumhead type during autumn and early winter. with heads of 1.5Kg-3.5Kg (3-8lb) in weight. Stores well. SAVOY CABBAGE CAB75 ** ORGANIC ** CHINESE CABBAGE - WINTER CABBAGE SAV10 KABOKO F1 Hybrid SUPERVOY F1 Hybrid (100 seeds) pkt £2.60 AND SAVOY pkt £2.40 Very early and compact, some Sow second half of April to end of An excellent late winter savoy for resistance to tipburn. May, plant out July, in rows at least cutting through to March. Very winter hardy, with very good CALABRESE 60cm (2ft) apart. disease tolerance. (100 seeds unless WINTER CABBAGE SAV99 ** ORGANIC ** otherwise stated) VERTUS pkt £1.60 CAB19 A flat round shaped savoy with Sow from April onwards in situ and CHRISTMAS DRUMHEAD greyish-green, well clustered thin to 30cm (1ft) apart. pkt £1.20 leaves. Late maturing, winter Alternatively transplant Large round heads, blue-green in hardy. greenhouse raised plants when the colour, can be harvested from weather allows. Plant in rows 30- October until the end of the year. SPRING CABBAGE 45cm (1-1½ft) apart. Cultural instructions are as for Sprouting CAB15 Sow mid July to August and CELTIC F1 Hybrid pkt £2.40 Broccoli except staking is not transplant September to October in needed. See page 9. Spring sowing, winter cutting. 30cm (1ft) rows leaving 15-30cm (6"- Stands well, very hardy. In our CAL15 opinion one of the best winter 1ft) between the plants. Remove cabbages. RHS AGM. every other plant as "spring greens", CHEVALIER F1 Hybrid early in the spring, leaving the pkt £2.20 CAB17 remainder to heart up. A fantastic all round variety. After JANUARY KING (3) pkt £1.20 main head cut, this variety This very hardy Drumhead type CAB08 continues to produce more good tinged with red, matures from APRIL pkt £1.30 sized shoots and is also suitable December. Stands well. RHS AGM. Compact plants with small, firm for freezing. CAB39 hearts, very popular. CAL18 KILATON F1 Hybrid CAB09 AGASSI RZ F1 Hybrid (50 seeds) pkt £2.90 DURHAM EARLY pkt £1.20 pkt £1.60 This Dutch, white ballhead variety High quality solid hearts ready in Agassi RZ has a medium bud has a high level of clubroot early spring. size. It produces a well domed resistance and also shows strong shape even through dry periods. resistance to internal black spot. CAB14 High yields of dense dark green Use the 2-4Kg (4.4-8.8lb) delicious, SPRING HERO F1 Hybrid tasty heads. Harvest beginning solid heads from September to (100 seeds) pkt £2.60 of June to early September. November. Stands well in the The only autumn sowing, spring garden and stores well. RHS AGM. heading ballhead. Superb quality Please visit our website at firm heads. RHS AGM. www.tuckers-seeds.com to view our clubroot collection. Telephone: 01364 652233 11 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 12

CAL02 guide, if you can grow outdoor growing carrots between strong MARATHON F1 Hybrid tomatoes then Cape Gooseberry smelling plants like onions and garlic pkt £2.20 will succeed. In colder areas, grow or by laying down lawn mowings or A late mid-season variety which in a cold greenhouse, but be aware cut herbs between the rows. Physical produces fine grained heads, blue- they are fairly large plants. The barriers about 60cm (2ft) high or green in colour. Remains fresh and delicious fruit should be picked growing under Enviromesh or fibre has a good overall disease when the ‘paper l anterns’ are fleece, (available from our website at resistance and cold tolerance. Can golden brown. Eat raw, stew or www.tuckers-seeds.com) are also be sown as late as August for very effective. November crops. make jams. Stores for a long period if left in husks. CAL19 CAR01 IRON MAN F1 Hybrid CPG01 AMSTERDAM FORCING (75 seeds) pkt £2.30 CAPE GOOSEBERRY pkt £1.40 Iron man is a very popular variety An early maturing variety from (PHYSALIS EDULIS) sowings under glass which is also within the UK. It has a dense head (200 seeds) with medium bead size. Planted suitable for later sowing outdoors, out as a 6-7 week old plant it will Strong growing plants that can be grown in a container on a be ready in 70-80 days consistently. produce an abundance of golden patio. The high yielding and sweet After main central head is cut, fruit. AWAITING NEW SEED CROP flavoured roots have a good colour further smaller shoots generally – PLEASE ENQUIRE OR SEE OUR and are ideal for the freezer. RHS follow. Harvest late June to early WEBSITE AT AGM. www.tuckers-seeds.com October or until first frosts appear. CAR03 CAL05 CAPSICUM EARLY NANTES pkt £1.30 See pages 30, 35 ROMANESCO (500 seeds) An excellent early cylindrical pkt £1.60 CARROT variety which has tender and tasty Commonly known as Italian roots with little core. Outstanding Broccoli. Large pyramid-shaped (open pollinated varieties quality and perfect for heads which are pale green in - 1500 seeds, F1 Hybrids successional sowing. colour and finely sculptured. CAR45 Unsurpassed for flavour. 500 seeds unless CROFTON RZ F1 Hybrid otherwise stated) CAL93 ** ORGANIC ** pkt £1.70 VERONICA F1 Hybrid Early forcing carrots should be sown Crofton RZ is a late main season (25 s eeds) pkt £2.80 under cloches or in a cold frame ‘Nantes’ carrot with a weight up A romanesco type, for harvest from from late February. Early outdoor to 200g (7 oz). The length is late summer to winter, stands well. varieties can be sown from late around 18 cm (7”) and 3 cm (1”) in Perfect for eating raw or steamed. March to early July successionally diameter. The roots are strong against cracking and the foliage Romanesco types produce and maincrop varieties from April to does not break easily. Crofton RZ individual ‘pointy’ florets. Protect June. Final spacing should be 2.5cm from frost. RHS AGM. also has a very good flavour. (1") apart for earlies and 8-15cm (3-6") Sowing to harvest is around 130- for maincrop in rows 15cm (6") apart CAL94 ** ORGANIC ** 140 days with fresh harvest from FIESTA F1 Hybrid (75 seeds) for earlies and 30cm (1ft) for mid August to October or can be pkt £2.50 maincrop. Try to thin the seedlings left in the gro und over winter. A reliable variety which is ideal for on a cloudy day to help avoid carrot CAR20 the UK. Heads from June to fly. Carrots are one of the most October and is tolerant to adverse universally popular vegetables but NIGEL F1 Hybrid pkt £1.90 weather conditions. RHS AGM. one which many people have Quick growing early maincrop. High yielding with excellent problems with. Deep, fertile and free uniformity. Strong roots with fine CAPE GOOSEBERRY draining soils are preferred, but fresh skin quality and flavour. / TOMATILLO manure will cause forking so should be avoided. Carrot Fly is the main CAR36 Sow seed in March in gentle heat, enemy. Most methods of protection SUGAR SNAX 54 F1 Hybrid transplant into pots/trays when are designed to foil the carrot fly by pkt £1.90 large enough to handle. Finally blocking the scent which it uses to A cylindrical type with semi blunt plant outdoors in mild areas leaving find the carrot. These include tip, smooth and uniform, early 75cm (2½ft) between plants. As a maturing. Sweet flavoured and 12 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 13

tender. High in beta-carotene. CAR07 Very early variety with long slightly Good general disease tolerance. JAMES SCARLET tapered roots and a lovely internal Suitable for baby and full-size and external colour. Can be used carrot production. Harvest August INTERMEDIATE pkt £1.20 for early bunching, good flavour. to late November. Good maincrop variety. Heavy RHS AGM. yields of pointed roots that will CAR46 keep for a long time. CAR85 ** ORGANIC ** SWEET CANDLE F1 Hybrid CAR08 FLYAWAY F1 Hybrid (250 seeds) pkt £2.10 AUTUMN KING VITA (500 seeds) pkt £2.10 Sweet Candle F1 is a unique This variety has good tolerance to Nantes type that is high yielding. LONGA pkt £1.40 carrot fly as well as good shape, It is a short, blunt ended carrot Long cylindrical roots of good colour and sweet flavour. RHS that has been requested by many colour and weight. May be left in AGM. of our keen exhibitors for their the ground over winter. RHS AGM. show benches as the dark orange CAR12 CAR83 ** ORGANIC ** roots have little core and are RESISTAFLY F1 Hybrid KRAKOW RZ F1 Hybrid extremely uniform, making it ideal (500 seeds) pkt £2.20 for bunching and showing. The pkt £1.70 Long smooth roots of good colour. roots are smooth and should grow Krakow RZ is a flavoursome main Nantes hybrid with good tolerance to around 15-20cm (6-8”) long. season ‘Flakkee’ type carrot which to carrot fly. They have an exceptional colour can be stored over a long period. throughout and a superior sweet Krakow RZ has a very strong CAR92 ** ORGANIC ** flavour. Sweet Candle F1 matures colour, high sugar and carotene NANTES (1000 seeds) content. The roots are conical; in around 85 – 115 days and the pkt £1.50 dark green foliage will grow to around 25 cm (10”) long by 5 cm (2”) in diameter with a weight up Half early carrot. Regular and approximately 30-45cm (12-18”). It cylindrical in shape. Smooth skin, is ideal for late summer and early to 400g (13oz). Sowing to harvest is around 150 days. good colour and flavour, with little autumn production. heart. Good keeper. CAR21 CAR43 CARADEC RZ F1 Hybrid CAR81 ** ORGANIC ** CHANTENAY ROYAL YELLOWSTONE (400 seeds) Rich, deep orange carrot of fine pkt £1.70 flavour and texture. AWAITING Caradec RZ is a main season pkt £1.90 NEW SEED CROP – PLEASE ‘Berlicum’ carrot. It is known for This interesting yellow carrot has a ENQUIRE OR SEE OUR WEBSITE AT its colour, high flavour and great flavour and is easy to grow. It www.tuckers-seeds.com carotene content. The roots are produces uniform 22-25cm (9-10”) conical; around 20 cm (8”) long roots, which are smooth skinned CAR42 by 4 cm (1.5”) in diameter with a and tapered. Some resistance to STANFORD RZ F1 Hybrid weight up to 350g (11 oz). Sowing carrot fly. pkt £1.70 to harvest is around 120-130 days Stanford RZ is a tasty main season with fresh harvest from mid July CAULIFLOWER 'Nantes' type with a weight of to October or can be left in the 200-400g (7-14 oz). The length is ground over winter. (100 seeds unless around 18cm (7") and it is 3cm (1") in diameter. The roots are strong CAR10 otherwise stated) against cracking and the foliage ST. VALERY pkt £1.30 Sow 1cm (½") deep in the seed bed, does not break easily. Sowing to Exhibition carrots with very long transplant 60cm (2ft) apart each harvesting is around 140 days. roots of good colour and flavour. way for summer/autumn types and Stanford RZ has smooth skin and a 75cm (2 ½ft) for winter heading good colour and it replaces the CAR26 PURPLE HAZE F1 Hybrid types. Summer/autumn heading popular Nairobi F1 in our range and varieties should be sown outdoors came second overall in our 2011 (250 seeds) pkt £1.80 trials, as voted for by our This variety produces medium long in April and transplanted in June to customers. roots of an exquisite deep purple early July. Sow winter cauliflowers colour. The internal colour is a in May transplanting in July. As with contrast of orange and purple. other brassicas, firm planting in soil with a good pH reading is CAR77 ** ORGANIC ** important. Cabbage Root Fly NAPOLI F1 Hybrid (500 seeds) control see Sprouting Broccoli, pkt £2.20 page 9. Telephone: 01364 652233 13 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 14

CAU91 ** ORGANIC ** CAU03 CAU10 MEDAILLON F1 Hybrid (40 ALL YEAR ROUND (250 VIOLET QUEEN F1 Hybrid seeds) pkt £2.80 seeds) pkt £1.50 (25 seeds) pkt £1.80 Roscoff type. A compact and Excellent quality garden variety A uniform and vigorous early uniform variety with deep, firm re-introduced for its good autumn cutting variety with deep beautiful white curds. Dark green tolerance to adverse conditions. purple heads, which turn leaves protect the curd well. green on cooking. Sow late May to February to March maturity. CAU01 June. A delicious variety well KESTEL pkt £1.90 worth trying. RHS AGM. CAU44 Vigorous plants with excellent AALSMEER pkt £2.20 uniformity, yielding firm snow CAU46 A very winter hardy variety with white curds during late summer – MOBY DICK F1 Hybrid (50 good sized creamy white curds for early autumn. seeds) pkt £2.70 April harvest. A vigorous variety Heading mid September to which produces good flavoured CAU37 October or later when the heads. RHS AGM. FREEDOM F1 Hybrid conditions allow, this lovely (50 seeds) pkt £2.70 variety produces large dense, pure CAU23 This fantastic variety is for white heads. RHS AGM. PATRIOT pkt £2.20 summer / autumn pr oduction and Outstanding May heading is suitable for growing as standard CAU42 cauliflower. Fine quality heads or as mini cauliflowers. SUNSET (ORANGE) F1 which are well protected by the Hybrid (25 seeds) pkt £2.70 leaves. RHS AGM. CAU45 This attractive compact, orange CAU17 CLAPTON F1 Hybrid (25 variety is best used as a ‘baby’ seeds) pkt £2.90 vegetable when its colour will be HELSINKI F1 Hybrid A club root resistant cauliflower. most vibrant. However the colour is (25 seeds) pkt £2.00 Clapton produces large, excellent still clear in full size heads. Very early maturing variety that flavoured, uniform heads with good September and October harvesting. should produce cauliflowers May leaf cover. Clapton has a grow cycle to July. Produces good yields of of 85 days and is a late summer to CAU34 white curds that are less late autumn maturing variety. TRIOMPHANT F1 Hybrid susceptible to breakdown. Please visit our website at (50 seeds) pkt £2.70 CAU07 www.tuckers-seeds.com to Robust, semi-erect green foliage view our clubroot gives this versatile Roscoff x autumn VITAVERDE RZ F1 Hybrid (25 collection. hybrid an attractive appearance as seeds) pkt £1.70 well as protecting the dense curds. It Vitaverde RZ produces delicious CAU97 ** ORGANIC ** is of particular interest for mid-July dark green, dense curds which are SNOWBALL (250 seeds) plantings, cropping in Kent from well covered. This variety is pkt £1.80 Christmas to mid January and in suited to a ‘normal’ UK summer Compact dwarf plants can be Cornwall mid-December to mid- and should be ready for harvest in planted closer together than most January. Very reliable hardy hybrid 70-85 days, mid June to the end of other varieties. Can be harvested producing top quality deep curds September. RHS AGM. in June from sowings the previous during December to January. RHS CAU05 October or late summer - autumn AGM. from March - April sowings. CHAMBORD RZ F1 Hybrid CELERIAC (25 seeds) pkt £2.00 CAU11 Sow under glass in March planting Chambord RZ is an ideal DEXTER RZ F1 Hybrid (25 out 30cm (1ft) apart in rows 45cm summer cauliflower. It is seeds) pkt £1.90 suitable for early spring planting (1½ft) apart in May/June. Remove Dexter RZ has proved itself to be side shoots and lower leaves to and matures in approximately very reliable, even under high 68-75 days. It produces a well- expose crowns during the summer, stress conditions. It produces an water well. Harvest fresh from wrapped, heavy, compact white upright vigorous plant with curd. Copes well under difficult excellent curd cover, the curd is October onwards in mild areas, c onditions. Harvest from mid very white. Maturity varies from otherwise lift and store in November. June to early September. 70-90 days depending on the time Slugs are a big problem and of the season. Harvest from June protection will be needed. to the end of October.

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CEL01 CEL91 ** ORGANIC ** GRM02 GIANT PRAGUE (1000 seeds) DAYBREAK (250 seeds) COMFREY BOCKING pkt £1.30 pkt £2.50 (5 Root sections) £9.50 Celery flavoured, turnip shaped A self blanching variety for Root cuttings are far easier than roots which are excellent for summer cropping, long smooth seed and should be planted just stews and casseroles. An petioles. Good tolerance to under the surfa ce in good rich underrated vegetable. bolting with a lovely taste. soil. Plant during April or May as CELTUCE see page 23 soon as they arrive, 90cm (3ft) CEL09 apart in a permanent bed. They PRESIDENT RZ (50 seeds) CHICORY can last 20 years. All orders must pkt £2.00 be placed by the end of President RZ produces good (1000 seeds unless February. quality roots with upright otherwise stated) growth. The skin is smooth with a good internal colour. It is An underrated vegetable which can CORN SALAD strong against hollow roots and be cooked, used in stir-fries and used LAMB’S LETTUCE septoria. as a salad leaf. A source of calcium, folic acid and vitamins B & K. Sow (1000 seeds) CEL94 ** ORGANIC ** 1cm (½”) deep late May to July, Sow August to September 1cm (½") PRINZ (100 seeds) pkt £1.90 thinning to 23cm (9") apart; non deep. Thin to 15cm (6") final Very versatile variety, can be used forcing varieties will be ready for spacing, with 15cm (6") between the for early protected crops or cutting from late summer. Most rows. A low growing subject which normal outdoor production. The likely pests to trouble chicory are repays good weed control. roots have firm white flesh and cutworm, wireworm and slugs. are slow to bolt. RHS AGM. Otherwise fairly trouble free. Pick CHI96 ** ORGANIC ** a few leaves at a time, do not CELERY PALLA ROSSA (RADICCHIO) completely defoliate the plant. (1000 seeds unless pkt £1.60 COR02 A non forcing type that produces otherwise stated) VERTE DE CAMBRAI firm heads with a deep red colour, A small leaved variety with Sow with heat in March to April, good cold tolerance. Ribs are outstanding flavour. Cut complete transplanting in May and June. Self white and crisp. RHS AGM. rosette. August sowings supply blanching varieties should be planted CHI90 ** ORGANIC ** winter crops. AWAITING NEW in blocks with 23cm (9") spacing in ROSSO TREVISO pkt £1.70 SEED CROP – PLEASE ENQUIRE OR each direction. Celery requires a A non forcing type that has long, SEE OUR WEBSITE AT constant supply of manure, water pointed leaves which start off www.tuckers-seeds.com green and turn to red in colder and liquid feed to attain best results. COR98 ** ORGANIC ** months. Roots can be forced, like There are three main pests of celery. VIT pkt £1.80 Firstly celery fly which can be Witloof to make the shoots paler and more tender. Very ancient Extremely vigorous, can be used controlled by pinching out affected for spring or autumn crops. Long leaves and destroying them, or by variety recorded in the 16th century. glossy leaves with a mild minty using a relevant insecticide. Secondly, flavour. celery leaf spot can be sprayed at CLA99 ** ORGANIC ** first signs of attack and repeated as necessary. Finally slugs, which can be CLAYTONIA COURGETTE controlled with a number of (400 seeds) £1.60 (10 seeds unless products, see our website at Often called Winter Purslane, it is much hardier than Summer otherwise stated) www.tuckers-seeds.com Purslane (See page 35), allowing Sow outdoors end of May to early CEL02 later summer sowings. Sow August June, or transplant seed sown in to September for autumn and GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING April indoors, during early June. winter salads. Thin to 30cm (1ft) Final spacing should be a minimum pkt £1.30 apart. Pick the succulent juicy Low growing plants with crisp leaves as required. of 60cm (2ft) in each direction. stringless stalks, fresh clean taste. Rich, well manured ground is required with copious watering in dry weather. Liquid feed regularly

