POTATO & KITCHEN GARDEN CATALOGUE No.162
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BABY NEW POTATOES
Easy to grow and the quickest to produce ‘baby new potatoes’. Superb in containers or try using our increasingly popular patio planters, if space is limited. Just ideal for a sunny balcony or maybe a roof terrace for city/urban gardeners.
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Catalogue. It’s almost 42 years since we published our first seed list, yet to this day our mission remains the same. To offer Irish gardeners the latest new varieties and the very best products available from the world’s top horticultural suppliers. Our catalogue contains just a sample of the many exciting varieties we sell, many more are available in our online shop. Open 24 hours every day our Web Shop offers everything you need for your garden, placing your order has never been easier. However, nothing beats a visit to our shop where you will find thousands of seed and plant
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Performs reliably from late plantings giving good yields of round, smooth-skinned creamy-white fleshed tubers. These boil beautifully bringing that true ‘new potato’ taste to your meals. It has a resistance to common scab and good resistance to skin spot.
2kg €6 Code 162/V172 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V172A
LADY CHRISTL
New Baby Potatoes Awarded a RHS Award of Merit for growing in patio bags and as a garden variety, this is probably the most popular of the modern First Earlies. A Dual purpose variety, full of flavour. Enjoy it as a new potato or it can be left to produce good sized tubers for storing. Good disease resistance including eelworm.
2kg €6 Code 162/V005 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V005A
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PLANTING DIFFERENCE IN ROWS
PLANTING BETWEEN ROWS
APPROX HARVEST TIMES
From end of February
30cm (12”) apart
60cm (24”) apart
10 weeks from planting
Second early potatoes
From mid March
37cm (15”) apart
75cm (30”) apart
13 weeks from planting
Maincrop potatoes
From late March
45cm (18”) apart
75cm (30”) apart
20 weeks from planting
First early potatoes
CARLINGFORD FIRST EARLY
ICE PEACH
An amazing new introduction from Mr Middleton
Produces ivory white skinned and fleshed peaches with a sweet flavour. Just released to gardeners in 2017, the fruit start yellow, and ripen white, and store very well once picked. Amazing spring pink blossom too, grow in a large pot in warm sunny spot. Grafted onto a dwarf rootstock, which grows a compact bush that will not exceed 1.5M.
€30 Code 162/F124
ROCKET FIRST EARLY
A very early bulking and heavy cropping variety for your first crop of the season. Almost round white skinned and flesh tubers. Good all round disease resistance including golden eelworm. Easy to grow and one of the quickest to produce ‘baby new potatoes’. Superb in containers.
2kg €6 Code 162/V006
Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V006A
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SWIFT FIRST EARLY
Ideal in Containers Among the fastest maturing, with larger tubers than ‘Rocket’. Short bushy habit makes it ideal in containers. Heavy crop of round smooth white fleshed tubers. Partial double eelworm resistance. Easy to grow and very quick to produce ‘baby new potatoes’.
2kg €6 Code 162/V007 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V007A
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THE FIRST TRULY BLIGHT RESISTANT POTATO This is the potato we Irish gardeners have waited for since the famine, the first truly blight resistant varieties of potatoes. For over 50 years the Savari family in Hungary have been breeding blight and virus resistant varieties of potatoes. The newly released varieties of Sarpo Mira and Axona have unprecedented levels of blight resistance without the necessity of chemical sprays. Sarpo is the first variety to score 9 out of 9 in commercial evaluations against blight. The Savari trust, set up at University Farm Wales, Bangor, under the direction of Dr David Shaw, an acknowledged world blight expert who has worked on fungal disease for over 35, years have trialed and developed these potatoes for the Irish and British growers. Available exclusively from Thompson & Morgan @ Mr Middleton Garden Shop.
Blight Free
Blight Free
SÁRPO MIRA
SÁRPO AXONA
(Early maincrop) Organic Sarpo has unprecedented blight resistance, high yields of tasty, floury tubers in a range of soil types, vigorous weed suppressing foliage and long storage. In tests, tubers do not appear to be affected by slugs. A real all rounder for cooking.
(Maincrop) Organic Out performs Sarpo mira A very floury variety, no need to add butter or milk when mashing, high yields and good storage potential. As well as good blight resistance, it seems unbothered by slugs, wireworms and viruses generally. Axona should be your first choice to grow organically.
2kg €6 Code 162/V001 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V001A
2kg €6 Code 148/V002 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V002A
DON’T LOSE YOUR CROP TO BLIGHT – GROW BLIGHT–RESISTANT SÁRPO Exclusively launched in Ireland by Mr Middleton OUR TOP SELLING POTATO
Blight affected many gardeners in 2012 so we are thrilled to have the good news from the Sárvári Research that despite the appearance of a new aggressive strain of blight , known as Blue 13, Sárpo varieties have not suffered any decline in their resistance. In fact, the levels of resistance have actually risen for our top seller Sárpo Axona. Offering exceptional
resistance to potato blight and virus diseases and drought, high yields – even in poor soils. Superb weed smothering foliage and long storage potential. Sárpo varieties give gardeners the opportunity to easily grow delicious potatoes without the need for chemical sprays, excessive irrigation and soil improvement additives.
