@600 or 2g = Approximate Seed Quantity.
Fruit Seeds
You will need a greenhouse for the melons. The Cantaloupe melon is considered to have the best flavour to eat with Parma ham. It was originally grown in the Papal gardens of Cantalupo near Rome during the Renaissance period. Growing Rhubarb and Strawberries from seed is very cost effective.
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FT1 Cantaloupe Melon of Charentais Sweet yellow/orange flesh originating from the Papal gardens of Cantalupo in Rome @120. Sow Feb-end May. £2.99 FT3 Melon Rampicante Zuccherino “Climbing Sugar”. Sweet orange flesh. @150. Sow Feb-May. £2.99 FT4 Melon Tendral Valencia Green Spanish melon with sweet white flesh. @100. Sow Feb-May £2.99 FT5 Melon Ananas “Pineapple” Netted fruit. Yellow, perfumed flesh. @150. Sow mid Mar-May. »£1.99 FT5b Melon Retato Ortolani. Netted skin and sweet orange flesh. @150. Sow Mar-May. £2.99 FT5c Melon Giallo D’Inverno Yellow Skinned variety, with greeny/yellow flesh. @100. Sow Feb-May. £2.99 FT6 Rhubarb Stew the stalks with a little sugar and water. 2g. Sow mid Jul-end Sep. £2.99
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FT7 Strawberry Quattro Stagioni Fruits twice a year. Large fruit. @400 seeds. Sow Jul-Aug. £3.29 FT8 Watermelon Charleston Gray Long variety. Juicy and sweet red flesh. Sow Mar -Apr. @180. £2.99 FT9 Watermelon Crimson Sweet Thick skin with sweet flesh. Round. @40. Sow Mar-Apr. £2.99 FT10 Watermelon Asahi Miyako Japanese hybrid. Early with mid small fruit. @10. Sow mid Mar-Apr. £3.29 FT11 Yellow Watermelon Janosik Polish variety with yellow flesh for greenhouse. @40. Sow Feb- Apr. £3.29 FT12 Melon Zatta of Padua Called “Brutto ma Buono”, or Ugly but good. Scalloped, scaley skin, but sweet orange flesh from Padua. Described by Giacomo Castelvetro in 1614 in his book “The Fruits, herbs and vegetables of Italy”. @30 seeds. Sow Feb - Jun. £2.99
Specialist Tuscan Fruit Trees
Tuscan Olive Trees ‘Olea Europaea Frangivento’ and Lemon ‘Citrus Limone’ Directly from Pistoia, we are really pleased to offer you some cracking olive trees “Olea Europaea Frangivento” which are hardy enough to stay outside in a sheltered UK garden (frangivento means wind break!) due to their provenance, subjected to bitter winters from the surrounding Apennine mountains. The trees are from an 80 year old professional grower and have been fully virus checked. At the moment we offer 3 sizes but we’re happy to quote for larger trees and also Tuscan Citrus. London and home counties but please
call if outside this area.
OTS1 5 litre small £22.99 Approx 80cm tall OTM2 Standard £39.99 Approx 1.10m tall Larger trees available on request LEM1 - Tuscan Lemon trees £56. 1 metre tall.
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