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once cutting has started. Slugs COU18 dark green fruit. Good CMV resistance. must be controlled or they can CAVILI F1 Hybrid pkt £2.30 devastate the crop. An early parthenocarpic variety for COU94 ** ORGANIC ** open field production. Produces PARTENON F1 Hybrid COU01 glossy 15cm (6”), pale green skinned AMBASSADOR F1 Hybrid fruits with a fabulous flavour. High (8 seeds) pkt £2.70 All female variety. Self fertile, (15 seeds) pkt £1.60 yields are also possible even under bad weather conditions, as this high yielding and ideal for early Highly productive variety with sowings under glass or cloches. glossy cylindrical courgettes variety needs no pollination by insects! Matures in just 50–60 days. This variety can also be grown which are dark green in colour. outdoors and produces lovely One or two fruits left on the glossy, high quality, firm dark plant towards the end of the COU22 SUMMER BALL F1 Hybrid (15 green fruits of about 15cm (6”) season will quickly produce full- whi ch store well. size marrows. seeds) pkt £2.30 A British bred dual purpose variety, COU15 COU98 ** ORGANIC ** Summer Ball replaces One Ball in NERO DI MILANO PARADOR F1 Hybrid our collection. The small yellow fruits can be eaten as a small round (20 seeds) pkt £2.30 Medium maturity, fruits are up to Sensational 'Gold Rush' type with courgette or left to mature into a midi sized pumpkin. Plants have a 20cm (8") long. Erect open growth high yields of fine flavoured allows easier harvesting. yellow fruit. compact bush habit and are quick growing and high yielding. Summer AWAITING NEW SEED CROP – COU25 Ball can be sown up to the end of PLEASE ENQUIRE OR SEE OUR July and if left to mature into midi WEBSITE AT SUNSTRIPE F1 Hybrid www.tuckers-seeds.com pkt £2.40 pumpkins, it is recommended that This British bred variety produces you restrict to 3–4 fruits per plant. wonderfully vibrant golden Perfect for growing on a patio. CRESS yellow striped fruits, which have COU19 an excellent flavour and texture. (1000 seeds unless They are produced on spineless SAFARI F1 Hybrid pkt £2.10 Safari is a unique courgette otherwise stated) bush habit plants, making for pain Sow from March onwards 1cm (½") free picking. The leaves also variety with striking green striped produce golden markings. Bold fruits that have an excellent deep in rows 30cm (1ft) apart for and striking, Sunstripe yields an flavour. The good sized fruits are summer/autumn crops and again in abundance of uniform fruits extremely uniform and produced September for a winter crop. With which look great sliced. in abundance from spine free bush habit plants. This variety presents the exception of Upland Cress, COU24 a great contra st compared to winter crops may need protection. standard courgettes. BEST OF BRITISH F1 Hybrid CRE08 This British bred variety is one of COU20 the earliest and heaviest cropping WATER CRESS (AQUA) courgettes available and as its PICCOLO F1 Hybrid pkt £2.10 pkt £1.50 name suggests it is ideally suited A British bred dual purpose Sow seeds in March/April in seed to our inclement weather. Best of variety that can be used as a trays. Transplant to container with British has an open plant habit courgette or left to mature restricted drainage enabling the which enables good air rapidly into small round marrows roots to be moist at all times. circulation, making it less prone which are perfect stuffed. The Space plants 15cm (6") apart. Cut to disease and is spine free. Its fruits are nearly round, uniform regularly leaving 5cm (2") to allow dark green tasty fruit are of and very tasty and the spineless for rapid regrowth. Remove any excellent quality. Best of British bushy plant will produce them in flowers that appear. abundance. Easy to grow and should be ready to harves t late CRE05 June to October; height of plant excellent for growing in 45cm (18”). AWAITING NEW SEED containers or where space is at a UPLAND pkt £1.30 CROP – PLEASE ENQUIRE premium. Dark green leaves with a hot, OR SEE OUR WEBSITE AT peppery flavour. Livens up salads COU93 ** ORGANIC ** www.tuckers-seeds.com and sandwiches. DEFENDER F1 Hybrid pkt £2.40 Very early variety with attractive

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CRE07 the plant performs well in cooler vigorous and shows very good WRINKLED CRINKLED conditions. The dark coloured resistance to powdery mildew. mouth-wateringly crisp and (500 seeds) pkt £1.50 CUC93 ** ORGANIC ** Bright green leaves with ruffled succulent fruit are around 19- edges. Wonderful addition to 23cm (7-9”) in length, slightly MARKETMORE (30 seeds) salads. Spicy flavour. Strong spined and keep well. Adrian RZ pkt £1.60 resistance to bolting. shows very good resistance to A variety yielding large, dark green cucumbers without any powdery mildew and CMV and is CUCUMBER bitterness. Yields very well in a extremely prolific. wide ran ge of climatic conditions. GREENHOUSE Very hardy, good disease CUC18 resistance. RHS AGM. Sow seed in February or early March SWING F1 Hybrid (ALL for heated greenhouses and late April FEMALE) (10 seeds) for unheated greenhouses. A CUCUMBER pkt £2.50 temperature of 21-27°C (70 or 80°F) Plants produce a heavy crop of OUTDOORS will be required for germination and slightly spined, shiny dark green, (20 seeds unless good seedling development. Plant in excellent tasting fruits 20-25 cm (8- 25cm (10") pots or two per growbag otherwise stated) 10”) long with a crisp, juicy flesh. during late March to early April Swing is resistant to powdery Sow indoors at the end of April and (heated) or end of May for unheated mildew and is very robust against plant out in early June or sow direct greenhouses. A difficult crop with unfavourable weather conditions. at the end of May to early June. Plant many fungal and bacterial infections For indoor and outdoor growing. 60cm (2ft) apart each way, in a sunny possible. Great care is needed as Matures in 60-70 days outdoors. sheltered position which has been unfortunately many are incurable. Harvest June – October. well manured. May need protection But when everything goes well there during spells of inclement weather. is a mouth-watering prospect of CUC11 Keep well watered in dry weather many fresh cucumbers. CRYSTAL LEMON (25 seeds) and liquid feed regularly once fruit CUC82 ** ORGANIC ** pkt £1.60 starts to swell. AVIANCE RZ F1 Hybrid (ALL The little yellow, lemon-shaped fruits are a popular novelty CUC05 FEMALE) (4 seeds) pkt £2.90 variety with both adults and Sadly Diana is no longer available children. Quick growing and BURPLESS TASTY GREEN F1 but this early and high yielding prolific, this variety continues to Hybrid pkt £1.80 greenhouse variety which has very fruit until first frosts. Outdoor variety, early and good mildew resistance is an productive. Fruit is not bitter and excellent substitute. Aviance RZ CUC19 flavour is good. produces uniform, sli,ghtly ribbed IZNIK F1 Hybrid CUC14 (ALL FEMALE) (5 seeds) 28-30cm (11-12”) long tasty fruits NATSUHIKARI F1 Hybrid £2.40 which have a nice shape and pkt £2.10 colour and keep well. A high yielding, parthenocarpic mini cucumber. Smooth skinned with an Easy to grow indoors or out. Fruits CUC08 excellent flavour. The fruits are 10- are glossy, dark green and slightly 12cm (4-5”) long and can be grown spined. Very productive and very HANA F1 Hybrid (ALL sweet. FEMALE) (5 seeds) pkt £2.80 indoors or out (with protection). Why not grow on your windowsill High quality short fruit are and you could be harvesting CUC20 produced from this early and cucumbers after just 60 days. KARAOKE RZ F1 Hybrid prolific variety. Can be grown with GHERKIN (ALL FEMALE) or without heat. CUC23 (10 seeds) pkt £1.80 CUC22 QUARTO RZ F1 Hybrid (ALL For outdoor use, Karaoke RZ is a ADRIAN RZ F1 Hybrid (ALL FEMALE) (4 seeds) pkt £3.10 parthenocarpic dark green spined gherkin, 8-10 cm (3-4”). It FEMALE) (5 seeds) pkt £2.50 Quarto RZ is a high yielding parthenocarpic cucumber that has strong plant vigour and can Customers who trialled this produces 3-5 crisp and tasty be grown on the ground or variety last season have been ‘cocktail’ fruits of 9-11cm (3-4”) trained. Shows very good delighted with it. Adrian RZ is in length, per node. The plant is resistance to powdery mildew the perfect slicing cucumber and and CMV. Telephone: 01364 652233 17 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 18

ENDIVE THE FLOWER hardneck and softneck. The easiest Sow 1cm (½") deep in rows 30cm SPROUT™ way to distinguish between them is that if the stem at the top of the (1ft) apart. Harvest throughout the Sow thinly, 1cm (½”) deep in pots bulb is soft and papery, it is a autumn and winter. If blanching, or trays, late March to early June softneck. Much of the tie leaves loosely or cover with a indoors using a temperature of commercially grown garlic is of the pot to exclude light for three to around 20ºC (68ºF); germination five weeks before use. This should occur in 6–10 days. softneck type. This means that it removes the bitterness. Keep soil Transplant April to late June, when does not produce a flowering stalk. moist in dry periods to stop large enough to handle and once Softnecks tend to have more but bolting. Slug control may be all chance of frost has passed to a smaller cloves and longer shelf necessary during blanching. final spacing of 75cm (2½ft) apart lives than the hardnecks. Please note; sow pelleted seed in the in each direction. Ensure that the Hardneck variet ies produce a hard same way as normal endive; however young plants are kept well floral spike (stick garlic). You can when sowing do not be tempted to watered. Firm ground, high pH and encourage a larger bulb by cutting bury the pellets too deep, just good humus levels are all the flowering head when it beneath the surface will suffice. important in achieving a good emerges. Hardnecks, have an crop. Brassicas suffer from a exceptional flavour, and are said to END05P number of foliar pests; these can have a truer garlic taste, the cloves KORBI RZ (50 pills) pkt £1.70 be controlled by using Enviromesh are also relatively easy to peel. Korbi RZ produces a fine leaf please see our website Plant from October to February (Très Fine) with a very good www.tuckers-seeds.com head weight and internal unless otherwise stated, in light blanch. It is strong against The Flower Sprout™ is an exciting free draining soil in a sunny scorch and bolting. introduction into our range; it is position. Space 10-15 cm (4-6") not only mouth-watering but is apart with rows 23cm (9") apart. END98 ** ORGANIC ** also versatile and nutritious. We suggest cloves are planted PANCALIERI (1000 seeds) immediately (when received in pkt £1.70 British bred, it has taken 15 years to perfect and it is a cross between autumn or when the soil begins to Frissé-type with abundant self- warm up in the spring) as they will two 'Superfoods', Brussels sprouts blanching growth. This variety is root readily even in the cold often used for cutting when and Kale. This unique combination ground. Harvest should be possible young. Can be used in salads or gives a fantastic flavour by uniting lightly cooked. The leaves have from May–July. Approximately 8- the complex taste of the sprout 10 cloves per bulb. rose tinted white mid ribs. RHS with the mild, sweet 'nutty' taste AGM. of the kale. The pretty, green and GAR12 FENNEL (SWEET purple flower-like rosette sprouts, EARLY PURPLE WIGHT which develop on the stems, are £2.15 each or 3 for £5.55 FLORENCE) easy to harvest and should be Winter planting (October 2014 to Sow 1cm (½") deep in rows 45cm ready from late October to March December 2014, the earlier the better). Produced on the Isle of (1½ft) apart, thin to a final spacing and are perfect for stir fries or for of 30cm (1ft). Refrain from sowing Wight, id eal for British conditions. lightly steaming. The plant grows The earliest British variety, strong until late April as any check to its t o approximately 120cm (4ft) in purple colouring. Very welcome as growth will result in bolting. Water height and is very winter hardy. the first fresh garlic of the year, in dry weather and earth up bulbs harvest May to June, will keep for during the summer. FSP01 three months but best used fresh. PETIT POSY MIX F1 Hybrid Softneck. RHS AGM. FEN99 ** ORGANIC ** (40 seeds) pkt £2.30 GAR25 ROMANESCO (400 seeds) This mixture has both the purple CARCASSONNE WIGHT pkt £1.80 and green pretty flower like Round bulbs up to 1Kg (2.2lb) in sprouts. £2.50 Each or 3 for £6.60 weight. Best grown for a late crop Winter planting (October 2014 to when good resistance to bolting is GARLIC February 2015). An exceptional, pink cloved variety which has achi eved. There are two basic types of garlic,

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shown great vigour when grown in This solid bulb can be replanted in KAL04 the UK. It has good skin cover and the autumn to produce a bulb with HUNGRY GAP pkt £1.40 a superior smell and flavour. cloves the following summer. Thinly sow July to early August to Carcassonne Wight should be Hardneck. Dispatch October 2013 a final spacing of 45cm (1½ft) in ready for harvest June to July. until February 2014. June harves t. each direction. Produces succulent Hardneck. GAR23 side shoots in the spring when fresh greens are in short supply. GAR22 TUSCANY WIGHT £2.15 each PICARDY WIGHT £2.15 each or 3 for £5.55 KAL06 or 3 for £5.55 Winter planting (December 2014 to THOUSAND HEAD pkt £1.50 Winter planting (October 2014 to March 2015). A large white Cattle kale with good hardiness, March 2015). This variety improved Solent Wight type from popular with many gardeners. originates from Northern France Tuscany. Good flavoured large and is produced on the Isle of cloves throughout the bulb. KAL10 Wight so is ideal for British Tuscany should be ready for NERO DI TOSCANA (BLACK conditions. Picardy Wight is late harvest July to August and it stores TUSCANY) pkt £1.60 maturing and stores well. Strong well. Softneck. These strong plants produce long, flavoured pink garlic. Harvest July thin, dark crinkled leaves for to August. Softneck. winter picking. Flavour is similar to CH KALE (BORECOLE) spring greens. GAR24 Sow VALLELADO WIGHT £2.50 (1000 seeds unless KAL11 harv Each or 3 for £6.60 otherwise stated) REDBOR F1 Hybrid (50 seeds) 30cm Winter planting (October 2014 to pkt £2.00 February 2015). Cultivated in Sow 1cm (½") deep in seedling rows 15cm (6") apart. Transplant at least Intense red, densely curled leaves CS Spain, Vallelado grows well in the for picking throughout the winter OR UK and is recommended for its 45cm (1½ft) apart. Seed sowing and into spring. Can be eaten raw. HO growing vigour, size and fat juicy should be during May, planting out in RHS AGM. cloves. Vallelado Wight should be July. More tolerant than other L ready for harvest July to August. brassicas to adverse soil conditions KAL30 b d Softneck. but firm planting is essential. An array FIZZ (500 seeds) pkt £2.00 of insecticides (organic or otherwise) A unique speciality British bred GAR02 will deal with any problems, although Brassica with an excellent flavour SOLENT WIGHT £2.15 each borecole is fairly trouble free. and texture! It can be or 3 for £5.55 successionally sown from late Winter planting (October 2014 to KAL01 March for harvesting late summer March 2015). Produced on the Isle DWARF GREEN CURLED through to the next spring. When of Wight, ideal for British Produces densely curled tasty harvested as a baby leaf (40 days) conditions. Latest maturing. ‘greens’ throughout the hardest the tender leaves are great in stir Harvest July to August; should winters. AWAITING NEW SEED fries and salads and are eye store until April. Softneck type. CROP – PLEASE ENQUIRE catching with their sharply lobed RHS AGM. OR SEE OUR WEBSITE AT form. Fizz matures at around 150 www.tuckers-seeds.com days and is fast growing and will GAR91 ** ORGANIC ** KAL27 grow to approximately 90cm (3ft). ELEPHANT GARLIC (5 cloves) It has an erect plant habit, making STARBOR F1 Hybrid £7.75 it easy to harvest and is also Huge bulbs with milder flavour. (50 seeds) pkt £2.10 winter hardy. Plant as standard garlic but A uniform and highly productive increase spacing to 30cm (12”) dwarf type. Starbor produces KAL97 ** ORGANIC ** apart. Plants can grow to tightly curled, dark green leaves on WESTLAND WINTER (50 approximately 120-150cm (4-5’) tall compact plants of 30-45cm (12-18”). seeds) pkt £1.80 and you shou ld remove the purple The leaves have a great flavour, are Large spreading plants with flowerhead as this will encourage not bitter and do not tend to yellow densely curled dark green leaves. larger bulbs. Autumn planting easily. Can also be used as a baby Very winter hardy. recommended, although Elephant leaf. Harvest from late autumn garlic may be planted up until onwards, may be overwintered if February, although the likelihood plants are allowed to mature. of producing a solid bulb (instead of a bulb with cloves) is increased.

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KAL94 ** ORGANIC ** LAWN SEED MIXTURES - See LBE94 ** ORGANIC ** RED RUSSIAN (500 seeds) page 48 in Section 2. RHUBARB CHARD (250 pkt £1.90 seeds) pkt £1.70 Grey green feathery foliage borne LEAF BEET A highly decorative and edible leaf on purple stems which are (500 seeds unless beet. Rhubarb chard has deep red harvested immature. Adds ribs and veins, the dark green distinctive shape and texture to otherwise stated) leaves sometimes show a trace of salads and stir-fry dishes. Sow in 38cm (15") rows 10cm (4") crimson also. Rhubarb Chard is apart from April to August. Easy to also perfect for use as a baby leaf KAL88 ** ORGANIC ** grow, with few pests except in the vegetable to add colour to salads RIPBOR F1 Hybrid (50 seeds) early stages when the ubiquitous and stir fries. Mature harvest July to November. RHS AGM. pkt £2.20 slug may attack. Very productive medium tall 60 cm (24”) hybrid suitable for LBE93 ** ORGANIC ** autumn and winter cultivation. LBE01 RAINBOW CHARD (250 Ripbor has mid to dark green PERPETUAL SPINACH seeds) pkt £1.90 finely curled leaves with a pkt £1.40 This mixture of varying coloured deliciousl y sweet flavour which Produces an abundance of tasty stems are very attractive. They can improves with the cold weather. green leaves over a long cutting be harvested as both baby leaf and Excellent against yellowing and period. Does not readily go to fully grown. leaf fall. seed in dry soils. RHS AGM. LEEK KOHL RABI LBE06 INTENSE CHARD (200 seeds) (350 seeds unless (1000 seeds unless pkt £1.80 otherwise stated) otherwise stated) Improved Rhubarb. Chard Sowing time is March to April, Delicious and nutritious, Intense Sowings can be made from April to planting out in June to early July. August using white varieties up to has a rounder leaf than standard rhubarb chard with deep red Transplant when 20cm (8") high, June and purple ones thereafter. veining. The major improvement trimming the leaf and root before Rows 30cm (1ft) apart with that Intense has over standard inserting in a 15cm (6") deep hole. Fill seedlings thinned to 15cm (6") rhubarb chard is that it gives far the hole with water only, not soil. For apart. Kohl Rabi prefer light land fewer green 'off-types’. Intense a long white blanch, draw dry soil with a high pH. Keep plants well produces long, thick red mid ribs around the stems during the summer watered in dry periods to stop and green leaves which can be them becoming woody. cooked separately; it is very and autumn making sure the soil does decorative as well as edible. not get in between the leaves. In KOH03 Perfect for baby leaf production. general a trouble free crop, less WHITE DELICACY pkt £1.60 LBE04 demanding than other members of Flavour between turnip and the onion family. cabbage. Bulbs should be BRIGHT LIGHTS )(100 seeds harves ted when about the size of a pkt £1.80 LEE21 cricket ball. A multi-coloured, highly attractive Swiss Chard, containing a good SULTAN F1 Hybrid KOH04 mixture of colours. A nutritious (100 seeds) pkt £2.20 PURPLE DELICACY pkt £1.60 and novel vegetable. RHS AGM. This high yielding early winter variety Purple form of above, for late use. is for harvest January to March. It LBE98 ** ORGANIC ** produces a very attractive leek with KOH95 ** ORGANIC ** SWISS CHARD (250 seeds) dark green leaves and has an LECH RZ F1 Hybrid (50 seeds) The long, thick white mid-ribs and excellent flavour. It has good resistance to white tip and rust, and pkt £2.10 green leaves can be cooked holds well. Lech RZ produces a tasty, pale separately. AWAITING NEW SEED green smooth bulb. It has upright CROP – PLEASE ENQUIRE OR SEE OUR LEE22 foliage and the internal quality is WEBSITE AT FLEXTAN F1 Hybrid also good. This Kohl Rabi can be harvested from mid May to the www.tuckers-seeds.com (100 seeds) pkt £1.80 end of October. Mid to late winter variety for harvest from February to April. Dense and slender uniform shanks 20 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:03 Page 21

are tipped by dark green foliage. LEE98 ** ORGANIC ** Summer to Autumn Resistant to rust and white tip CARENTAN (500 seeds) making it superb for late winter Production and spring use. pkt £1.70 Sow outdoors from April to July, Large thick stems with blue-green thin seedlings to a final spacing of LEE88 ** ORGANIC ** foliage. Crops from November- January. 30cm (1ft) [Little Gem and Salad ROXTON F1 Hybrid Bowl types 23cm (9")]. Leave 30cm (75 seeds) pkt £2.70 LEE04 (1ft) between the rows. Sow under A high yielding, uniform, summer MUSSELBURGH (500 seeds) glass during February in small peat leek, for harvesting June until mid September. Very dark green pkt £1.40 pots planting out under cloches in foliage. One of the best all round varieties. March for early crops. Transplanting Long thick blanch, very winter thinnings can be undertaken, but hardy. Harvest November to LEE26 lettuce do not like disturbance. GOLIATH RZ pkt £1.80 February. Goliath RZ is a variety that can be harvested August to November. It LETTUCE BUTTERHEAD produces a shorter, thicker shaft (1500 seeds unless LET01 with very good overall production. otherwise stated) ALL THE YEAR ROUND pkt £1.30 LEE25 Growing lettuce successfully is not MATEJKO RZ F1 Hybrid Cabbage type, suitable for spring, as simple as it may seem. The soil summer or autumn sowing. (100 seeds) pkt £2.00 should be in good heart and have Matejko RZ is a dark green pre- adequate levels of moisture and LET66 ** ORGANIC ** Christmas hybrid for harvesting BUTTERCRUNCH September to December. The shaft lime. Timely thinning to avoid has a good length with an upright overcrowding and build up of (1000 seeds) pkt £1.50 flag and this variety is strong disease is vital. Try to keep plants Buttercrunch is slow to bolt and against rust and thrips. stands well; it has a beautiful growing consistently by watering in green heart and a very good LEE15 dry weather as this helps to avoid flavour and texture. Very drought bolting. Slugs will need to be dealt PORVITE pkt £2.00 tolerant. with. Downy mildew and botrytis A second early for harvesting late LET194P ** ORGANIC ** September through to January. can also be a problem. High yields of bulb free shanks GISELA RZ (25 pills) which are slow to bolt. 'Pelleted seed' is simply a seed pkt £1.60 which has been enclosed within a Gisela RZ is an outdoor butterhead LEE18 clay based material, this splits open with a good shape and clean base. MAMMOTH BLANCH LEEK when water is applied. It makes It has glossy green leaves and is (100 seeds) pkt £3.25 them easier to see and handle. strong against tipburn and bolting A superior exhibition variety with and also shows very good Please note, in our range none of resistance to bremia. an extra long blanch, very thick these pellets will have been and broad flags. This variety can chemically treated and many are in LET90 ** ORGANIC ** easily grow to over 2Kg (5lb) in weight. Good flavour and frost fact organic. These pellets can be MARVEL OF FOUR SEASONS tolerant. RHS AGM. spaced more precisely which will pkt £1.50 reduce the need for thinning and An impressive curly leaved red LEE17 can also be sown d irect into variety. Solid hearts with fine AUTUMN MAMMOTH flavour. Can be sown from module trays. Pelleted seeds will February, under glass and April to TORNADO pkt £1.80 have a letter P after their codes. This early variety is comparable to August outdoors. Goliath if left to mature to full Sow as for normal lettuce; however LET74 ** ORGANIC ** size. It has a long shaft and erect when sowing do not be tempted to SUSANA (300 seeds) leaves, with some rust resistance. bury the pellets too deep, just Also excellent for baby leeks. pkt £2.30 September -October. beneath the surface will suffice. An appealing green and glossy butterhead type whi ch is slow to bolt and shows good tipburn resistance.