Blight resistant Sárpo potatoes
SARPO BLUE DANUBE
Potatoes affected by blight 4
(Early Maincrop) A super flowery potato that is developing a cult status . it has spectacular blue-skinned tubers of good shape and skin finish. It is an early maincrop with foliage-blight resistance and good tuber-blight resistance. It has good resistance to virus Yo and to leafroll virus as well as blackleg, Growers experimenting with this variety always want more . It makes lovely mash and large tubers bake particularly well.
2kg €6 Code 162/V003 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V003A
POTATO ‘SETANTA’
(Maincrop) Produces high yields of red-skinned tubers with yellow flesh . This superb potato has a reputation for being free of pests and diseases, making it an ideal for the organic gardener.
2kg €6 Code 162/V144 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V144A
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POPULAR FIRST EARLIES
The first potatoes of the year! Ready to harvest in as little as 10 weeks after planting.
ARRAN PILOT
Traditional favourite with white flesh of firm waxy texture & very pleasing flavour. At its best straight out of the ground & into the pot. Uses: New Potato.
2kg €6 Code 162/V008 Buy 2 packs for just €11
EPICURE
Highly sought after new potato with white skin and creamy white flesh, delicious flavour. Uses: Floury New Potato.
2kg €6 Code 162/V009 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V009A
Code 162/V008A
FOREMOST
Ever popular as a new potato with slightly waxy firm white flesh of good flavour which does not disintegrate or discolour on cooking
2kg €6 Code 162/V010 Buy 2 packs for just €11
ORLA
Very good resistance to scab and other potato virus. A popular choice with organic growers. Excellent taste and good size, tubers.
2kg €6 Code 162/V090 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V090A
HOME GUARD
As it’s name suggests a second World War favourite. Firm creamy, white, dry flesh of good flavour with white flowers. Uses: New Potato.
2kg €6 Code 162/V016 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V016A
RED DUKE OF YORK
Oval red sport of Duke of York with moist, yellow flesh of superb flavour. A good all rounder and excellent for roasting. More vigorous with larger tubers than Duke of York. The best summer baker. Uses: New/ Roast/Summer baker/General purpose.
2kg €6 Code 162/V015 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V015A
Code 162/V010A
COLLEEN MARIS BARD
SHARPES EXPRESS
2kg €6 Code 162/V011 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V011A
2kg €6 Code 162/V012 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V012A
Smooth white skinned and white flesh with the traditional new potato taste. A very early and heavy cropper with good drought resistance. Uses: New potato/salad.
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Some 100 years old but still an acclaimed Early. Superb flavour and its high dry matter makes for tasty chips as well as new potatoes. Uses: Floury New Potato/Chips.
DUKE OF YORK
Super Irish bred variety with excellent flavour and super large crops. They have a super flowery flavour for an early variety. Resistant to tuber blightand Moderately resistant to dry rot, black scurf and common scab. Suitable for boiling, baking and steaming. It is a firm potato with good skin finish and does not disintegrate on boiling. Excellent Irish variety bred for our heavy and wet soils. Ready to use in mid July.
2kg €6 Code 162/V014 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V014A
2kg €6 Code 162/V137 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V137A
Esteemed for its pale yellow tubers and dry mealy texture with pronounced flavour. A classic first early which if left develops into quality general purpose potatoes. Uses: New potato/general purpose.
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POPULAR SECOND EARLIES Harvest July – August
BRITISH QUEEN
Over 100 years old and highly prized for its yield, shape, floury texture and delicious flavour. White flowers. Uses: Chips/baker/roast/general purpose.
2kg €6 Code 162/V017 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V017A
CATRIONA
MARFONA
Very popular as a large tuber early baker. White skinned with pale yellow moist flesh White flowers.
2kg €6 Code 148/V020 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code
148/V020A
These seed potatoes produce good yields of long oval tubers with attractive blue eyes and pale yellow flesh of superior flavour. A showbench favourite since 1920 a variety long grown in Donegal and Wicklow. They are a general Purpose potato.
2kg €6 Code 162/V018 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V018A
SUPER SALADS
Fabulous eaten warm or cold
PINK FIR APPLE
Knobbly pink skinned tubers of butter yellow, waxy flesh. Decadence is making a pan of chips using a single tuber for each chip, fabulous!