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COS ROMAINE resistance. Can be sown all year round, use protection for early LET08 LET79 ** ORGANIC ** and late sowings. LITTLE GEM pkt £1.30 TANTAN (TINTIN) Neat small semi-cos of (300 seeds) pkt £2.10 LOOSE LEAF outstanding quality. Very sweet. This splendid ‘little gem’ type LET18 Quick to mature. RHS AGM. lettuce is high yielding with sweet tasting, crunchy leaves. Fast RED SALAD BOWL pkt £1.40 LET09 maturing from spring through to Red version of salad bowl, adds LOBJOITS GREEN COS autumn in the field, with good colour to salads. RHS AGM. pkt £1.40 disease resistance. Slow to bolt. LET50 A dark green self-folding cos type RHS AGM. DRUNKEN WOMAN ~ which is suitable for sowing spring through to summer. Lobjoits has a LET166P ** ORGANIC ** Ubriacona Frastagliata lovely crunchy texture and an VICTORINUS RZ (25 pills) (400 seeds) pkt £2.00 excellent flavour. RHS AGM. pkt £1.70 An attractive Italian heirloom Victorinus RZ is a slow bolting, variety which is slow to bolt and LET11 dark green, tasty romaine cos with its fascinating name, it is a WINTER DENSITY pkt £1.40 lettuce. It has high resistance to real talking point amongst those Between Little Gem and Lobjoits bremia and is very strong against who see it. Drunken Woman in size, this variety can be sown in tipburn and lettuce mosaic virus produces large, 20cm (8”) heads autumn for overwintering, as well and should be ready for harvest and is a loose leaved variety with as in the spring/summer, like most May to October. crisp leaves and a good heart. It traditional cos lettuce. Winter has bicoloured bright green leaves Density is delicious and the heads CRISPHEAD tinged with a bronze-red and are solid and tightly wrapped. matures in approximately 50-60 RHS AGM. LET12 days. ICEBERG pkt £1.50 LET16P LET39 A true Iceberg, this is not the CLAREMONT (1000 seeds) Iceberg you will find in the CARMESI RZ (25 pills) pkt £1.70 supermarkets, which usually is pkt £1.70 Outstanding cos type with sweet more of a Saladin type. This Carmesi RZ is a triple-red lollo crunchy leaves. Excellent vigour variety has very large crisp white rossa type with good vigour and and disease resistance. Slow to hearts and a very good flavour. it is slow to bolt. It produces bolt. The outside leaves are tinged with good sized heads over a long red at their edges. harvest period. LET67 ** ORGANIC ** LET044 LITTLE GEM (500 seeds) LET13 SARAVIA RZ (500 seeds) pkt £1.50 SALADIN pkt £1.50 A superior Iceberg type. Large pkt £2.00 solid, very crisp hearts. Dark red robust incised leaf LET173P ** ORGANIC ** which has a good flavour. Saravia CEGOLAINE RZ (25 pills) LET14 has been specifically bred for pkt £1.70 WEBB'S WONDERFUL baby leaf production and has ‘Rougette du Midi’ type baby pkt £1.40 very high mildew resistance. Can cos with a red tinge to the outer be sown all year round, use leaves. It grows well in cooler Large, crisp leaves with solid protection for early and late conditions and it produces hearts. Slower to bolt in hot sowings. supple leaves with a good weather than some varieties. flavour. Strong against bolting, LET89 ** ORGANIC ** internal breakdown and shows BATAVIAN SALAD BOWL (1000 seeds) very good resistance to bremia. LET042 pkt £1.60 DIVERIA RZ (500 seeds) Non hearting type. Pick the pkt £2.00 abundant foliage when young. Diveria is a batavia with a triple RHS AGM. red leaf colour specifically bred for baby leaf production. It has an upright growth habit for easy harvest and very high mildew

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LET68 ** ORGANIC ** become leggy! The optimum it has very good resistance to LOLLO ROSSA (500 seeds) regime would be to germinate at bremia and it is also very strong pkt £1.90 18˚C (64˚F ) and then after 72 hours against bolting and tipburn. This variety should produce a fresh Small loose hearts of crinkled slowly reduce temperature down supply of lettuce from the end green leaves with red-tinged to 12˚C (53˚F) over 2-3 weeks. The of October through until the edges. Superior quality best time to plant out into your middle of May. loose-leaf type. RHS AGM. greenhouse will vary depending on LET88 ** ORGANIC ** the time of year as the raising LEAFY MIXES RED SALAD BOWL (1000 stage would range from 4 weeks Sow thinly late spring to early seeds) pkt £1.60 (from a sowing in late August) to 9 autumn at a depth of around 1cm weeks (from sowings in November (½”), in situ. Harvest the baby OAKLEAF to December). These short-day leaves when large enough to cut (winter) lettuces will stand frosts approximately 4-8 weeks later. LET189P ** ORGANIC ** of -5˚C (23˚F) providing they are Tuckers Top Tip: Cropping PRUNAI RZ (25 pills) not at full maturity and the frost season may be extended by pkt £1.70 comes out of the head by mid day. Prunai RZ is a triple red oakleaf undertaking early or late sowings and has good cold vigour. The Most commercial growers will use indoors. Remember you may leaves are bubbled and have a a temperature regime of 5˚C (41˚F) need to protect outdoor early good flavour. Shows very good overnight and 11˚C (52˚F) during and late sowings with fleece, resistance to bremia and LMV. the day. These varieties should depending on the season. produce a fresh supply of lettuce CELTUCE from November through to June. SMX04 (Asparagus Lettuce) TUCKERS SPICY MIX (5000 LET164P ** ORGANIC ** seeds) pkt £2.20 CEL06 WESTON RZ (25 pills) This is our own improved CELTUCE (1000 seeds) pkt £1.90 version of the extremely pkt £1.60 Weston RZ is a compact popular Spicy Green Mix and it Also known as Asparagus or butterhead with medium thick is perfect for salad and stir-fry Chinese Stem Lettuce. Sow leaves for indoor autumn and use. We recommend sowing thinly from mid-spring onwards winter production. It is a good every two weeks for a and grow as lettuce. Leaves look all round variety and grows well continuous supply of these and taste of lettuce but the in a cold greenhouse. Very tasty leaves. Cut and come midribs have the crunchiness strong against tipburn and has a again, our spicy greens mix is and spicy flavour of celery. high resistance to bremia. fast to grow and easy to look Celtuce can be eaten not only as after and can be grown either in a salad but also steamed or stir LET156P ** ORGANIC ** open soil or in a large pot, fried. Has four times the SATINE RZ (25 pills) anywhere. Vitamin C content of lettuce. pkt £1.90 Contains a ready mixed Satine RZ is a double red lollo combination of the following: WINTER rossa; it is compact and robust 20% Salad Rocket and ideal for winter production PRODUCTION - under glass. It has very good 40% Red Giant Mustard GREENHOUSE resistance to bremia and it is 20% Green Wave These lettuces are ideal for the also very strong against bolting 20% Green Mizuna and tipburn. This variety should unheated greenhouse, however produce a fresh supply of SMX05 temperatures do need to be kept delicious lettuce from mid TUCKERS HOT MIX (5000 above -1˚C (30˚F). During the October through until the end seeds) pkt £2.20 winter months lettuce needs to be of May. This is our own improved germinated at a minimum of 15˚C LET157P ** ORGANIC ** version of the extremely (59˚F) to over come the short day popular Hot Mix. A fast growing LOZANO RZ (25 pills) length. Do not be tempted to hold hot oriental salad mix which is pkt £1.90 both pretty to the eye and the seedlings at too higher Lozano RZ is a lollo bionda for temperature or else they will superbly tasty. We recommend winter production under glass; sowing every two weeks for a

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continuous supply of these so are suitable for container WSQ47 delicious leaves. Cut and come production as well as on a larger BUTTERNUT HARRIER F1 scale. Bush Baby produces high again, our hot mix is fast to Hybrid pkt £1.80 grow and easy to look after and yields of uniform fruits. can be grown either in open soil An early butternut which matures or in a large pot, anywhere. in 95 days. It will produce 4-5, SUMMER SQUASH 800g (2lb) fruits per plant. Its Contains a ready mixed (10 seeds unless otherwise sweet bright orange flesh and combination of the following: small seed cavity make it perfect 33% Red Giant Mustard stated) for roasting and soups. Stores 17.5% Salad Rocket Fruits tend to be best when picked well. Trailing type. RHS AGM. just a few days old, very young and 16.5% Cantong White Pak WSQ08 Choi tender skinned. The majority are BUTTERNUT BARBARA F1 16.5% Green Mizuna bush rather than trailing vines thus Hybrid (8 seeds) pkt £2.60 needing less space. 16.5% Golden Streaks This is an early maturing Mustard butternut squash and an exciting SSQ01 introduction into our range, with MARROW CUSTARD WHITE pkt £1.50 its dark green, cream striped skin Fine flavoured creamy white fruit and dense bright orange (15 seeds unless otherwise with scalloped edges. Pick when sumptuous and tasty flesh. young for best results. Barbara F1 is a trailing type and stated) the fruit weigh approximately Sow outdoors at the end of May to SSQ02 800-1500g (1.7-3.3lbs); should be early June. Plant out greenhouse SUNBURST F1 Hybrid ready for harvest in 18-20 weeks. grown plants in early June. Bush pkt £1.80 WSQ06 An American ‘Patty Pan’ type with varieties should be spaced 60cm TURK’S TURBAN pkt £1.60 (2ft) apart and trailing varieties golden yellow fruits similar to Custard White. Very productive. Pick young, stuff and bake with 120cm (4ft) apart. They will do RHS AGM. rice or meat. Prolific plants yield best in well manured ground in a best if kept picked. Don't panic sunny sheltered position. when you see your fruits WINTER STORAGE developing - it’s not a disease! MRW01 SQUASH (10 seeds Leave them to grow into a spectacular creation fit for an LONG GREEN BUSH unless otherwise stated) Ottoman feast! Trailing type. pkt £1.40 These squashes tend to be Popular traditional type marrow. harvested at a mature stage and WSQ09 Compact plants, producing dark TABLE GOLD pkt £1.80 green fruits with lighter green have hard skins thus capable of winter storage, they are usually Produces small acorn shaped fruit, stripes. which can be eaten with skin on trailing vines. Generally the fruits or left to mature into a delicious MRW03 are best matured on the plant. winter vegetable, high in calcium. TIGER CROSS F1 Hybrid After harvesting the fruits should Acorn squashes can be cut and pkt £1.90 be left to 'cure' in the sun for ten stored directly - no need for Another British breeding success. days and protected at night if frost ‘curing’. Trailing type. Excellent flavoured, striped green bush type marrows are produced is likely, as frosted fruits will not WSQ41 in profusion. Early, stores well and keep. Store in a wel l ventilated DELICATA – CORNELL has good resistance to CMV. RHS situation at 7-16˚C (45-60˚F). STRAIN pkt £1.70 AGM. Should keep until April. A specially selected strain of the much-loved Delicata squash, MRW04 WSQ01 known as the sweet potato BUSH BABY F1 Hybrid VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI squash. The pretty elongated fruit (10 seeds) pkt £1.90 pkt £1.50 are white with green stripes. A flavoursome, attractive British Short white fruits are produced Compact vine type, ideal for small bred baby marrow. This marrow is which store well. Boil whole for ga rdens. Good disease resistance approximately ¾ of the size of a 20 minutes then enjoy the and the yellow flesh has a traditional marrow and the spaghetti-like flesh inside, with delicate and sumptuously compact plants have a bush habit, melted butter. Trailing type. nutty flavour. Trailing type.

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WSQ14 WSQ83 ** ORGANIC ** skin. The fruit can weigh 10Kg CROWN PRINCE F1 Hybrid SWEET DUMPLING pkt £1.90 (22lb) and can be stored for a long time. Trailing type. (6 seeds) pkt £1.90 Vigorous semi-bush variety, which Widely considered to be one of produces lots of pale cream fruit PUM03 with green stripes. These small the best flavoured squashes. HUNDREDWEIGHT pkt £1.30 Impressive appearance with steel fruit are white fleshed and are A popular edible pumpkin, as its grey skin and sweet orange flesh. best stuffed or baked whole. Can name suggests can grow to a large Keeps well. Trailing type. be harvested as a summer squash as well. RHS AGM. size. Good keeper. Trailing type. WSQ15 WSQ94 ** ORGANIC ** PUM16 AUTUMN CROWN F1 Hybrid ATLANTIC GIANT pkt £1.90 pkt £1.90 UCHIKI KURI (12 seeds) pkt £1.70 Not for the small garden!! This At last the squash that we have all pink/orange pumpkin has the Japanese Squash with red/orange been waiting for; Autumn Crown potential to reach 450Kg (that’s pear-shaped fruit. Early and combines the best characteristics nearly 1000lb!) Although average highly productive. Sweet flesh of the two most loved winter weights are around 100Kg (220lb) with nutty flavour. Trailing type. squashes on the market; Butternut and 30-40Kg (66-88lb) if you do and Crown Prince. This outstanding not prune. Each plant needs British bred variety is early to WSQ93 ** ORGANIC ** approximately 70 or more sq. ft. If mature, uniform and attractive; it BLACK FUTSU (12 seeds) you don’t want to produce a has a sweet aroma of melon and its pkt £2.00 record breaker, try harvesting at rich orange flesh is delectable. The Japanese trailing variety. Round 4-5Kg (8-10lb) for a Halloween 1-2Kg (2.2-4.4lb) fruits store well fruits with hard, warty, dark green pumpkin and a delicious pie filler. and have a small seed cavity. This skin , which turns a Can be kept for 2-4 months after variety takes 95 days to mature, is rusty-orange when mature, and harvesting. Trailing type. a reduced vine type and you weighs about 1Kg (2.2lb). The should expect to harvest three to thick, firm flesh has a sweet PUM06 five fruits per plant. hazelnut flavour. BABY BEAR pkt £1.70 WSQ43 High yielding flat ‘mini’ pumpkin WSQ92 ** ORGANIC ** with exceptional uniformity. SUNSHINE (Red Kabocha) MUSQUEE DE PROVENCE Fruits should be harvested when F1 Hybrid pkt £2.00 (12 seeds) pkt £1.90 about 1.5Kg (3.3lb) in weight. The A bright red winter squash Highly rated in the south of semi naked seeds can be toasted producing 1.5Kg (3.3lb) fruits with France, the fruits are enormous. as a highly nu tritious snack. Semi a sweet and nutty flavour and The green skin turns bronze as it bush variety. stringless orange flesh. Small to ripens. Especially fine flavour. medium sized semi-bush plants. Trailing type. PUM94 ** ORGANIC ** WSQ48 JACK O’LANTERN pkt £2.20 SWEET LIGHTNING F1 See page 16 for dual Hybrid pkt £1.90 PUMPKIN purpose Produces 500g (1lb) attractive (10 seeds unless otherwise courgette/pumpkin. yellow fruits with orange stripes in about 100 days. Typical stated) MELON diameter 11-13cm (4-5"). The young Sow indoors with heat during fruits are extremely tasty and PUM02 JACK O’ LANTERN pkt £1.30 April/May. Can be grown in both sweet. Perfect as a snack squash, greenhouse or cold frame open fruit, spoon out the seeds, The ‘Halloween Pumpkin’! Fruits fill if required and heat it up in are bright orange and slightly (in mild areas). Requires rich well the microwave for around 5 elongated making a manured soil or growbags. Feed minutes. Stores well and is a perfect ‘head’. Weight 4-5Kg (9- generously and keep warm. Reduce trailing type. 11lb) at maturity. Keeps well. watering when fruit is ripening to Trailing type. improve the flavour. WSQ77 ** ORGANIC ** BUTTERNUT pkt 1.70 PUM04 AWAITING NEW SEED CROP ON Productive large butternut which ROUGE VIF D’ETAMPS ALL MELON VARIETIES – PLEASE grows up to 30cm (12”) long. (6 seeds) pkt £1.60 ENQUIRE OR SEE OUR WEBSITE Dense flesh and stores well. A large flat, heavily ribbed AT www.tuckers-seeds.com Trailing Type. pumpkin with bright orange-red Telephone: 01364 652233 25 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 26

MIBUNA MUSHROOMS - OKR01 Sow thinly in rows 15cm (6”) apart See our website at PURE LUCK F1 Hybrid from May to August or September www.tuckers-seeds.com (20 seeds) pkt £1.70 under cover to give all year round Vigorous growing variety, will MUSTARDS need support as for tomatoes. pickings. (1000 seeds unless Produces best in greenhouse but MIB01 may succeed outdoors in the most otherwise stated) sheltered sunny spots. Pick the MIBUNA (700 seeds) Sow thinly in rows 30cm (12") apart angular seed pods when 7.5cm (3") pkt £1.50 from early summer through to long after the stunning yellow Similar to Mizuna but produces flowers have withered. dark green, narrow strap like early autumn for maximum leaves, the flavour is slightly cropping. Thin plants to 7cm (3") ONION stronger. apart and harvest during the winter. (500 seeds unless MIZUNA otherwise stated) (1000 seeds unless MSD04 Sow in open ground 1cm (½") deep in otherwise stated) RED GIANT MUSTARD rows 23-30cm (9 to 12") apart as (500 seeds) pkt £1.60 thinly as possible. Thin seedlings to An invaluable addition to any salad, Produces Savoy like leaves which final spacing required in two stages. these low growing plants can be used are deep red and succulent, with a For show onions sow in greenhouse for cut and come again, if you harvest pungent mustard flavour. Use fresh in salads or lightly cooked. at the turn of the year hardening off just a few leaves at a time. Mizuna in March for planting out in April. produces attractive feathery leaves, MSD96 ** ORGANIC ** Sow outdoors as soon as ground on slender stalks and it has a delicious MUSTARD - OSAK A PURPLE conditions permit, late February to mild mustard flavour. Harvest when pkt £1.70 end of March. The Japanese variety - 15-20cm (6-8") high. Sow thinly in Broad round red/violet leaves Senshyu should be sown at the end rows 15cm (6”) apart from May to borne on large plants, 20-45cm (8- of August to the first week of August or September under cover to 18"). Perfect for adding a strong September, 2.5cm (1") apart and give all year round pickings. Fast spicy flavour to salads and stir thinned to 10cm (4") in the spring. fries. Sow throughout the summer Sow salad onions successionally from growing and hardy, it grows well and early autumn, excellent cold under differing weather conditions tolerance. March to August. For general garden and matures in 40- 60 days. Plants crops the site should be moved each will grow to around 25cm (10”) high MSD95 ** ORGANIC ** year to prevent the build up of and can have a spread of 45cm (18”). GREEN-IN-SNOW pkt £2.00 diseases like white rot. A well Chinese mustard with attractive prepared bed should be provided MIZ01 leaves for use in salads and stir with a fine tilth and good drainage. fries. Frost hardy. JAPANESE GREENS – Good weed control is essential (as it is with sets) especially early on. Most MIZUNA pkt £1.50 FOR GREEN MANURING Dark green finely cut leaves. MUSTARDS commonly noted problems are onion PLEASE SEE Page 43 fly, white rot and bolting. The effect MIZ97 ** ORGANIC ** of onion fly can be reduced by JAPANESE GREENS – FOR MUS TARD SPINACH - careful thinning and destroying all MIZUNA RED pkt £1.70 KOMATSUNA thinnings immediately, as will using Red finely cut leaves. PLEASE SEE Page 37 sets or pot grown plants thereby avoiding any thinnings. An eight year MIZ98 ** ORGANIC ** OKRA (LADIES' FINGERS) break from onions and their relatives JAPANESE GREENS – Sow February to March in the is the only long term cure for white MIZUNA LAHAV pkt £1.70 greenhouse maintaining 11-16˚C rot. Bolting can be almost eliminated Lahav boasts attractive feathery (50-60˚F) during germination and if care is taken, avoid planting in cold leaves on slender white stalks. seedling development. Thereafter wet soil. treat as aubergine or tomato. See FOR WELSH ONION pages 4, 38 PLEASE SEE Page 41

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ONI16 ONI05 Red skinned semi-globe maincrop SENSHYU SEMI-GLOBE variety. Yields well, will store over KELSAE (120 seeds) pkt £3.70 winter. RHS AGM This famous show-winning onion YELLOW pkt £1.70 is sent to you with full Japanese autumn sowing variety. ONI92 ** ORGANIC ** instructions on how to grow your Good cropper with straw- RAMROD pkt £1.60 coloured bulbs, ready when own prize-winning onions. A distinct salad variety. Erect stiff traditional types are scarce and leaved lisbon type. Mild flavour, ONI28 expensive. well blanched, good winter MAMMOTH IMPROVED ONI06 hardiness. Useful in all seasons. ONION (100 seeds) RHS AGM. pkt £3.25 PARIS SILVER SKIN pkt £1.60 We are proud to offer this Sow March to early July. This ONION SETS SEE PAGES 48- vigorous and uniform “famous” cocktail or pickling onion needs 49 IN SECTION 2 no thinning. onion. It has a sweet flavour and ORACH can reach up to nearly 3Kg (6.6lbs) ONI25 in weight and 56cm (22”) in Sow in situ from March onwards, circumference. LONG RED FLORENCE thin out to about 25-50cm (10-20") pkt £1.70 between plants. ONI01 Purple-red torpedo shaped bulbs AILSA CRAIG pkt £1.50 with a mild sweet flavour. ORA01 Very popular ol d favourite. Heavy crops of fine quality and flavour. ONI33 RED ORACH (250 seeds) Winner of many local shows. NORTH HOLLAND BLOOD pkt £1.90 RED STALKED SALAD Red leaves produced in ONI24 ONION pkt £1.70 abundance. Can be left to re-seed BEDFORDSHIRE CHAMPION North Holland Blood Red is a dual itself if required, the arrow pkt £1.60 purpose variety, especially shaped leaves retain their colour Excellent old variety re-introduced recommended for intense red when cooked. Can be used as an alternative to spinach, cooked or to our catalogue by popular skinned salad onions to add LE demand. Golden brown, globe colour to the salad bowl. raw. Matures in 45-50 days. GIS shaped bulbs that store well. ONI07 PAK CHOI ONI83 ** ORGANIC ** WHITE LISBON (1000 seeds) (100 seeds unless HYLANDER F1 Hybrid pkt £1.40 (100 seeds) pkt £1.80 For pulling as ‘chibols’ or salad otherwise stated) Our first downy mildew onions only. RHS AGM. Sow late May to early July and thin LE resistant variety, now available ONI08 to 23cm (9") apart. Harvest eight - MA in organic form. Hylander is a ten weeks later. mid-late maturing onion which WINTEROVER (1000 seeds) produces round, brown, firm pkt £1.50 bulbs that should be harvested PKC02 A winter hardy version of White IVORY F1 Hybrid pkt £1.60 August – September; this Lisbon. Can be used to extend the A white stemmed variety which is variety also stores very well. harvest period for spring onions. slow to bolt. It has a large upright Sow August-September. RHS frame and thick round leaves. A ONI35 AGM. RETANO F1 Hybrid fantastic quality Pak Choi. RHS AGM. (250 seeds) pkt £2.10 ONI09 PKC01 ISHIKURA pkt £1.70 Retano replaces the popular Red JOI CHOI F1 Hybrid (200 Pearl in our range and is a late Japanese bunching type. Vigorous maincrop red bulbing onion. growing, the long salad onions seeds) pkt £1.90 Retano produces high yields of remain in good condition over a Strong growing plants looking like round onions that do not tend to long period. Sow March - April. Swiss Chard. Excellent frost flatten like other red varieties. It RHS AGM. r esistance, slow to bolt. Green has a beautiful deep red skin and leaf and white mid ribs can be good flesh colour. Harvest early ONI88 ** ORGANIC ** eaten raw or cooked. September; well dried bulbs will RED BARON (250 seeds) store well. pkt £1.80

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PKC04 PRL03 PRN05 RED F1 Hybrid pkt £1.60 FRENCH PLAI N LEAVED JAVELIN F1 Hybrid Good for baby leaf or full size pkt £1.40 (500 seeds) pkt £1.70 production. This red Pak Choi Dark green, deeply cut foliage Very high quality, smooth tapering matures from leaves that are dark with very distinct flavour. Very roots of excellent uniformity. Try green with maroon veins to dark popular on the continent. sowing 7.5cm (3") apart for mini maroon with a green under side. parsnips with the best flavour ever! RHS AGM. PRL07 RHS AGM. OSCAR pkt £1.50 PKC99 ** ORGANIC ** An Italian flat-leaved variety with PRN08 PAK CHOI (1000 seeds) superb flavour and good vigour. GLADIATOR F1 Hybrid pkt £1.80 PRL99 ** ORGANIC ** (500 seeds) pkt £1.70 Very vigorous roots of fine This open pollinated Pak Choi has PLAIN PARSLEY pkt £1.50 dark green leaves and a crispy flavour. Smooth skin and good Highly-scented flat-leaved variety. resistance to canker. RHS AGM. white central stem. Leaves are highly indented. PRN91 ** ORGANIC ** PRL94 ** ORGANIC ** PIXIE F1 Hybrid (250 seeds) PARSLEY ITALIAN GIANT pkt £1.50 (1000 seeds unless A large, flat-leaved parsley with pkt £2.20 Pixie is a hybrid parsnip which has otherwise stated) good vigour and flavour. Dark green leaves are especially nice in very good general disease Sow 1cm (½") deep in April for salads. resistances so is especially useful to summer to autumn production and the organic grower. This variety again in August to September for PARSNIP produces smooth, sweet and winter use. Broadcast seed and thin (1000 seeds unless tender parsnips which can either be plants to 23cm (9") apart. harvested young or allowed to Germination may take a month. otherwise stated) mature and grow larger. Good soil and a constant water Prepare ground by digging deeply, supply will give best results. especially if long varieties are being PEAS grown. Sow March to May sowing 3 (500 seeds unless PRL01 seeds per station at 15-30cm (6-12") BRAVOUR pkt £1.40 intervals, in rows 30cm (12”) apart; otherwise stated) Closely curled variety especially remove the weaker plants later. Do Sow 5cm (2") deep in 15cm (6") wide good for autumn and winter not sow early if soil conditions are trenches placing seed 7.5cm (3") apart production. RHS AGM. not right, as parsnip seed is slow to in ‘fives’. The distance between the PRL02 germinate and quick to rot out in rows should be equal to the CHAMPION MOSS CURLED cold wet ground. Generally trouble expected height. Round seeded pkt £1.40 free, although parsnips will split if varieties can be sown in the autumn A good fine curled, dark green watered profusely after a dry spell and early spring provided the soil variety, ideal for growing on a and except for canker which cannot conditions allow. The wrinkled windowsill. be controlled. Keep the pH up, seeded varieties can be sown from PRL09 practice good crop rotation and use a March to mid-July, starting and more resistant variety. Harvest after finishing with the quick maturing VERTA RZ pkt £1.50 first frosts for sweeter roots. Moss curled type which is ideal ‘early’ varieties and using ‘second for fresh and pot growing. It has PRN04 early’ and ‘maincrop’ types in a dark colour and good re- WHITE GEM between. Peas should always growth after cutting. An intermediate type with broad be grown in fertile conditions and shoulders and very white skin. given adequate support. Never sow PRL10 Heavy yields of roots that are peas in cold wet conditions. FELICIA RZ pkt £1.50 highly resistant to canker. Pea moth is the major pest, causing A uniform small flat leaved type AWAITING NEW SEED CROP – maggots in the pods. The worst for fresh and pot growing. It has a PLEASE ENQUIRE OR SEE OUR effects of the pea moth attack can dark green colour with good re- WEBSITE AT be avoided by sowing early (October growth and is strong against www.tuckers-seeds.com mildew. to February) or late (June to July). Good weed control in the establishing crop n ot only reduces competition for light and nutrients

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but also keeps the level of pea and PEA28M PETIT POIS bean weevil down. CANOE (MINI PACK) PEA12 We give approximate heights for Peas (150 seeds) pkt £1.70 WAVEREX (500 seeds) as a guide only. The condition of the Canoe is a wrinkle seeded, semi soil can considerably influence the leafless, self supporting, early pkt £2.50 final crop height. maincrop variety that produces a Height 45cm (1½ft). Pods produced profusion of easy to see slightly in abundance contain the ultimate PEA02 curved (canoe shaped) pods, which sweet-tasting peas. Freezes well. DOUCE PROVENCE pkt £2.20 are bursting with 9-12 deliciously Early. Height 45cm (1½ft). Winter hardy, sweet flavoured peas. Canoe round seeded variety gives an produces two pods per node and SUGAR PEAS abundant early crop. Peas are very the peas are ideal for freezing. sweet. Can also be sown in May as a Height 75cm (30”). PEA35 maincrop. PEA31 DELIKETT (250 seeds) PEA04 pkt £2.20 SHOW PERFECTION (50 seeds) KELVEDON WONDER Height 65-75cm (24-30"). Delikett pkt £2.75 pkt £2.20 is a high yielding, white flowering Height 150cm (5ft). We are pleased Height 45cm (1½ft). One of the sugar snap pea produced on a best early dwarfs. Heavy cropper, to be able to offer this popular compact plant. The stringless, tasty, suitable for successional sowing pea. It is tall growing and produces round pods are 8-9cm (3-4") in throughout the summer. dark green, long curled pods of a length and 13mm (½") in width; RHS AGM. fine flavour and sweet taste. they are medium green and held in Amazing for the show bench and pairs. Can be harvested over a long PEA06 also useful in the kitchen and period. First early. RHS AGM. EARLY ONWARD pkt £2.20 freezes well. Second early. RHS Height 60cm (2ft). Ten days earlier PEA40 AGM. than Onward. Prolific crops of well- QUARTZ (250 seeds) filled pods. RHS AGM. PEA34 pkt £2.20 PURPLE PODDED (50 seeds) Height 130cm (51"). An attractive, PEA07 late maturing, maincrop wrinkled pkt £2.75 HURST GREENSHAFT sugar snap variety which produces pkt £2.20 Height 150-200cm (5-6½ ft). This succulent, flavoursome, round, Height 75cm (2½ft). A heavy yielding attractive purple and white stringless pods. These pods are second early with pods carried in flowered and purple podded pea approximately 8.5cm (4") long, pairs. Very sweet, popular on the contains green peas. Tastes as good 15mm (¾") wide and the plant is show bench. Freezes well. RHS AGM. as it looks. Pods can be semi leafless which facilitates easier harvesting and should PEA08 eaten whole if harvested immature. require less support. Quartz has LINCO LN pkt £2.20 PEA87 ** ORGANIC ** intermediate resistance to powdery Height 60cm (2ft). One of the METEOR (250 seeds) mildew, pea leaf roll virus and fusarium. sweetest varieties. High yielding pkt £2.50 maincrop. Height 45cm (1½ft). This dwarf MANGETOUT PEAS PEA09 variety has an excellent flavour and PEA39 ONWARD pkt £2.20 yields well, producing, small well Height 60cm (2ft). The most filled pods. Sow autumn and spring. GARNET (300 seeds) popular maincrop pea. A reliable Perfect for small gardens or pkt £2.40 heavy cropper, often used for exposed sites. It is very hardy but Height 125cm (49"). A maincrop exhibition. RHS AGM. will still require some protection mangetout pea. The attractive shiny pods are approximately 9.5cm PEA36 over the winter. (4") long and 17mm (¾") wide. LEGACY pkt £2.10 Garnet has intermediate resistance Height 60-70cm (24-26"). A PEA94 ** ORGANIC ** to powdery mildew, pea leaf roll delicious, productive and early KELVEDON WONDER virus and fusarium. maincrop pea which is triple (250 seeds ) podded and has good powdery pkt £2.50 mildew resistance. 67 days to maturity. Telephone: 01364 652233 29 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 30

PEA43M a temperature of 16-21˚C (60-70˚F) harvested green or allowed to SHIRAZ (MINI PACK) will be required to raise seedlings. ripen to red. (150 seeds) pkt £2.50 Once hardened off plant out in PEP46 June. Most chilli and cayenne Height 90–120cm (35- 47”). Shiraz BOOGIE RZ F1 Hybrid is quite simply an exquisite British peppers will do best grown bred variety, eight years in indoors and need high levels of (5 seeds) pkt £2.50 breeding, which boasts beautiful A fresh flavoured orange blocky humidity. Feed regularly with a pepper, which produces good, bi-coloured flowers. Shiraz high potash tomato food when produces high yields of flat, uniform fruit throughout the fruits start to swell. Additional season. It shows almost no purple podded mangetout peas feeding with Calcium Nitrate and is resistant to powdery susceptibility to micro cracking, mildew. The delicious pods can be boosts yield and improves is strong against blossom end eaten raw when young and will resistance to blossom end rot. Pick rot and shows very good become a talking point of any off first flowers to encourage more resistance to TMV. salad. Can also be steamed or side shoots and ultimately more stir fried, but be warned the peppers. Red spider mite and PEP03 striking colour will turn to deep aphids are likely to be the biggest REDSKIN F1 Hybrid (8 seeds) green on cooking. Harvest 12 – 14 problems. pkt £2.10 weeks after sowing. Will probably Redskin is an early maturing dwarf need support and may also be pepper which is perfect for grown in a good sized container SWEET PEPPERS growing in containers or pots. on the patio. PEP29 High yields of deliciously sweet NEW ACE F1 Hybrid (10 flavoured, medium sized 10-12cm PEA86 ** ORGANIC ** (4-5") red, bell shaped fruits are OREGON SUGAR POD seeds) pkt £1.90 produced over a long period on (200 seeds) pkt £2.80 New Ace is early and very compact plants 30-40cm (12-16"). productive. Short sturdy plants RHS AGM. Height 60cm (2ft). Produces crisp, have a spreading habit and juicy, tender, sweet and tasty produce dark green, medium PEP81 ** ORGANIC ** stringless pods of approximately sized, bell type fruit, which turn CORNO DI TORO (ROSSA) 11cm (4½"). Good disease red on maturity. (50 seeds) pkt £1.80 resistanc e and can be frozen, pick Very early flowering and fruiting regularly to encourage growth. PEP43 HELSINKI RZ F1 Hybrid variety with strong growth. Pick fruit from deep purple through to PEA88 ** ORGANIC ** (5 seeds) pkt £2.70 deep red. RHS AGM. SUGAR DWARF SWEET Helsinki RZ is a yellow blocky GREEN (350 seeds) pkt £2.70 pepper which yields good quality fruits on a vigorous PEP76 ** ORGANIC ** Height 75cm (2½ft). Harvest pods plant. Shows very good FERRARI F1 Hybrid (5 seeds) when 7.5-10cm (3-4") long before resistance to TMV. pkt £3.20 they start to swell. PEP45 This fantastic, productive sweet red blocky pepper is high ASPARAGUS PEA - PALERMO RZ F1 Hybrid See page 4 yielding and produces good (5 seeds) pkt £2.20 sized and flavoured fruits. POTATOES - see pages 51-57 Palermo RZ is a red Dulce in Section 2 Italiano type which produces Good general disease resistance. PEA BEAN - see page 8 lovely flavoured, quality, conical shaped fruits. The plant is PEP77 ** ORGANIC ** PEPPER vigorous and works well under ATRIS F1 Hybrid (5 seeds) pkt £3.10 For greenhouse production sow cooler conditions and shows very good resistance to TMV. This high yielding bullhorn type end of February to early March, sweet red pepper comes highly finally planting into 23cm (9") pots PEP17 recommended. Fruits are or growbags in late April or early CALIFORNIAN WONDER approximately 5cm (2”) in May. Outdoor production requires (50 seeds) pkt £1.40 diameter and 20cm (8”) long a sheltered and sunny site Excellent open pollinated sweet and mature from green to red. preferably with the protection of a pepper. Thick fleshed, large RHS AGM. cloche. Seed sowing should take square shaped fruit can be place at the end of March indoors, CONTINUED ON PAGE 35 30 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 31

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HOT PEPPERS VERY HOT PEPPERS PUR02 PEP21 PEP22 GOLDEN pkt £1.60 HERCULES F1 Hybrid CHIVALRY F1 Hybrid RADICCHIO - See CHICORY (10 seeds) pkt £2.10 (10 seeds) pkt £2.10 page 15 Hybrid Jalapeno type. Large heavy, A small hot Thai (finger chilli) which good quality fruits can be picked produces green to red fruits 7cm RADISH green or allowed to ripen to red. (2½") x 1.1cm (1/2"). Easy to grow and (1250 seeds unless Good disease resistance. requires minimal support, the skins are thin, making drying easier, if otherwise stated) PEP09 required. Sow outdoors from March to June NUMEX TWILIGHT extending the season with February (20 seeds) pkt £1.90 PEP35 sowings under cloches. Sow thinly The hot ornamental pepper ‘with SCOTCH BONNET RED 2.5cm (1") apart in 15cm (6") rows. Flea bite’! Twilight is one of the most (25 seeds) pkt £1.60 beetle are likely to be the only attractive ornamental edibles; the Popular in Caribbean cooking this 45cm (18") plant has green stems Habanero type hot pepper is serious pest. and leaves, white fl owers and approximately 2½-5cm (1-2") long produces masses of 2-4cm (¾-1½") and 2½ -3cm (1") wide. Matures RAD01 by 1.25cm (½”) fruits which turn from green to red. CHERRY BELLE pkt £1.40 from purple through a multitude Fine scarlet globe. Quick of rainbow colours to red when PEP78 ** ORGANIC ** growing, remains crisp over a mature. Matures at 100 days + and RING O’FIRE (50 seeds) long period. RHS AGM. is ideal for pots and containers. pkt £1.70 PEP15 Masses of long, small tapered 9cm RAD05 (4") peppers that start dark green FARITO F1 Hybrid SATANS KISS (25 seeds) and get hotter as they change pkt £2.00 colour to b right red. Very early and (500 seeds) pkt £1.60 Satans Kiss is an heirloom variety good for the gardenless gardener This hybrid Cherry Bellé type is an from Southern Italy which as it can be grown on a windowsill outdoor variety for production produces lots of small 2cm (≤”), in around 60 days, plant grows to June to mid August. Farito F1 is delicious, cherry type chillies 90cm (36"). early to bulb and produces very which are pretty hot when raw but PHYSALIS - See CAPE uniform crops of bright red, round the int ensity diffuses by around GOOSEBERRY / roots that have good internal 60% when they are cooked. Quick quality, holding ability and a high to fruit, they mature from dark TOMATILLO page 12 resistance to pithiness. green to red in approximately 85- PURSLANE 100 days from planting out. RAD08 PEP84 ** ORGANIC ** (1000 seeds unless SPARKLER pkt £1.50 EARLY JALAPENO (50 seeds) otherwise stated) A mild flavoured, crisp radish with pkt £1.70 attractive bright red roots that Ancient salad herb believed to have a white tip. RHS AGM. High yielding, this prolific plant reduce levels of cholesterol. Thick will produce lots of 5-10cm (2-4”) RAD02 fairly thick walled, cone shaped succulent leaves with a citrus taste. fruits. Early Jalapeno will mature Easy to germinate but slow to FRENCH BREAKFAST to red but you can harvest these develop. Remarkable resistance to pkt £1.40 hot peppers when they are green. dry conditions. Sow in drills in mid- A popular intermediate variety, red with a white tip. RHS AGM. War ning: Some of the spring, no need to thin, pick stems as needed. Plants produce juicy side hottest peppers we offer RAD03 shoots and leaves throughout the can irritate or burn the skin. LONG WHITE ICICLE season. Ideal in salads or lightly pkt £1.70 Please make sure you wash cooked. your hands after handling Crisp tender roots of sweet nutty the fruit and especially the flavour. Ready about three weeks PUR01 after sowing. seeds which contain the oil, GREEN pkt £1.60 which is the source of the heat!

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RAD20 juicy stalks that have an excellent possible. Black skinned and MONDIAL RZ F1 Hybrid f lavour. Victoria often is able to reputed to deter carrot fly if sown provide a small harvest even on with carrots. (500 seeds) pkt £1.60 the first season. Can be forced. Round red outdoor radish with strong dark green foliage. SCO99 ** ORGANIC ** Mondial RZ keeps its colour well ROCKET HOFFMANS LONG BLACK and has a fine taproot and (1000 seeds unless (100 seeds) pkt £1.70 strong skin. Suitable for spring, Heavy yields of long black roots summer and autumn. otherwise stated) with good flavour. Good resistance Sow this Brassica from April to August to bolting. RAD88 ** ORGANIC ** outdoors in rows 23cm (9") apart. Cut CHERRY BELLE when 7.5-10cm (3-4") high and allow to SHALLOT (seed) (500 seeds) pkt £1.60 regrow. Use leaves to spice up salads. Sow in early spring at 1cm (½") Can run to seed during the hottest intervals. Single bulbs will form RAD86 ** ORGANIC ** months. The season may be extended from each seed. Ready to harvest FRENCH BREAKFAST in tunnels or under plastic. August-October. (500 seeds) pkt £1.70 WINTER VARIETIES ROC01 SHS98 ** ORGANIC ** Sow July to August 5-7.5cm (2-3") SALAD pkt £1.40 CONSERVOR F1 Hybrid (75 Distinctive rich, strong-flavoured seeds) pkt £2.10 apart in rows 23cm (9") apart. Can leaves. Use in salads to add a little be harvested over a long period, Conservor F1 is a mid early ‘French- spice. type’ long elongated shallot which lifting as required. is both attractive and tasty. Red- ROC04 brown skinned with white flesh, it RAD84 ** ORGANIC ** WILD pkt £1.40 is high yielding and stores well. Intense flavour compared to other CHINA ROSE pkt £1.80 SHALLOT SETS - Long, half stump ended roots with salad rockets. More prostrate bright beautiful pink - deep red growth. See page 49 skin and white flesh. Good flavour. SORREL Winter cropping, can be used in ROC09 greenhouse or open ground. DRAGON’S TONGUE Sow thinly during late spring and pkt £1.60 throughout the summer. Harvest the RAD90 ** ORGANIC ** A fantastic innovative new wild lemon flavoured tender leaves when RUNDER SCHWARZER rocket with striking red leaf veins young for use in salads, stir fries or (BLACK SPANISH ROUND) which contrast beautifully with cook lightly like spinach. (750 seeds) p kt £1.90 the dark green leaf. Dragons A dark black skinned, solid, round Tongue is a totally unique product SOR01 winter radish with crisp white with a great, spicy wild rocket LARGE FRENCH SORREL flesh, stores well. flavour. Developed and bred in Britain, this variety will grow in (600 seeds) pkt £1.50 even the most inclement weather Bright green leaves. RHUBARB condition s. Sow seeds in April/May transplant SPINACH into final places 90cm (3ft) apart, ROC96 ** ORGANIC ** (1000 seeds unless during autumn or the following RUCOLA pkt £1.40 otherwise stated) spring. A good dressing of well rotted A superior Salad Rocket. manure each year will be rewarded. Sow thinly mid-March to May and For an early crop, cover plants in late again in August 2.5cm (1") deep in rows winter. Divide established roots every ROC97 ** ORGANIC ** 30cm (1ft) apart. Thin seedlings to 6 years or so. WILD (500 seeds) pkt £1.50 23cm (9") apart. Good soil and plenty SCORZONERA of watering are essential to restrict bolting. Downy mildew should be RHU05 Sow in April to early May placing VICTORIA (50 seeds) controlled. Spinach blight has no cure three seeds per station 15cm (6") (destroy all infected plants). Keeping pkt £1.60 apart in 30cm (1ft) rows. Remove the aphids which carry the virus under A high yielding, traditional weaker seedlings as soon as maincrop variety which produces control will help. 36 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 37

SPI02 SPI15 SWE07 MEDANIA pkt £1.60 MUSTARD SPINACH – GOWRIE (1000 seeds) Sown in late summer and early RED KOMATSUNA pkt £1.70 autumn this delightful, slow to bolt (250 seeds) pkt £1.90 Gowrie is a variety that can be variety can be harvested in the Round leaves, adds colour to utilized around Christmas, it has early spring. May also be used for salads and stir fries. high dry matter yields and has normal spring sowings for summer good resistance to both club root cropping. RHS AGM. SQUASHES see MARROW and powdery mildew. pages 24-25 SPI16 SWE96 ** ORGANIC ** RED CARDINAL RZ F1 Hybrid STRAWBERRY (seed) LOMOND (1000 seeds) pkt £1.80 Sow in January at 20°C (68˚F), pkt £1.80 Red Cardinal RZ is a pretty red germination may take a few weeks, Lomond (Airlie x Invitation), is a veined baby leaf spinach which keep moist throughout. Transplant uniform, purple skinned variety shows very good resistance to into pots/trays when large enough to with yellow flesh; for general downy mildew. Harvest April to handle. Finally setting out 30-45cm (1- purpose use. Lomond was bred in May and September to November. Scotland and is winter hardy and 1½ft) apart during April. September high yielding. It shows resistance SPI18 sowings can be made to bring the to clubroot and excellent SQUIRREL RZ F1 Hybrid harvest forward by up to a month. resistance to powdery mildew. pkt £1.80 For autumn – winter harvest, this Second early. Squirrel RZ replaces STS02 variety is not only an excellent Emilia in our range and it ALEXANDRIA (200 seeds) cooking variety but can also be produces dark green round leaves pkt £1.80 fed to cattle and sheep. Stores with very good resistance to An alpine variety which throws no well. downy mildew. Harvest April to runners therefore producing neat May and October. tidy plants. Copious small sweet SWEET CORN fruit are produced throughout the SPI06 season. (50 seeds unless NEW ZEALAND (150 seeds) otherwise stated) SWEDE pkt £1.70 Sow seed in greenhouse end of April A highly nutritious variety which (1400 seeds unless transplanting early June in blocks is ideal for growing under hot dry conditions where other spinach otherwise stated) 45cm (1½ft) between plants, this will assist in pollination. Alternatively sow tends to bolt. It has a tall Sowings can be made between in situ end of May, (not ‘Super branching habit with small April and early July, most triang ular leaves. Sweets’). Sweet Corn needs free commonly May and June. draining soil with a good humus SPI99 ** ORGANIC ** Space 10-15cm (4-6") with 45cm content and a sunny sheltered site. WINTER GIANT (500 seeds) (1½ft) between the rows. Suffers Earth up stems in summer for better pkt £1.60 the same pests as other brassicas. root anchorage. Frit fly can be a A traditional winter variety with Water well in dry weather. problem but control measures are not good hardiness. Sow autumn, usually worthwhile. Please Note: harvest winter. SWE03 ‘Super Sweet’ varieties should not be MUSTARD SPINACH RUBY pkt £1.60 grown near ordinary varieties. They A purple top variety with deep also require more favourable Sow as for spinach. Very quick skin and flesh colour. Excellent conditions particularly from seed growing crop, sow from spring to flavour. RHS AGM. sowing through to early autumn, harvesting 4 weeks later. SWE05 establishment. However the resultant SPI14 BRORA pkt £1.60 crop more than justifies the extra effort. MUSTARD SPINACH - Outstanding culinary swede. Good colour, shape and flavour. KOMATSUNA Best suited for early (500 seeds) pkt £1.50 winter use. RHS AGM. Dark green leaves tasting similar to spinach.

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SWC16 TATSOI Plants should be at least 45cm (1½ft) EARLIBIRD F1 Hybrid Sow from early summer to early apart in rows 75cm (2½ft) apart and staked firmly if necessary. Outdoor pkt £1.90 autumn thinly in rows 30cm (12") tomatoes will do best against a south Very early ‘super sweet’ variety apart. Harvest approximately eight with superior cob quality. High row facing wall sheltered from strong count of small grains, good tip fill. weeks later. winds. There should be plenty of RHS AGM. TAT01 humus in the soil as tomatoes are SWC20 hungry plants. Growbags are both TATSOI - YUKINA popular and easy to use once you PRELUDE F1 Hybrid pkt £1.90 (500 seeds) pkt £1.70 master the watering and are a good An early variety which produces This savoy-leaved Tatsoi alternative to open soil. Outdoor tall plants 2m (78") with large produces dark green, thick glossy 22cm (10½") long cobs. This ‘super tomatoes are much less prone to sweet’ variety has 16 rows of leaves. The leaves are used in disease and pests than greenhouse kernels and well-protected tips. salads or lightly cooked. grown crops, but still need regular RHS AGM. watering and feeding to achieve best TEX01 results. All varieties are indeterminate, SWC26 TEXEL GREENS (1000 seeds) (need pinching out) unless otherwise WAGTAIL F1 Hybrid pkt £1.90 pkt £1.70 stated. An exceptional, high yiel ding, mid Versatile plant producing an season, extra tender ‘super sweet’ abundance of ‘greens’ suitable variety. These robust, 1.6-1.8m (63- RED 71'') high plants produce cobs that for salads or stir frying; very are approximately 18cm (7'') in nutritious. Grows fast, ideal for TOM02 length with 16-18 rows of kernels. successional sowing, drought SHIRLEY F1 Hybrid (16 seeds) These golden coloured, sweet tolerant. Harvest from 15cm (6"), pkt £2.30 flavoured cobs usually weigh in at maximum crop reached after 6-8 This reliable and much favoured around 270g (9½oz). 100 days to weeks. variety produces large trusses of harvest. medium sized, quality fruit. Can TOMATILLO see CAPE be grown in a heated or unheated SWC17 GOOSEBERRY (PHYSALIS) greenhouse and it has good EARLIGOLD F1 Hybrid page 12 resistance to TMV. RHS AGM pkt £1.90 Excellent quality, large cob and TOM49 early into production. TOMATO DOMETICA RZ F1 Hybrid GREENHOUSE (5 seeds) pkt £2.60 SWC03 A beautiful hybrid tomato which is Sow December to January for SWEET NUGGET F1 Hybrid favoured by exhibition growers. The A well proven mid-season ‘super heated greenhouse or February to vigorous plants have good disease sweet’ variety. Excellent yield of March for cold greenhouse. A resistance and are fast growing. The long, uniform cobs. AWAITING minimum night time temperature tasty red fruits are approximately 85g NEW SEED CROP – PLEASE of 10˚C (50˚F) will be necessary. (3oz) and are very shiny and uniform. ENQUIRE OR SEE OUR WEBSITE AT Plant out finally in 23cm (9") pots For growing in a greenhouse. www.tuckers-seeds.com or growbags during February and TOM46 SWC06 March (heated) or end of April to VANESSA F1 Hybrid May for unheated greenhouse. (15 seeds) pkt £2.50 MINIPOP F1 Hybrid pkt £1.70 There are a myriad of problems Bred especially to produce mini A firm fleshed, greenback free sweet corn ideal for use in salads or possible, but good cultural tomato, which produces good-sized, stir fry dishes. Plant 30cm (1ft) apart methods and quick remedial action juicy fruits of excellent flavour. and harvest immature cobs when are the best weapon s. Stores well and can be used for 10cm (4") long. ripening on the vine. Can be grown TOMATO indoors or outside with protection SWC90 ** ORGANIC ** and is resistant to TMV. RHS AGM. OUTDOORS GOLDEN BANTAM pkt £2.10 TOM12 Standard non-hybrid variety, Sow seeds in greenhouse end of vigorous in establishment. Good March to April, harden off and plant ROTERNO RZ F1 Hybrid quality cobs. out under cloches mid-May or in open (5 seeds) pkt £2.90 A non-greenback truss tomato ground end of May to early June. for growing in a greenhouse. The 38 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 39

plant is open with a good vigour TOM08 plants. It produces even, non- and produces copious amounts MONEYMAKER (75 seeds) greenback cocktail trusses and of even trusses. Delicious, with pkt £1.30 shows very good resistance to a high sugar level and an TMV. For greenhouse growing. average fruit weight of 80g (2¾ An old favourite, still widely oz). Shows very good resistance grown under glass and in the open TOM010 to TMV and leaf mould. air, excellent flavour. SUNGRAPE F1 Hybrid TOM15 TOM14 (5 seeds) pkt £2.60 ROMA IMPROVED VF A distinctive grape type, orange- CAROUSEL RZ F1 Hybrid red cherry tomato. Sungrape is a (5 seeds) pkt £2.20 (75 seeds) pkt £1.30 deliciously sweet variety which Produces lovely round tomatoes Excellent plum tomato with produces fr uits of approximately of approximately 85g (3oz) on distinctive flavour. Almost 15g (½oz) on a vigorous plant. strong, fairly short trusses. It has seedless the thick flesh is ideal for Can be grown indoors or out. good vigour even in the hottest of soups and sauces. A semi bush summers and shows very good variety whi ch can be grown TOM012 resistance to TMV and leaf mould indoors or outside with SHIP SAINT F1 Hybrid protection. for greenhouse growing. (10 seeds) pkt £2.70 TOM04 TOM18 A unique variety with oval, red OVATA RZ F1 Hybrid plum sized fruits with a COUNTRY TASTE F1 Hybrid distinctive large calyx. Thick and (10 seeds) pkt £2.10 (10 seeds) pkt £2.50 crunchy flesh with a superb sweet An early beef type tomato which Ovata RZ has an excellent flavour. Fruit size is approximately produces good flavoured dark red flavour and is a large plum 20g (¾oz). A high yielding plant glossy fruits of between 250– tomato of approximately 70g (2 which has a vigorous growth 500g (½-1lb). Suitable for indoor oz). Grows well under semi habit. Can be grown indoors or or outdoor production. heated and cold conditions but out. should not be grown outside. TOM011 Shows very good resistance to TOM36 BORSALINA F1 Hybrid TMV. Keeps well. SWEET OLIVE F1 Hybrid (8 seeds) pkt £2.70 TOM47 (10 seeds) pkt £2.60 A ‘Coeur de Boeuf’ type tomato MASKOTKA (20 seeds) An outdoor, semi-determinate that produces beautiful, slightly variety. Produces clusters of ribbed pear shaped fruit. pkt £2.00 bright red, crunchy and sweet Borsa lina has an appealing red A determinate, highly productive, baby plum tomatoes, each colour and an excellent flavour. compact and trailing variety which is weighing 15g (½oz), they do not These tasty fruits have an average ideal for hanging baskets, containers split easily. Will require staking weight of 150–180g (5-6 oz). For and pots. The cherry size fruits have and minimal pruning. Can be greenhouse growing. an exceptional flavour. grown indoors or outdoors with protection. RHS AGM. TOM05 TOM27 ALICANTE (75 seeds) TUMBLER F1 Hybrid TOM09 pkt £1.30 (10 seeds) pkt £2.10 SHADY LADY F1 Hybrid Probably the most popular An early, determinate red cherry (10 seeds) pkt £2.00 amateur grown tomato. Early type that can be grown in hanging This outdoor determinate variety greenback free fruit of excellent baskets, tubs and open ground. produces sweet, tasty, quality. Suitable for cold Tumbler should produce masses flavoursome fruits on ya sturd glasshouse or outdoor culture. (up to 2Kg (4.4 lb) per plant), of vine. Shady Lady produces masses RHS AGM. 16g (½oz) very sweet and of leaves (hence it’s name) and a appetizing fruits that ‘tumble’ good amount of large 500g (1lb) TOM07 over the edge of the pot or fruits that will measure GARDENERS DELIGHT basket. approximately 5cm (2”) across. (75 seeds) pkt £1.40 TOM19 Extremely fine flavour, heavy crop of AMOROSO RZ F1 Hybrid small tomatoes produced on long trusses. Can be grown inside or (5 seeds) pkt £2.90 outside with protection. RHS AGM. Amoroso produces bright, superbly sweet fruits of 35g (1oz) on compact and vigorous

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TOM95 ** ORGANIC ** BLACK HERBS TOMOSA F1 Hybrid TOM20 P = Perennial (8 seeds) pkt £2.40 A medium early ‘Moneymaker’ type BLACK RUSSIAN (20 seeds) B = Biennial for growing indoors. Tomosa pkt £1.80 A = Annual produces delicious round 80g (2-3oz) Dark, deep red to black shiny fruit fruits in approximately 70 days. with green shoulders, the flesh is a BAL99 ** ORGANIC ** deep reddish-green colour. LEMON BALM (P) (500 TOM55 **ORGANIC ** Although it may not look appealing seeds) pkt £1.80 MECANO RZ F1 Hybrid do not be put off as the flavour is Lemon scented leaves used in (5 seeds) pkt £2.70 outstanding. Early to mature, cooking with chicken and fish also in Strong growing variety that is indeterminate vine type for indoor salad dressings and herb tea. suitable for truss and loose harvest. production. Mecano produces beautiful, round BAS01 appealing fruit of approximately TURNIP BASIL - BUSH (A) 105g (3¾ oz) in size. Suitable for (1500 seeds unless (1000 seeds) pkt £1.60 small greenhouses, strong against Sow under glass in February and plant micro cracking and shows very otherwise stated) out in a sunny position. The clove- good resistance to TMV and leaf Sow earlies in 23cm (9") rows or scented leaves are used in salads, mould. maincrop in 30cm (1ft) rows, as thinly cooked cheese dishes and pizzas. TOM64 ** ORGANIC ** as possible. Sowings can be made BAS04 GARDENERS DELIGHT successionally from March to August BASIL - GENOVESE SWEET (50 seeds) pkt £1.70 for earlies and April to June for (A) (1000 seeds) pkt £1.40 maincrop. Pests and other problems A larger plant than Bush basil. are as for most other brassicas. Sowing times and uses as for Bush YELLOW-ORANGE basil. TOM06 TUR01 BAS94 ** ORGANIC ** GOLDEN SUNRISE (75 seeds) GREEN TOP SCOTCH BASIL - FINO VERDE (A) (500 pkt £1.30 pkt £1.40 This excellent variety produces A popular yellow fleshed turnip. seeds) pkt £1.60 lovely golden yellow, medium Remains firm and palatable over a A small-leaved type widely used sized fruits with a distinctive and long period. throughout Europe. Used especially in pesto sauces. tasty flavour. For greenhouse TUR03 growing. RHS AGM. SNOWBALL pkt £1.40 BAS88 ** ORGANIC ** TOM24 A small quick growing variety with BASIL - SWEET GENOVESE SUN GOLD F1 Hybrid white skin and solid flesh. (A) (1000 seeds) pkt £1.60 (10 seeds) pkt £2.10 TUR04 BAS97 ** ORGANIC ** An indeterminate orange cherry PURPLE TOP MILAN pkt type that can be grown indoors or BASIL - RED (A) (200 seeds) outside with some protection. Sun £1.40 pkt £1.70 Gold should produce 16g (0.5oz) White fleshed, quick to mature. Purple-red coloured leaves with sweet tasting fruits on long Suitable for early sowing under same flavour as other basils. trusses . Good resistance to TMV. A cloches, or successional sowing later. CHA99 ** ORGANIC ** personal flavour favourite of ours. TUR11 CHAMOMILE (A) (500 seeds) HALF-LONG CRIOSSY TOM50 pkt £1.70 TUMBLING TOM (20 seeds) (1000 seeds) pkt £1.90 Annual herb with sweet scented pkt £2.10 Circa 1867 this heritage variety has daisy-like flowers, an infusion of Determinate compact and perfect smooth white skin and very white which is drunk as a calmative tea. for hanging baskets. This variety sweet tasting tender flesh. Good Not to be confused with lawn produces cascades of yellow early variety and a great favourite chamomile which is grown for its cherry-sized fruits, indoors or out. with the Parisian market gardeners scented leaves. See next page. and chefs. Can be forced.

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CHA02 DIL99 ** ORGANIC ** PARSLEY see page 28 LAWN CHAMOMILE (P) (1500 DILL - HERA (A) (500 seeds) PMG99 ** ORGANIC ** seeds) pkt £1.80 pkt £1.60 POT MARIGOLD (A) Pretty white flowers with bright Highly productive variety. Leaves (100 seeds) pkt £1.70 yellow centres borne on finely cut held on short stalks. Good disease Calendula. Use delicate tasting aromatic leaves. Traditionally for resistance, good for forcing. petals to add an orange colour to making lawns. Sow in trays and Produces feathery blue-green rice dishes or in salads. Fresh or transplant 10cm (4") apart. foliage. Leaves and seeds used to dried leaves can be used in soups, flavour vinegar for certain pickles stews and stuffings. CHE98 ** ORGANIC ** and also stews, casseroles, soups PR CURLED CHERVIL (A) (500 and fish dishes. HA seeds) pkt £1.60 FENNEL, SWEET FLORENCE ROS01 Aniseed-flavoured fern type leaves ROSEMARY (P) (200 seeds) (50 and GARLIC see pages 18-19 used for seasoning roasts, pkt £1.90 casseroles and fish. Thrives in GKH01 Sow in May in a well drained, sunny moist, shady conditions. GOOD KING HENRY (P) position. Produces a beautiful (300 seeds) pkt £1.70 shrub with aromatic PR CHV96 ** ORGANIC ** Height 30-60cm (12-24”). Also needle-like leaves used in roasts. CHIVES POLYVIT (P) (200 MO known as Lincolnshire Spinach and seeds) pkt £1.70 Mercury. A highly nutritious herb SAG99 ** ORGANIC ** High yielding and uniform with dark especially rich in iron that can be SAGE (P) (100 seeds) pkt £1.60 green leaves; vigorous upright used raw in salads or cooked like Sow in April in a well drained, growth; Polyvit can be forced. Use spinach. Sow spring and early sunny position. Low shrubby the onion flavoured leaves in egg, autumn; please be aware that when growth of distinctly flavoured grey cheese and potato dishes. sowing in the autumn the seeds green leaves. Used in stuffings and will not actually germinate until for seasoning pork, duck, chicken, CHV02 the following spring, but the cold goose and liver. GARLIC CHIVES (P) will help to break dormancy. (200 seeds) pkt £1.60 Although hardy, the fully grown Also known as Chinese Leeks. plant will need protection during a SVY02 Strongly flavoured flat green leaves harsh winter and during the SUMMER SAVORY (A) can be widely used in the kitchen for summer should be watered (1000 seeds) pkt £1.60 seasoning. Sow in April or May. regularly during dry periods to Excellent grown as a companion to discourage bolting. Harvest all year broad beans. In the kitchen, used CRN02 round but do not defoliate plant. to flavour any beans. LEISURE CORIANDER (A) (500 seeds) pkt £1.60 HYS01 THY99 ** ORGANIC ** Improved leafy type, slow to bolt. HYSSOP (P) (900 seeds) pkt £1.80 THYME (P) (1000 seeds) CRN03 Minty flavoured leaves used in pkt £1.60 CONFETTI CORIANDER (A) stews or in salads. Sow in a sunny Sow in April in well-l imed soil. (500 seeds) pkt £1.60 position in April. Produces highly scented leaves for Very fine attractive leaves which flavouring poultry, game and other LOV01 meat dishes. can be used throughout the season. LOVAGE (P) (200 seeds) Has a normal coriander taste without the bitterness. Slow to pkt £1.70 WON01 bolt. Grow in rich, moist soil for best results. The leaves are most WELSH ONION (P) CRN96 ** ORGANIC ** commonly used to season soups (500 seeds) pkt £1.80 Similar to chives but coarser and FILTRO CORIANDER (A) and stews, imparting a yeasty/celery-like flavour. Seeds, stronger flavoured. Can be (1000 seeds) pkt £1.80 stems and roots can also be used. harvested all year round. Sow in This fast growing leafy strain can be April-May. used in confectionery and a wide ORE01 range of savoury dishes, such as GREEK OREGANO (P) pasta, tomatoes and in salads, as well as for traditional Asian cuisine. (1500 seeds) pkt £1.70 Filtro has a deep green broad leaf Highly aromatic culinary herb and is very slow to bolt. Eight to which has many uses. Sow in April- ten weeks to maturity. May in a sunny border. Telephone: 01364 652233 41 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 42

AGRICULTURAL KAL18 GREEN MANURE SEEDS KALE MARIS KESTREL SEEDS pkt £1.70 (1000 seeds, unless otherwise Autumn and winter fodder for stock. If you haven’t used them before, give CAB29 them a try. Sow green manures stated) wherever bare ground becomes CABBAGE BRUNSWICK available. The sowing of green manures FBT07

(500 seeds) pkt £1.70 FODDER BEET (YELLOW can have a number of benefits. They

Produces very large heads from E ECKENDORF) (400 seeds) will improve the structure and health August-October. Stands well before of your soil. Once ‘dug in’, the crop pkt £1.70 splitting. Ideal for stock feed as well Large roots used for winter fodder as human consumption. breaks down releasing nutrients to the for cattle, sheep or goats, even following crop. Some green manures, enjoyed by guinea pigs. namely the legumes, leave free We can also supply MNG01 agricultural seeds for nitrogen which has been 'fixed' from the air by bacteria living in nodules in MANGEL BRIGADIER farmers in larger quantities. the roots. All green manures help with pkt £1.90 Please do not hesitate to weed suppression, some can even be An orange skinned variety. Large contact us for further roots used for winter fodder for information. sown under growing crops. Most species are only used for a short cattle, sheep or goats. Can be used to make wine. period of time, but some can be left STP01 for 2 - 5 years. STUBBLE TURNIP DELILAH COMFREY ROOT CUTTINGS pkt £1.70 Fast-growing crop used for feeding see page 15 stock. Can be used in the kitchen when young. Sow April to May or July to September, utilise May to

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Price SOW CRIMSON CLOVER 25 N N YL - CCV01 £2.20 UTILISE UTILISE SOW FIELD BEANS 12 N N YL - FBN01 £2.10 UTILISE SOW ITALIAN RYEGRASS 12 N Y N-Clover IRG06 £2.10 UTILISE **ORGANIC** 12 Y Y N-Clover SOW IRG96 £2.30 ITALIAN RYEGRASS UTILISE SOW MUSTARD 50 N N NB - MSD01 £2.20 UTILISE SOW BROWN MUSTARD 50 N N NB - UTILISE MSD22 £2.70 Alsike SOW PERENNIAL RYEGRASS 12 N Y N- PRGL03 £2.00 & Clover UTILISE SOW PHACELIA 30 N N N- - PHA01 £2.30 UTILISE SOW RED CLOVER 40 N YYL Ryegrass RCV04 £2.50 UTILISE **ORGANIC** SOW 20 Y Y YLRyegrass RCV99 £2.60 RED CLOVER UTILISE e SOW SOW RYECORN 12 N N N-Vetches RYE01 £1.90 n, UTILISE

SOW TREFOIL 50 N Y YL - TRE02 £2.50 UTILISE SOW VETCHES (POISONOUS) 30 N N YLRyecorn VET02 £1.90 TARES & Ryegrass UTILISE Perennial SOW WHITE CLOVER 50 N Y YLRyegrass UTILISE WCV02 £2.50

GENUS KEY = L = Leguminous / B = Brassica / - = Can be used at any point in crop rotation system. Please see our website for more information and a wider range of green manures.

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Flowers

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS * Dried Flowers P Poisonous X Cut Flowers S Can be sown in September for flowers in early spring ; Value packs - more seeds for your money

Detailed individual sowing instructions will be included on packet. Please note all heights & seed counts are approximate. For more information on varieties please visit our website www.tuckers-seeds.com HARDY ANNUALS (HA) Normally sown in situ from March onwards when soil conditions allow. Usually flowering from June until the frosts kill them. For earlier flowers many species can be sown in September and overwintered in mild areas. Hardy annuals are generally easy to grow, quick to flower and are great for filling in gaps. However large or small your garden they represent great value for money. HALF HARDY ANNUALS (HHA) Generally sown in the greenhouse with or without heat, from January to early April. Prick out into trays or cells when large enough to handle. Transplant into beds when all risk of frost has passed. They flower from June onwards. Usually used for summer bedding plants, these only survive one season. HARDY BIENNIALS (HB) Most are sown in April, May or June for transplanting in late summer - early autumn. They will bloom in May - June the following year. HARDY PERENNIALS (HP) Sowing times vary between species, but the majority are from April - June. First flowers are produced the following season. ;;;;;; KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR VALUE PACKS ;;;;;;

CAT. SPECIES ~ VARIETY CLASS USUAL USUAL OTHER EXPECTED AVERAGE COST CODE SOWING FLOWERING INFO. HEIGHT IN NUMBER PER PERIOD PERIOD CM (INCHES) OF SEEDS PACKET IN MONTHS IN MONTHS PER PACKET

; AQ01 AQUILEGIA Mckanas Giant Mixed HP 4 5-6 x / S 75(30) 300 £1.92 ; AS02 ASTER Duchess Mixed HHA 3-4 8-10 x 60(24) 500 £1.92 ; CA02 CALENDULA Gypsy Festival HA 3-5 6-10 x / S 30(12) 250 £1.80 ; CO02 CORNFLOWER Double Strain Mix HA 3-4 6-9 * / x / S 60(24) 500 £1.74 ; CO03 CORNFLOWER Double Blue Ball HA 2-3 7-10 * / x / S 60(24) 500 £1.74 ; CO08 CORNFLOWER Double Black Ball HA 2-3 7-10 * / x / S 60(24) 500 £1.92 ; CO04 COSMOS Sensation Mix HHA 2-3 7-10 x 75(30) 500 £1.92 CO07 COSMOS Double Click Bi-Colour Pink HHA 2-4 7-10 x 60-90 (24-36)20 £1.92 ; DA02 DAHLIA Unwins Dwarf HHA 2-3 7-10 x 45(18) 100 £1.80 EC01 ECHINACEA (Cone Flower) Purpurea HP 3-4 7-9 x 90(36) 100 £1.74 ; ES01 ESCHSCHOLTZIA Mission Bells HA 4 6-9 S 25(10) 500 £1.92

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CAT. SPECIES ~ VARIETY CLASS USUAL USUAL OTHER EXPECTED AVERAGE COST CODE SOWING FLOWERING INFO. HEIGHT IN NUMBER PER PERIOD PERIOD CM (INCHES) OF SEEDS PACKET IN MONTHS IN MONTHS PER PACKET GE03 GERANIUM Paintbox F2 Mix HHA 1-2 7-10 30(12) 20 £1.80 GY01 GYPSOPHILA Covent Garden White HA 4-6 6-8 * / x / S 45(18) 1500 £1.74 ; HO02 HONESTY Mixed HB 4-5 5-6 * / x 45(18) 100 £1.80 LO01 LOBELIA Crystal Palace HHA 1-3 5-10 P 15(6) 3000 £1.80 LO06 LOBELIA String of Pearls HHA 1-3 5-10 P 15(6) 3000 £1.92 LO07 LOBELIA Sapphire Trailing HHA 1-3 5-10 P-3000 £1.92 LO08 LOBELIA Fountain Mix Trailing HHA 1-3 5-10 P-3000 £1.92 LR02 LARKSPUR Giant Imperial Strain Mix HA 3-5 6-10 P / * / x / S 120(48) 300 £1.74 ; LU01 LUPIN Russel Hybrids Mix HP 4-5 5-7 P 90(36) 100 £2.04 ME02 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM Livingstone Daisy HHA 2-3 5-8 15(6) 2000 £1.92 ; MO01 MORNING GLORY (Ipomea) Heavenly Blue HHA 3-5 7-9 240+(96+) 150 £1.80 ; MR01 AFRICAN MARIGOLD Crackerjack Mix HHA 1-3 6-10 x 60(24) 800 £1.80 MR04 FRENCH MARIGOLD Dwarf Double Mix HHA 1-3 5-10 23(9) 500 £1.80 MR05 FRENCH MARIGOLD Boy ‘O’ Boy Mix HHA 1-4 5-10 20(8) 100 £1.74 ; MR06 FRENCH MARIGOLD Spanish Brocade HHA 1-3 5-10 23(9) 500 £1.92 ; MT03 MATTIOLA Night Scented Stock HA 4 7-8 S 38(15) 2400 £1.80 ; NA01 NASTURTIUM Gleam Hybrids Mixed HHA 4-5 6-9 38(15) 100 £1.92 RHS AGM ; NA02 NASTURTIUM Whirlybird Mix HHA 4-6 6-10 23(9) 60 £1.80 ; NA03 NASTURTIUM Tom Thumb Mix HHA 4-7 6-11 23(9) 100 £1.92 RHS AGM ; NA04 NASTURTIUM Alaska Mix HHA 4-8 6-12 30(12) 100 £1.92 NC02 NICOTIANA Domino F1 Mix HHA 2-3 6-10 30(12) 100 £1.92 RHS AGM ; NG03 NIGELLA Miss Jekyll Mix HA 4-5 6-9 * / x 45(18) 1000 £1.92 PA02 PANSY Forerunner Winter Flowering Mix HB 5-8 10-6 15 (6) 100 £1.92 PA03 PANSY Clear Crystals Mix HB 2-6 5-10 15(6) 150 £1.92 SK03 STOCK Virginian Mix HA 4-5 6-8 S 20(8) 2000 £1.92 ; SP01 SWEET PEA Spencer Waved Mix HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 100 £1.80 ; SP02 SWEET PEA Perfume Delight HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 60 £1.80 ; SP03 SWEET PEA Snoopea Mix HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 23(9) 100 £1.92 SP08 SWEET PEA Hunters Moon (Cream) HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 £2.04 RHS AGM SP55 SWEET PEA Bristol (Blue with cream edge) HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 £2.04 SP43 SWEET PEA Millennium (Rich deep magenta) HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 £2.04 SP42 SWEET PEA White Frills (White) HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 £ 2.04 SP58 SWEET PEA Midnight (Dark maroon) HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 £ 2.04 SP60 SWEET PEA Wiltshire Ripple (claret on white) HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 £ 2.04 SP48 SWEET PEA Restormel (Pale orange with scarlet picotee) HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 £2.04

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CAT. SPECIES ~ VARIETY CLASS USUAL USUAL OTHER EXPECTED AVERAGE COST CODE SOWING FLOWERING INFO. HEIGHT IN NUMBER PER PERIOD PERIOD CM (INCHES) OF SEEDS PACKET IN MONTHS IN MONTHS PER PACKET SP50 SWEET PEA Tuckers Scented Show Stopper Collection HA 4 5-8 P / x / S 180+(72+) 20 x 10 £13.98 Buy this collection and you will be saving £6.42 off our standard retail price! This fantastic range of sweet peas offers some of the best exhibition varieties available, highly scented and excellent value for money. The collection of 10 varieties (each foil containing approximately 20 seeds) includes : Millennium, White Frills, Karen Louise, Brian Haynes, Bristol, Restormel, Wiltshire Ripple Midnight, Pink Panther & Daily Mail (cerise pink on white). For individual varietal information please see above. Please note if a variety is unavailable we will substitute with the nearest available alternative. ; SU01 SUNFLOWER Tall Single Mix HA 4-5 7-9 200+(80+) 100 £1.74 SU02 SUNFLOWER Music Box Mix HA 4-5 7-9 80(32) 50 £1.92 ; SW02 SWEET WILLIAM Double Mix HB 5-6 5-7 x 45(18) 1500 £1.92 RHS AGM ; SW03 SWEET WILLIAM Auricula Eyed Mix HB 5-6 5-7 x 45(18) 1500 £1.92 TA01 TAGETES Gem Mix HHA 3 6-10 23(9) 275 £1.80 ; WA01 WALLFLOWER Blood Red HB 5-7 4-6 38(15) 1000 £1.92 ; WA05 WALLFLOWER Fair Lady HB 5-7 4-6 38(15) 1000 £1.92 ; WA06 WALLFLOWER Persian Carpet Mix HB 5-7 4-6 38(15) 1500 £1.92 ; ZI01 ZINNIA Dahlia Flowered Mix HHA 3-4 7-9 x 60(24) 240 £1.80 WILDFLOWERS WF02 Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) 100 £1.25 WF04 Cowslip (Primula veris) 500 £1.25 WF06 Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) P 5000 £1.25 WF15 Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) 40 £1.25 WF08 Ox Eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) 1300 £1.25 WF13 Butterfly Collection P 1800 £3.00 Field Scabious, Hardheads, Cornflower, Greater Knapweed, Ox-Eye Daisy, Musk Mallow and Yarrow. WF12 Cornfield Collection P 5500 £3.00 Corncockle, Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Field Poppy & Long Headed Poppy WF19 Cottage Garden Collection P 2200 £3.00 Evening Primrose, Foxglove, Cornflower, Teasel, Ox-eye Daisy, Lupin and Musk Mallow. WF46 Summer Glory Collection P 1500 £3.00 Corn Chamomile, Corncockle, Cornflower, Corn Marigold and Field Poppy. WF39 Legacy Wildflower Mix P 10, 000 £3.30 Includes Common Agrimony, Field Scabious, Hedge Bedstraw, Meadow Buttercup, Red Campion, Betony, Musk Mallow, Ribwort Plantain, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Ox-Eye Daisy, White Campion, Field Poppy, Lady’s Bedstraw, Ragged Robin, Selfheal, Yarrow, Foxglove, Wild Carrot, Corn Chamomile, Cornflower, Black Knapweed, Kidney Vetch, Sheeps Sorrel, Yellow Rattle, Wild Red Clover, Corn Marigold, Tufted Vetch, Pendulous Sedge, Meadowsweet, Common Sorrel, Corncockle, Goatsbeard, Evening Primrose, Dark Mullein, Meadow Vetchling, Rough Hawkbit, Sneezewort, Wild Clary, Wild Marjoram, Salad Burnet, Wood Avens, Bladder Campion, Cow Parsley, Devils Bit Scabious, Greater Knapweed and Red Campion

For more information , including full instructions on how to create a wild flower meadow, please visit our website at www.tuckers-seeds.com For Companion Grasses please see page 48

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Section 2 Please note 1000g = 1Kg ALL ITEMS IN THIS SECTION ATTRACT A DELIVERY CHARGE, SEE CHART BELOW. WE USE AN APPROPRIATE DELIVERY SERVICE FOR ITEMS IN THIS SECTION TO ENSURE YOUR GOODS ARRIVE IN PRIME CONDITION. PLEASE NOTE LISTED COURIERS MAY CHANGE. PLEASE HELP US TO HELP YOU BY SUPPLYING YOUR FULL ADDRESS INCLUDING POST CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. IF YOU ARE NOT USUALLY HOME PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS OF A SAFE PLACE THE PARCEL CAN BE LEFT. THIS WILL SAVE RE-DELIVERIES, PHONE CALLS OR A TRIP TO THE LOCAL DEPOT.

PARCELS UP TO 2KG ZONE 2 & ZONE 3 TO ANY UK ADDRESS (excluding the Channel Islands) (Royal Mail) Under 2000g @ £3.95 ZONE 4 SOUTHERN IRELAND & ZONE 5 CHANNEL ISLANDS and MAINLAND EUROPE (Royal Mail 5 day International ZONE 3 Signed For Small Packets – Maximum value of order £75.00) Under 1Kg @ £16.00 1001g-2000g @ £22.00 PARCELS OVER 2KG ZONE 2 ENGLAND, WALES & PART OF SCOTLAND ZONE 3 (Scottish post codes NOT in cluded in zone 2 begin with FK/HS/IV/KA27/KA28/KW/ PA/PH/ ZE/AB31-AB38/ AB41-AB56) (FedEx) ZONE 4 2001g - 25Kg = £6.95 ZONE 2 Then add £4.50 for any additional 25Kg or part thereof.

ZONE 3 PART OF SCOTLAND, Isles of Scilly Including Scottish Islands (If your postcode begins with ZONE 3 FK/HS/IV/ KA27/KA28/KW/ PA/PH/ZE/ AB31-AB38/AB41-AB56), NORTHERN IRELAND, Channel Islands & ISLE OF MAN & ISLES OF SCILLY (Royal Mail or FedEx) mainland Europe ZONE 5 2001g – 5Kg @ £10.95 5001g – 10Kg @ £17.95 10001g – 15Kg @ £22.95 please enquire for further prices.

ZONE 4 SOUTHERN IRELAND (FedEx) 2001g – 9Kg @ £25.00 9001g-25Kg @ £38.00 Maximum value of order £250.00 ZONE 5 CHANNEL ISLANDS and MAINLAND EUROPE please enquire for further prices. Potatoes will be dispatched as supplies and weather conditions allow. N.B. If the delivery company fails to deliver because you are not in, and you have not notified us of a suitable place for your package to be left, further carriage charges may apply. Map is for guidance only please refer to post codes above.

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LAWN SEED LAW05 PM90 Sowing the correct blend of grasses for No. 5 SHADY LAWN COASTAL MIX £6.00 per Kg the purpose required is essential for the £6.50 per Kg Contains: Perennial Ryegrass, Hard production of good turf. We have made Contains: Hard, Chewings and Fescue, Saltmarsh grass, Creeping Bent a careful study of this subject, which is Creeping Red Fescues, Rough Stalked and Highland Bentgrass. This versatile mix will produce a sward that can an important part of our business. The Meadowgrass and Highland Bentgrass. This mixture will produce tolerate salt laden winds. following are our most popular an ornamental lawn under shady mixtures, which will cover most garden conditions. needs. We suggest a sowing rate of 50g We can also supply tailor per sq. metre (1½ oz. per sq. yard) which LAW06 made grass mixes, by the acre, means 1Kg should cover 20 sq. metres No. 6 RENOVATION for farmers, horse owners and (22 sq. yards), for most mixtures. £4.40 per Kg smallholders. Please contact However No. 6 Renovation can be sown Contains: Perennial Ryegrass and us for further information. at 30g per sq. metre (1 oz per sq. yard). Creeping Red Fescue. This econ omy mix is for patching general lawns DISCOUNT AVAILABLE ON which already contain ryegrass or LARGER QUANTITIES any other area requiring a low cost ONION SETS LAW02 mixture. (Certified free from No. 2 FINE LAWN PM27 eelworm) £5.20 per Kg ECOSWARD PLUS Place sets 10 to 15cm (4 to 6") apart with Contains: Chewings and Creeping £6.50 per Kg 23 to 30cm (9 to 12") between the rows. Red Fescue and Highland Bentgrass. Contains: Perennial Ryegrass, Strong Plant mid-March to end of April as soon This mixture is ideal for an Creeping Red & Chewings Fescues as weather allows, do not plant in cold ornamental lawn with relatively low and Microclover. The microclover in maintenance. wet ground or it will encourage bolting. the mix naturally fixes Nitrogen and Weed carefully. Protection from birds PM25 significantly improves drought tolerance. may be necessary and ‘Hummline’ see GROW SLOW £5.70 per Kg our website www.tuckers-seeds.com Contains: Creeping Red Fescues, Hard LAW09 has proved successful as has fibre fleece. Fescue, Crested Dogstail and Onion sets come in 100 set (approx. Highland Bentgrass. This low No. 9 WILD BASE MIX (Ideal maintenance mixture is a slower companion for Wild Flowers.) 400g) packs, with the exception of growing version of LAW02 and is an £8.00 per Kg Santero F1 and Red Baron which come in ideal companion to wildflowers see Contains a wide range of grass species 250g packs. In ideal conditions 100 sets page 46 which make an ideal partner to wild should produce 20Kg of onions. Please LAW03 flowers (See page 46) in the creation see chart on page 47 for delivery of flower meadows etc. charges. Spread sets out on arrival in full No. 3 MEDIUM LAWN PM25R light and cool conditions. Onion sets £5.20 per Kg need time to dry and mature to ensure Contains: Top quality ‘sports’ perennial LOW FERTILITY LAWN ryegrasses in addition to the best quality - therefore we will not £5.60 per Kg dispatch until January 2014. (excl. constituents of No. 2. This mixture is Contains: Perennial Ryegrass, Creeping ideal for harder wearing lawns. Red Fescues, Hard Fescue, Crested Shakespeare, Winter Red and White PM120 Dogstail and Highland Bentgrass. This Snowball). mixture is a low maintenance mix for SLOW GROWTH poorer soils or low fertility sites. OSE03 £5.60 per Kg STURON £2.20 (100 sets) or 2 Contains: Perennial Ryegrass, PM28 for £3.80 Creeping Red Fescue and Highland WETLAND MIX £6.60 per Kg Semi-globe variety also resistant to Ben tgrass. This low maintenance Contains: Rough Stalked Meadowgrass, bolting and will keep if stored well mixture is a slower growing Small Leaved Timothy, Creeping Red until April/May. RHS AGM. version of LAW03 and produces a Fescue, Perennial Ryegrass, Crested dense and lush lawn. Dogstail and Tall Fescue. This mixture is OSE28 capable of withstanding prolonged SANTERO F1 Hybrid £3.20 wet conditions on heavy or light soils. (250g) or 2 for £5.80 When conditions allow, the cutting Heat Treated to discourage height can be reduced to make an bolting. Downy mildew resistant. attractive sward. Santero is an early maincrop variety 48 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 49

for spring planting, which matures OSE16 SHA01 just a few days later than Sturon. WINTER RED £2.30 (100 sets) GOLDEN GOURMET £2.60 Ideal for home gardeners and organic growers, this Rijnsburger or 2 for £4.00 (15 sets) (approximately This attractive red variety is for 300g) or 2 for £4 .80 type has been specifically bred, over the past 20 years, to be highly autumn planting, it has red flesh Golden Gourmet is a much and should mature in early summer. improved yellow variety with light resistant to Peronospora destructor, the fungus that causes Will be dispatched in September golden skin and it is a firm 2014 as soon as available. downy mildew. Santero produces favourite on the show bench. A semi-globe shaped onions with OSE27 late maturing variety that is high yielding. The uniform shallots are a e, golden brown medium thick skins; SHAKESPEARE £2.30 (100 d it is high yielding and has good sets) or 2 for £4.00 delight to cook with and store storage potential. Ours supplier well. RHS AGM A fantastic brown skinned variety recommend that you plant the sets for autumn planting. This SHA04 a little deeper than normal at a overwintering onion should give RED SUN £2.60 (15 sets) depth of 25-35mm (1 - 1 1/2”) 250g you fresh crops of delicious onions (approximately 300g) or 2 for will be approximately 60 sets. Heat from early July. Shakespeare Treated Santero will be dispatched £4.80 produces good sized bulbs with from March 2014 onwards. excellent skin quality, stores well. Deep red-brown skin. Very early to mature. Good bolting resistance OSE01 Will be dispatched in September 2014 as soon as available. and excellent flavour. STUTTGART GIANT £2.20 th We are sorry but no SHA09 (100 sets) or 2 for £3.80 JERMOR £3 .60 (500g) or 2 s. The original flat based variety. advanced orders for for £6.80 n Good resistance to bolting. Keeps onion sets or shallots well. French elongated shallot with for Spring 2015 can be copper coloured skin. Flesh is white g. OSE11 with pink tinge. Fabulous flavour

CENTURION F1 Hybrid £2.20 taken. and stores well. 500 grams is (100 sets) or 2 for £3.80 approximately 30 sets. RHS AGM. SHALLOTS Early maturing variety which keeps SHA10 e. well. Very uniform heavy crops. Plant 15cm (6") apart in 23cm (9") rows during the second half of MIKOR £3.60 (500g) or 2 for RHS AGM. February through to the end of £6.80 OSE17 High yielding French variety, with a in April, as conditions allow. Harvest RED BARON £3.00 (250g) fantastic flavour. Russet coloured s from July onwards. All our shallots skin, with pink tinged flesh, or 2 for £5.40 are certified. Shallots should be rounded shape. 500 grams is Heat Treated to discourage spread out in full light and cool approximately 30 sets. A red skinned semi globe ull bolting. conditions until planting time. maincrop. Yields well and will store SHA95 ** ORGANIC ** over winter. More susceptible to Shallots need time to dry and e LONGOR £4.20 (500g) or 2 bolting than other varieties, hence mature, to ensure best quality - for £8.00 we are now offering them as heat therefore we will not dispatch until An outstanding long-oval shallot treated sets. RHS AGM. 250g will be January 2014, excluding Echalote with attractive golden-copper skin

approximately 60 sets. Heat Grise which will be dispatched and pale rosy flesh. Stores well. Treated Red Baron will be October 2013. 500 grams is approximately 30 sets. dispatched from March 2014 RHS AGM. onwards. SHA06 2 OSE25 ECHALOTE GRISE £3.25 (250g) or 2 for £6.00

WHITE SNOWBALL £2.30 Plant October-December, harvest (100 sets) or 2 for £4.00 July onwards. This exceptional An early variety for autumn shallot is favoured by many top planting. Round, white bulbs with a French chefs for its cooking quality. lovely flavour. Will be dispatched Harvest immediately when the in September 2014 as soon as bulbs have formed. These will be available. dispatched September-October 2013 as they become available. . y Telephone: 01364 652233 49 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 50

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Potatoes We stock a wide range of Most varieties are available from varieties which we hope will January onwards. To ensure your Potatoes should be planted 10-15cm (4- cover all requirements, some potatoes arrive in the bes t possible 6") deep in rows 60cm (2ft) apart may only be offered online, condition, all deliveries will be made (earlies) and 75cm (2½ft) (maincrop). please go to using an appropriate service, see Place the potatoes with the rose end up www.tuckers-seeds.com charges on page 47 30cm (1ft) apart for earlies and 38-45cm Many varieties will be in great If a variety is written in GREEN, BOLD this (15-18") apart for maincrops. Potatoes demand, and early dry signifies that it will not be available for will grow on most soils and are good conditions have again led to dispatch until February, please see chart ground cleaners. Avoid lime as this will restricted supplies. below for an example. encourage scab and is generally disliked. Blight is the other big problem, this has EARLY ORDERING IS STRONGLY Other varieties may become no cure but can be held in check by RECOMMENDED to ensure your available throughout the regular spraying. All our potatoes are first choice is available. CERTIFIED SEED produced in Scotland, season, please enquire WE WILL SUBSTITUTE WITH A England, France and Holland. They have or see our website SIMILAR VARIETY IF IT IS been independently inspected by FERA, www.tuckers-seeds.com FOUND NECESSARY. IF THIS IS or equivalent certification body and NOT ACCEPTABLE, PLEASE LIST passed as Grade AA or higher. ALTERNATIVES OR MARK YOUR ORDER ‘NO SUBSTITUTES’.

ORG Linda M 25LNDO 2.5kg £4.95 r-o wc * Linzer Delikatess SE 15LIN 1.5kg £4.85 lo ly y

PLEASE NOTE 10 TUBER PACKS WEIGH attempted. Alternatively let us know if crops this year, our popular APPROXIMATELY 1KG there is a more convenient address (ie. range of potato collections work or relation or friend), where the can all be found online at Your entire section two order will be parcel can be sent. sent together under the one delivery www.tuckers-seeds.com. charge, if you require us to split the As ever, we suggest the more These ‘collections’ are ideal delivery, please ensure that you add a you can get together with for sharing with friends and secondary postal charge to your order. friends and neighbours the will enable more of you to more cost effective the We need your phone number and try a wider range of varieties full address including the carriage charges become. as well as saving money. postcode for these deliveries. Please enquire for (Please note if a variety is Please advise us of a safe place, prices of larger unavailable we will substitute with preferably under cover, in which your quantities in 25kg bags. the nearest available alternative.) parcel can be left in the event of no Due to problems with many one being home when the delivery is

The layout lists information on varieties by cooking quality, i.e. NEW POTATO, SALAD, BAKED, ROAST, MASH AND FRIED POTATOES (Chips/French Fries). We appreciate that many varieties could be used in more than one way and have indicated the other main kitchen uses next to their varietal name, see example below. We also include the heading MATURITY CLASS, i.e. First early, Second Early, Early Maincrop and Maincrop, in addition to the shape, skin and flesh colour. BAKED POTATOES Main culinary use VARIETY MATURITY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PACK PRICE TUBER COLOUR OF CLASS CULINARY USES CODE SIZE SHAPE SKIN / FLESH Cara M BL RC% 25CRA 2.5kg £4.75 r-so wp c ORG Cara M BL RC% 25CRAO 2.5kg £4.95 r-so wp c

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HOW TO GET THE BEST FROM THE FOLLOWING PAGES STEP 1 Identify the main cooking use ie. ROAST STEP 2 Go to the ROAST list STEP 3 Here you will be able to see additional culinary uses, tuber shape, skin & flesh colour, maturity class, pack size and price. STEP 4 If you have a particular disease concern, turn to pages 56-57 and check your chosen variety against the chart. STEP 5 If all has gone well you have made your choice, return to step 1 to choose your next variety, if not go back to step 2 and check further varieties. Please remember that potatoes can vary greatly in yield, texture and flavour. Peoples tastes vary enormously too, so all information on cooking is given as a guide only. KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: COOKING QUALITY etc. MATURITY BK = BAKED MN = MINI TUBERS R = ROAST FE = FIRST EARLY C = CHIP/ E = EXTR A EARLY S = SALAD SE = SECOND EARLY FRENCH FRIES % = EXHIBITION SHOW GP = GENERAL PURPOSE EM = EARLY MAINCROP M = MASH ST = STEAMED NP = NEW POTATO M = MAINCROP BL = BOILED Shape: r-round, o-oval, lo-long oval, so-short oval Skin Colour: w-white, y-yellow, ly-light yellow, p-pink, r-red, b-blue, wb-white with blue, wp-white with pink, wr-white with red, pr-purple, rs-russet, wrs-white with russet, yp-yellow with pink, ry-red with yellow, rw-red with white Flesh Colour: w-white, y-yellow, ly-light yellow, c-cream, pr-purple, y/pr-yellow with purple ring, r/y-red with yellow outer ring PLEASE NOTE: Due to import restrictions we regret we are unable to supply any varieties marked with a * to customers in Scotland. We regret we are unable to supply CARA, ORLA & ROOSTER to customers in Northern or Southern Ireland. BUY TWO OR MORE PACKS EITHER 1.5kg, 2kg or 2.5kg OF THE SAME VARIETY AND SAVE 25p per pack (please note this does not apply if one pack is organic and the other non-organic.) All potatoes are offered strictly subject to safe harvest. We are sorry but no advanced orders for potatoes for delivery Winter 2014 or Spring 2015 can be taken. MASHED POTATOES VARIETY MATURITY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PACK PRICE TUBER COLOUR OF CLASS CULINARY USES CODE SIZE SHAPE SKIN / FLESH Blue Belle EM BK S BL % 25BLB 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo yp y RHS AGM British Queen SE BK M 25BQU 2.5kg £4.85 so ww RHS AGM ORG British Queen SE BK M 15BQUO 1.5kg £4.65 so ww Harmony M BL M % 25HAR 2.5kg £4.95 o ww Highland Burgundy M 15HBU 1.5kg £4.65 lo r r/y Isle of Jura M BL BK 20IOJ 2kg £4.95 o wc ORG Lady Balfour M BL BK R 25LBAO 2.5kg £5.15 o wp w Majestic MC 25MAJ 2.5kg £4.75 o-lo ww RHS AGM Nadine SE BL BK % 25NAD 2.5kg £4.85 ro wc Pentland Crown M BL BK R 25PCR 2.5kg £4.75 so-o ww Rooster M GP % 20ROO 2kg £4.95 o ry Rudolph M GP 25RUD 2.5kg £4.95 r-o rw ORG Rudolph M GP 25RUDO 2.5kg £5.15 r-o rw Salad Blue EM C 15SLB 1.5kg £4.65 lo bb

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BOILED (NEW) POTATOES PLEASE NOTE: We also list a lot of ‘new’ potatoes under ‘salad’ potatoes on page 54. VARIETY MATURITY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PACK PRICE TUBER COLOUR OF CLASS CULINARY USES CODE SIZE SHAPE SKIN / FLESH RHS AGM Accent FE RMC 25ACC 2.5kg £4.85 so ly ly RHS AGM ORG Accent FE RM C 25ACCO 2.5kg £4.95 so ly ly ORG Amorosa FE 25AMOO 2.5kg £4.95 orly

Apache SE MN ST R 20APA 2kg £4.95 r r/y y Please note Arran Pilot FE BK 25API 2.5kg £4.75 o-lo ww ORG Bambino EM MN 25BAMO 2.5kg £4.95 r wc Casablanca FE C % 25CAS 2.5kg £4.95 o ww ORG Casablanca FE C % 15CASO 1.5kg £4.45 o ww ORG Colleen FE C BK 25COLO 2.5kg £4.95 so yyIf a variety is unavailable we will substitute with the nearest available alternative. ORG Coquine SE S 15COQO 1.5kg £4.95 lo yy Duke of York FE BK 25DUK 2.5kg £4.75 o-lo y ly Dunluce FE BK M 25DUN 2.5kg £4.95 so wc Epicure FE BK M 25EPI 2.5kg £4.85 r ww RHS AGM Foremost FE BK 25FOR 2.5kg £4.75 so-o ww Home Guard FE RC 25HOM 2.5kg £4.75 so ww ORG Isabel FE S 15ISAO 1.5kg £4.95 o-lo yy RHS AGM Lady Christl FE E % waiting crop confirmation, please enquire or see our website www.tuckers-seeds.com Maris Bard FE M 25MBA 2.5kg £4.85 so ww ORG Maris Bard FE M 25MBAO 2.5kg £4.95 so ww Maris Peer SE MN C 25MPE 2.5kg £4.75 so-o ww ORG Maris Peer SE MN C 25MPEO 2.5kg £4.95 so-o ww RHS AGM Orla SE GP 25ORL 2.5kg £4.95 o cc Pentland Javelin FE BK 25PJA 2.5kg £4.75 so ww Premiere FE C BK 25PRE 2.5kg £4.95 o yy RHS AGM Red Duke of York FE BK 25RDY 2.5kg £4.75 lo r ly RHS AGM ORG Red Duke of York FE BK 15RDYO 1.5kg £4.65 lo r ly Riviera FE 25RIV 2.5kg £4.95 r-o yc

Rocket FE BK ME 25RKT 2.5kg £4.85 r-so ww * Rosabelle FE S 25RSB 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo ry

Sharpes Express FE BK 25SHE 2.5kg £4.75 lo wc ORG Sharpes Express FE BK 25SHEO 2.5kg £4.95 lo wc Sherine (NVS) SE BK R M C 25SHR 2.5kg £4.85 oww-c Sherine (NVS) SE BK R M C 10SHR 10 tubers £2.75 o w w-c Swift FE E GP 25SWI 2.5kg £4.85 r-o ly w Ulster Sceptre FE 25USC 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo ww Vanessa FE M BK R 25VAN 2.5kg £4.85 l-lo pc RHS AGM Vivaldi M MN GP BK 20VIV 2kg £4.95 oyly RHS AGM Winston FE % GP 25WIN 2.5kg £4.85 o wc Telephone: 01364 652233 53 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 54

SALAD POTATOES PLEASE NOTE: Most of the varieties on this list make excellent NEW POTATOES as well. VARIETY MATURITY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PACK PRICE TUBER COLOUR OF CLASS CULINARY USES CODE SIZE SHAPE SKIN / FLESH RHS AGM *ORG Amandine SE BK 15AMAO 1.5kg £4.95 lo yc *ORG Anoe (Claire) FE MN 15ANOO 1.5kg £4.95 lo y ly Anya SE 20ANY 2kg £4.95 lo pw Belle De Fontenay SE M 25BDF 2.5kg £5.15 l-lo ly ly * BF15 SE 25BFI 2.5kg £5.15 l-lo ly ly RHS AGM Charlotte SE BK % 25CHL 2.5kg £4.75 lo yy RHS AGM ORG Charlotte SE BK % 25CHLO 2.5kg £4.95 lo yy ORG Cheyenne SE 15CYNO 1.5kg £4.95 lo ry Elisabeth FE 25ELI 2.5kg £5.15 o-lo w ly Harlequin EM GP 20HQN 2kg £5.15 lo r/w c International Kidney SE 25INT 2.5kg £4.85 lo yy (Jersey Royal) ORG Linda M 25LNDO 2.5kg £4.95 r-o wc * Linzer Delikatess SE 15LIN 1.5kg £4.85 lo ly y Nicola EM GP 25NIC 2.5kg £4.75 o-lo yy ORG Nicola EM GP 25NICO 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo yy ORG Novella FE 25NOVO 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo yy RHS AGM Pink Fir Apple M 25PFA 2.5kg £5.25 lo py RHS AGM Ratte M 25RAT 2.5kg £5.45 l yy * Vitelotte M 15VIT 1.5kg £5.45 lo pp

ROAST POTATOES VARIETY MATURITY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PACK PRICE TUBER COLOUR OF CLASS CULINARY USES CODE SIZE SHAPE SKIN / FLESH ORG Arran Victory M BK M BL 25AVIO 2.5kg £4.95 r bw Blue Kestrel SE ST M BK % 25BKE 2.5kg £4.95 lo bc If a variety is unavailable we will substitute with the nearest available alternative. available nearest the with substitute will we is unavailable variety If a Catriona SE ST % BK 25CAT 2.5kg £4.75 o-lo wb ly Golden Wonder M ST C 25GWO 2.5kg £4.95 lo wrs ly ORG Golden Wonder M ST C 15GWOO 1.5kg £4.65 lo wrs ly Kerrs Pink MMBK C 25KPI 2.5kg £4.85 so pc Please note note Please Kestrel SE ST M BK % 25KES 2.5kg £4.75 lo wb c ORG Kestrel SE ST M BK % 25KESO 2.5kg £4.95 lo wb c King Edward M GP 25KED 2.5kg £4.75 o wp c *ORG Mona Lisa SE GP 15MLIO 1.5kg £4.95 lo y ly Osprey SE M 20OSP 2kg £4.95 r-so wp w Purple Majesty MMBK BL 20PMA 2kg £4.95 o-lo pp ORG Sarpo Mira M BK C 25SMRO 2.5kg £4.95 lo-l rc Valor M GP 25VAL 2.5kg £4.95 o wc

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BAKED POTATOES VARIETY MATURITY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PACK PRICE TUBER COLOUR OF CLASS CULINARY USES CODE SIZE SHAPE SKIN / FLESH

Amour (NVS) EM % GP 25AMR 2.5kg £4.85 o wr w-c Amour (NVS) EM % GP 10AMR 10 tubers £2.75 o wr w-c Bonnie SE GP 25BON 2.5kg £4.95 so yp c Cara M BL RC% 25CRA 2.5kg £4.75 r-so wp c ORG Cara M BL RC% 25CRAO 2.5kg £4.95 r-so wp c

ORG Cosmos M GP 25COSO 2.5kg £4.95 lo ly ly Please see www.tuckers-seeds.com for our extensive range of potato collections. ORG Daifla SE FM 15DFLO 1.5kg £4.95 o-lo wy Desiree M GP 25DES 2.5kg £4.75 o-lo r ly ORG Desiree M GP 25DESO 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo r ly Estima SE GP 25EST 2.5kg £4.75 o ly ly RHS AGM * Kondor M GP 25KON 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo r ly Marfona SE BL M 25MFN 2.5kg £4.85 so-o ly c ORG Marfona SE BL M 25MFNO 2.5kg £4.95 so-o ly c RHS AGM Maxine M GP % 25MAX 2.5kg £4.95 o rc ORG Milva SE BL 25MILO 2.5kg £4.95 o yy Pentland Dell M BL CR 25PDE 2.5kg £4.85 lo wc Pentland Squire M BL MR 25PSQ 2.5kg £4.95 lo ww RHS AGM Picasso MMBL R 25PIC 2.5kg £4.85 o wp c ORG Remarka M RM C 25REMO 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo cc ORG Robinta M BL 25ROBO 2.5kg £4.95 r-o r ly Romano M BL R 25ROM 2.5kg £4.75 r-so rc ORG Romano M BL R 25ROMO 2.5kg £4.95 r-so rc Sante M GP 25SAN 2.5kg £4.75 o ly ly ORG Sante M GP 25SANO 2.5kg £4.95 o ly ly

Saxon SE GP 25SAX 2.5kg £4.95 r-o ww Stemster M GP 25STE 2.5kg £4.95 o-lo p ly Sunrise M RM 25SUN 2.5kg £4.95 so wr w Wilja SE GP 25WIL 2.5kg £4.75 o-lo y ly

Don’t forget if you buy two or more packs either 1.5kg, 2kg or 2.5kg of the same variety you save 25p per pack (please note this does not apply if one pack is organic and the other non-organic) PLEASE NOTE 10 TUBER PACKS WEIGH APPROX IMATELY 1KG FRIED POTATOES (CHIPS / FRENCH FRIES) VARIETY MATURITY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PACK PRICE TUBER COLOUR OF CLASS CULINARY USES CODE SIZE SHAPE SKIN / FLESH *ORG Bintje EM BK R 15BINO 1.5kg £4.95 o yy Innovator (Russet) SE BK BM 20INN 2kg £4.95 lo rs y Maris Piper M GP 25MPI 2.5kg £4.75 so wc Markies M GP 25MRK 2.5kg £4.95 oyly Mayan Gold M MR 15MYG 1.5kg £4.75 l yy ORG Record M 25RECO 2.5kg £4.95 r-so y ly

Due to problems with many crops this year, our popular range of potato collections can all be found online at www.tuckers-seeds.com. These ‘collections’ are ideal for sharing with friends and will enable you to try a wider range of varieties as well as saving money.

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DISEASE and PEST RESISTANCE The following chart gives an indication of the varieties with best resistance to various pests and diseases.

FOLIAGE BLIGHT TUBER BLIGHT BLACKLEG COMMON SCABLEAF ROLL POWDERY SCABVIRUS Y POTATOGOLDEN CYST NEMATODE EELWORMPOTATOWHITE CYST EELWORM NEMATODESLUGS SPRAING ACCENT III I AMANDINE I AMOROSA II I I AMOUR (NVS) I ANYA I II ARRAN PILOT II ARRAN VICTORY I II BAMBINO II III BELLE DE FONTENAY I BF15 II BINTJE I BLUE BELLE I CARA II I II CASABLANCA I II I CHARLOTTE I II COLLEEN II COQUINE II COSMOS II DAIFLA I DESIREE II DUNLUCE I ELISABETH I II EPICURE I ESTIMA I GOLDEN WONDER I HARLEQUIN I HARMONY II II HOME GUARD II I INNOVATOR (Russet) II INTERNATIONAL KIDNEY II I ISABEL I ISLE OF JURA I II I KERRS PINK I KESTREL I IIII KING EDWARD II II KONDOR I II LADY BALFOUR II I III LADY CHRISTL I II LINZER DELIKATESS I II MAJESTIC II MARFONA I MARIS BARD II 56 www.tuckers-seeds.com Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 57

FOLIAGE BLIGHT TUBER BLIGHT BLACKLEG COMMON SCABLEAF ROLL POWDERY SCABVIRUS Y POTATOGOLDEN CYST NEMATODE EELWORMPOTATOWHITE CYST EELWORM NEMATODESLUGS SPRAING MARIS PEER I MARIS PIPER I MARKIES I IIIII MAXINE I I II MAYAN GOLD I II I MILVA I MONA LISA II NADINE I I II I NICOLA II II NOVELLA II I ORLA II I OSPREY II II II PENTLAND CROWN III I PENTLAND DELL II PENTLAND JAVELIN I II PENTLAND SQUIRE II I PICASSO IIIII PINK FIR APPLE I PREMIERE II RATTE I RECORD III I REMARKA II I RIVIERA I II ROBINTA III II I ROCKET I II ROMANO I I II ROOSTER III I ROSABELLE II RUDOLPH II SANTE I IIII I II SARPO MIRA III I SAXON I II I I SHERINE (NVS) III STEMSTER I SWIFT II III ULSTER SCEPTRE I VALOR I I II I VANESSA I VIVALDI III WILJA II I WINSTON II I YUKON GOLD I Telephone: 01364 652233 57 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 58

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ORDER FORM www.tuckers-seeds.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: (01364) 652233 Fax: (01364) 654211 FOR MALT AND BOTTLED BEER ORDERS - PLEASE SEE PAGE 58 FILLING IN YOUR ORDER FORM Please do not forget to fill in your full name and address including post code, telephone number and email address where possible. There is a place for special delivery instructions, below your name and address on this order form. Please use this space to let us know a safe place your parcel can be left, if it is likely that nobody will be home. e.g. Leave in porch if out. If you run out of space, please write additional items on lined paper and attach to order form. Complete both sections, or as required and remember to transfer totals to shaded grand total box. on Please remember to send payment with order. We accept MASTERCARD, VISA, CHEQUES (please make cheques payable to: Edwin Tucker & Sons Ltd) or POSTAL ORDERS - Please do not post money. A All orders will only be processed when full payment is received. We will substitute any item if it is found necessary. Please tick the ‘NO SUBSTITUTES’ box if required or list acceptable alternatives clearly. Please keep a copy of your order form.

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SECTION ONE (Vegetable & Flowers Seeds & Garlic Bulbs) Pages 3-46 from Amaranth to Wildflowers All orders from this section are post free over £30.00 for deliveries to Mainland UK, Scottish Isles, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland & Isles of Scilly. For deliveries to Channel Islands, Southern Ireland and Mainland Europe - please enquire for prices. Below £30.00 a charge of £1.25 will be made to help cover postage and packing. Orders from this section will be sent as soon as possible, they may be incomplete, but you will be advised of items which are outstanding. These will follow as they become available. If you require part of your order in advance of the main batch please do not hesitate to mark this, remembering to include extra postage if necessary.

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AT A GLANCE NEW FOR 2014 ASPARAGUS Pages 3-4 GARLIC Pages 18-19 CAULIFLOWERS RUNNER BEANS ASP02 DARZILLA F1 Hybrid GAR24 VALLELADO WIGHT Pages 13-14 Pages 5-6 (pack of ten one-year-old £2.50 Each or 3 for £6.60 CAU01 KESTEL pkt £1.90 RBE05M STREAMLINE (MINI crowns) £17.50 Winter planting (October 2014 to February 2015). Cultivated in Spain, Vigorous plants with excellent PACK) (30 seeds) pkt £1.80 Darzilla is a fantastic clonal hybrid uniformity, yielding firm snow white (some plants may produce berries, Vallelado grows well in the UK and is This high yielding early variety recommended for its growing vigour, curds during late summer – early produces 30-45cm (12-18”) smooth but this will not effect their yield) , autumn. mid-season cultivar that is an size and fat juicy cloves. Vallel ado pods of superfine quality which grow improvement on the extremely Wight should be ready for harvest in large clusters. Streamline is red popular Dariana, which it replaces in July to August. Softneck. CAU97 ** ORGANIC ** flowered and is very popular with our range. This variety produces very SNOWBALL gardeners due to it’s lovely flavour large and uniform spears of 22mm. LETTUCE Pages 21-23 (250 seeds) pkt £1.80 and long harvesting period; this The tasty tips are tightly closed and reliable and vigorous variety should Compact dwarf plants can be planted produce beans from July for 12-16 of outstanding quality. High yielding LET194P ** ORGANIC ** closer together than most other with good disease resistance. GISELA RZ weeks after sowing and is also varieties. Can be harvested in June recommended for freezing. (25 pills) pkt £1.60 from sowings the previous October Gisela RZ is an outdoor butterhead or late summer - autumn from March BEETROOT Page 8 with a good shape and clean base. It - April sowings. COURGETTES BEE19 ZEPPO RZ F1 Hybrid has glossy green leaves and is strong Pages 15-16 (250 seeds) pkt £1.60 against tipburn and bolting and also LEAF BEET Page 20 Zeppo RZ is a fast growing hybrid shows very good resistance to COU25 SUNSTRIPE F1 Hybrid with strong foliage. It produces an bremia. LBE06 INTENSE CHARD (200 pkt £2.40 attractive smooth round root which seeds) pkt £1.80 This British bred variety produces has a deep red colour and superb BROAD BEANS Improved Rhubarb Chard. Delicious wonderfully vibrant golden yellow flavour. Stands warm growing and nutritious, Intense has a rounder striped fruits, which have an conditions very well and does not Pages 4-5 leaf than standard rhubarb chard excellent flavour and texture. They bolt readily. Customer quote "this is a BBE03M with deep red veining. The major are produced on spineless bush habit very good variety which as they say EXPRESS (MINI PACK) improvement that Intense has over plants, making for pain free picking. 'does everything it says on the standard rhubarb chard is that it The leaves also produce golden packet'. Good germination, good size, (25 seeds) pkt £1.60 gives far fewer green 'off-types’. markings. Bold and striking, Sunstripe smooth globes and good colour and Early and fast maturing (70 - 75 days). Intense produces long, thick red mid yields an abundance of uniform fruits taste. Doesn't seem to be bolting Express produces heavy crops of tender ribs and green leaves which can be which look great sliced. easily despite the very dry summer. and fine flavoured beans which have a cooked separately; it is very lovely texture. This variety is winter decorative as well as edible. Perfect COU93 **ORGANIC** BEE99 ** ORGANIC ** hardy and is ideal for the freezer as it for baby leaf production. DEFENDER F1 Hybrid DETROIT ROUND pkt £1.80 does not tend to discolour. Height pkt £2.40 Early red beetroot. Globe shaped 90cm (36”). RHS AGM. RUNNER BEANS Very early variety with attractive bulbs. Light green foliage with dark BBE17M dark green fruit. Good CMV red veins. KARMAZYN (MINI PACK) Pages 5-6 resistance (25 seeds) pkt ££1.70 BEE83 **ORGANIC** This wonderful and very pretty bean RBE25M MOONLIGHT GOLDEN DETROIT grows to just 60cm (24”) and is perfect (MINI PACK) LEEKS Page 20-21 (100 seeds) pkt £1.80 for the smaller garden or patio. (30 seeds) pkt £1.70 LEE25 MATEJKO RZ F1 Hybrid Succulent and sweet, these yellow Karmazyn produces a copious amount Moonlight is a white flowered and (100 seeds) pkt £2.00 fleshed roots have the same flavour of short pods, especially given the size seeded British bred, runner bean Matejko RZ is a dark green pre- as ordinary beetroot; this variety of the plant; each of these pods which has unique self-setting Christmas hybrid for harvesting does not tend to stain or bleed. contains on average, four of these properties even in poor weather September to December. The shaft unusual pink tasty beans. For the most conditions. It combines the best has a good length with an upright CORN SALAD tender and delightful beans, eat when attributes of runner beans with those flag and this variety is strong against young, which is when their colour is at of a climbing french bean, creating a rust and thrips. Page 15 its most vibrant; do not be tempted to prolific variety. Producing a much over cook; the colour retention will be improved fleshier and smoother, COR98 ** ORGANIC ** VIT improved by steaming. With a mid- stringless pod of around 25-30cm (10- LEE98 **ORGANIC** pkt £1.80 early maturity, you should expect to 12”), Moonlight has a delightful tasty CARENTAN Extremely vigorous, can be used for harvest your beans from June to runner bean flavour. Height: 280- (500 seeds) pkt £1.70 spring or autumn crops. Long glossy August. 300cm (9-10’). Likes Full Sun. Large thick stems with blue-green leaves with a mild minty flavour. foliage. Crops from November- BRUSSELS SPROUT RBE27M FIRESTORM (MINI January. GARLIC Pages 18-19 Pages 9-10 PACK) (30 seeds) pkt £1.90 GAR25 Firestorm is an amazing red flowered LETTUCE Pages 21-23 CARCASSONNE WIGHT BRU01 DARKMAR 21 British bred variety which has been £2.50 Each or 3 for £6.60 (300 seeds) pkt £1.60 developed by taking the best LET16P CARMESI RZ (25 pills) Winter planting (October 2014 to An excellent open pollinated main characteristics from both french pkt £1.70 February 2015). An exceptional, pink crop variety, producing dark green beans and runner beans; this creates Carmesi RZ is a triple-red lollo rossa cloved variety which has shown great solid buttons. Can be harvested over a variety that is prolific and sets well type with good vigour and it is slow vigour when grown in the UK. It has a long period. Back by popular even in challenging growing to bolt. It produces good sized heads good skin cover and a superior smell request. conditions as it is self pollinating. over a long harvest period. The flavoursome beans are stringless and flavour. Carcassonne Wight Please do continue to tell us should be ready for harvest June to and with its masses of red flowers it July. Hardneck. what you would like to see is also very pretty. in the garden catalogue and we will where possible and practical seek to find them for you. Telephone: 01364 652233 63 Tuckers 2014 Insides PROOF1_Layout 1 09/09/2013 14:04 Page 64

AT A GLANCE NEW FOR 2014 TUCKERS LEAFY SWEDE Page 37 SQUASH, PUMPKIN ONIONS Pages 26-27 MIXES Pages 23-24 SWE96 ** ORGANIC ** & MELON & 48-49 LOMOND (1000 seeds) SMX04 TUCKERS SPICY MIX pkt £1.80 Pages 24-26 OSE17 RED BARON (5000 seeds) pkt £2.20 Lomond (Airlie x Invitation), is a WSQ77 ** ORGANIC ** £3.00 (250g) or 2 for £5.40 uniform, purple skinned variety with BUTTERNUT pkt £1.70 Heat Treated to discourage bolting. A This is our own improved version of red skinned semi globe maincrop. the extremely popular Spicy Green yellow flesh; for general purpose use. Productive large butternut which Lomond was bred in Scotland and is Yields well and will store over winter. Mix and it is perfect for salad and grows up to 30cm (12”) long. Dense winter hardy and high yielding. It flesh and stores well. Trailing Type. More susceptible to bolting than stir-fry use. We recommend sowing shows resistance to clubroot and other varieties, hence we are now every two weeks for a continuous excellent resistance to powdery PUM94 ** ORGANIC ** JACK offering them as heat treated sets. supply of these tasty leaves. Cut and mildew. For autumn – winter O’LANTERN pkt £2.20 RHS AGM. 250g will be come again, our spicy greens mix is harvest, this variety is not only an approximately 60 sets Heat Treated fast to grow and easy to look after excellent cooking variety but can Red Baron will be dispatched from and can be grown either in open soil also be fed to cattle and sheep. PARSNIPS Page 28 March 2014 onwards. or in a large pot, anywhere. Stores well. PRN04 WHITE GEM An intermediate type with broad ONI35 RETANO F1 Hybrid SMX05 TUCKERS HOT MIX (250 seeds) pkt £2.10 (5000 seeds) pkt £2.20 shoulders and very white skin. Heavy HERBS Pages 40-41 yields of roots that are highly Retano replaces the popular Red This is our own improved version of resistant to canker. Pearl in our range and is a late GKH01 maincrop red bulbing onion. Retano the extremely popular Hot Mix. A GOOD KING HENRY (P) Coming Soon. fast growing hot oriental salad mix produces high yields of round onions which is both pretty to the eye and (300 seeds) pkt £1.70 that do not tend to flatten like other red varieties. It has a beautiful deep superbly tasty. We recommend Height 30-60cm (12-24”). Also known RHUBARB Page 36 as Lincolnshire Spinach and Mercury. red skin and good flesh colour. sowing every two weeks for a A highly nutritious herb especially RHU05 VICTORIA (50 seeds) Harvest early September; well dried continuous supply of these delicious rich in iron that can be used raw in pkt £1.60 bulbs will store well. leaves. Cut and come again, our hot salads or cooked like spinach. Sow A high yielding, traditional maincrop mix is fast to grow and easy to look spring and early autumn; please be variety which produces juicy stalks ONI83 ** ORGANIC ** after and can be grown either in aware that when sowing in the that have an excellent flavour. HYLANDER F1 Hybrid open soil or in a large pot, anywhere. autumn the seeds will not actually Victoria often is able to provide a (100 seeds) pkt £1.80 germinate until the following spring, small harvest even on the first Our first downy mildew resistant but the cold will help to break season. Can be forced. variety, now available in organic PARSLEY Page 28 dormancy. Although hardy, the fully form. Hylander is a mid-late maturing PRL10 FELICIA RZ grown plant will need protection onion which produces round, brown, pkt £1.50 during a harsh winter and during the TEXEL GREENS firm bulbs that should be harvested summer should be watered regularly August – September; this variety also A uniform small flat leaved type for during dry periods to discourage Page 38 stores very well. fresh and pot growing. It has a dark bolting. Harvest all year round but green colour with good re-growth do not defoliate plant. TEX01 TEXEL GREENS and is strong against mildew. (1000 seeds) pkt £1.70 PEAS Page 28-30 WON01 WELSH ONION (P) Versatile plant producing an (500 seeds) pkt £1.80 abundance of ‘greens’ suitable for PEA43M PEPPER Pages 30, 35 Similar to chives but coarser and salads or stir frying; very nutritious. SHIRAZ (MINI PACK) stronger flavoured. Can be harvested Grows fast, ideal for successional (150 seeds) pkt £2.50 PEP46 BOOGIE RZ F1 Hybrid all year round. Sow in April-May. sowing, drought tolerant. Harvest Height 90–120cm (35- 47”). Shiraz is (5 seeds) pkt £2.50 from 15cm (6"), maximum crop quite simply an exquisite British bred A fresh flavoured orange blocky reached after 6-8 weeks variety, eight years in breeding, which pepper, which produces good, ROCKET Page 36 boasts beautiful bi-coloured flowers. uniform fruit throughout the season. Shiraz produces high yields of flat, ROC09 DRAGON’S TONGUE TOMATO Page 38-40 purple podded mangetout peas and It shows almost no susceptibility to is resistant to powdery mildew. The micro cracking, is strong against pkt £1.60 TOM24 SUN GOLD F1 Hybrid A fantastic innovative new wild delicious pods can be eaten raw blossom end rot and shows very (10 seeds) pkt £2.10 when young and will become a good resistance to TMV. rocket with striking red leaf veins which contrast beautifully with the An indeterminate orange cherry type talking point of any salad. Can also dark green leaf. Dragons Tongue is a that can be grown indoors or outside be steamed or stir fried, but be with some protection. Sun Gold warned the striking colour will turn totally unique product with a great, 1 spicy wild rocket flavour. Developed should produce 16g ( /2oz) sweet to deep green on cooking. Harves t 12 and bred in Britain, this variety will tasting fruits on long trusses. Good – 14 weeks after sowing. Will grow in even the most inclement resistance to TMV. A personal probably need support and may also weather conditions. flavour favourite of ours. be grown in a good sized container on the patio & 48-49 POTATOES Pages 51-57 Organic Coquine new potato TURNIP Page 40 Why not enter our monthly photo TUR11 HALF-LONG CRIOSSY Organic Daifla baked potato 1000 seeds) pkt £1.90 competition for a chance to Organic Isabel new potato Circa 1867 this heritage variety has smooth white skin and very white win a great prize? Riviera new potato sweet tasting tender flesh. Good Organic Cheyenne salad potato early variety and a great favourite Please see inside front cover for details. with the Parisian market gardeners Sunrise baked potato and chefs. Can be forced.

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