2kg €6 Code 162/V024 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V024A
INTERNATIONAL KIDNEY (Jersey Royal)
NICOLA
Long oval smooth skinned tubers with a wonderful waxy texture. Superb flavour when boiled. Golden eelworm resistant. White flowers.
A selection of International Kidney was chosen in Victorian times and is 2kg €6 Code 162/V023 still grown on Jersey and marketed under the trademark ‘Jersey Royal’. If Buy 2 packs for just €11 harvested as a second early, InternaCode 162/V023A tional Kidney makes a perfect, very waxy, salad potato. International Kidney can be used as a general purpose early maincrop potato producing quite floury large kidney tubers
2kg €6 Code 162/V022 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V022A
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WILJA SEED POTATOES
KESTRAL
Attractive smooth skinned tubers with violet eyes. The gardeners’ favourite second early. Versatile for all cooking purposes. Shows good slug resistance. Golden eelworm and partial white eelworm resistance.
2kg €6 Code 162/V019 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V019A 8
Good Slug & disease resistance . Bridges the gap between first earlies and main crop , very versatile potato in the kitchen , the perfect variety to bridge the gap between your early salad potatoes and the main autumn-season main crops. Wilja Seed Potatoes are an excellent second early, general purpose and boiling potato, with yellow, firm oval tubers. Gives high yields with good disease resistance.
2kg €6 Code 162/V174 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V174A
Still the No 1 salad potato and along with Maris Peer, is used as a benchmark in taste tests. A RHS Award of Merit winner in both outdoor trials and in patio planters. A lovely more pronounced taste when eaten cold.
CHARLOTTE
A very popular second early salad variety producing pear shaped, yellow skinned, waxy tubers and creamy yellow flesh of first class flavour, eaten either hot or cold. Potato ‘Charlotte’ holds an RHS AGM and is frequently found in the supermarket.
2kg €6 Code 162/V021 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V021A
MARIS PEER
Favoured by chefs as the firm creamy fleshed tubers retain their colour and have a superb flavour but do not disintegrate. Uses: boiling, chips, baking.
2kg €6 Code 162/V035 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V035A
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MAINCROP – THE BEST OF HERITAGE AND NEW CHOICES
KERR’S PINK
DESIREE
2kg €6 Code 162/V030 Buy 2 packs for just €11
Harvest August – September Early Maincrop The world’s most popular red potato. Pale yellow, firm waxy flesh and good drought resistance. Versatile for all cooking. A very good baker.
2kg €6 Code 162/V025 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V025A
KING EDWARD
A firm favourite for roasting. The creamy white flesh rarely discolours on cooking. The classic Christmas roasting potato. Uses: roast/general purpose.
2kg €6 Code 162/V026 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V026A
ROOSTER
Well established as a firm favourite, yellow, dry floury flesh with red skin, an excellent all rounder. Uses: bake/fry/ general purpose.
An old favourite for which there is still a demand. Uses: general purpose.
Code 162/V030A
CARA
Round oval pink eyed tubers with soft moist flesh. A particular good baker, withstands drought. Very disease resistant, including golden eelworm and blight. An allotment favourite. Uses: baker/general flavour.
2kg €6 Code 162/V032 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V032A
2kg €6 Code 162/V029 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V029A
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GOLDEN WONDER MARIS PIPER
The chip shop favourite, versatile all rounder. Medium, dry, floury, creamy white flesh rarely discolours on cooking. The best chipping variety. Golden eelworm resistant. Uses: chips/roast/bake/general.
2kg €6 Code 162/V028 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V028A 10
PENTLAND DELL
Produces long, oval, white-skinned tubers that store well. It is particularly good for making chips and shows resistance to slugs, powdery scab and foliage blight.
2kg €6 Code 162/V050 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V050A
Russeted skin. One of the best varieties for frying and roasting with a rich flavour. Flavour improves on storage. A good cropper, slug resistant. Uses: baker/fry/roast/microwave.
2kg €6 Code 162/V031 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V031A
PERFORMER
Winner Best New Variety at the UK Grower Awards . In high demand by chip shops as its excellent for chips and roasting and baking. Super floury taste. The Performer potato impressed the judges for its ability to combat serious soil borne crop pests.
2kg €6 Code 162/V173 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 162/V173A
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GREAT CHOICE GARLIC GARLIC CRISTO
‘Strong flavour’ Extra strong garlic taste , very good for storing, can be stored for up to one year. 3 bulbs €4 Code 162/V046 6 bulbs €7 Code 162/V046A
ELEPHANT GARLIC
Not a true garlic but a stem leek which produces massive bulbs approximately 10cm (4 inches) in diameter. The cloves are also much larger than conventional garlic with a milder taste making it suitable for a wide choice of culinary uses, especially roasting. 2 cloves €4 Code 162/V049
GARLIC SOLENT WIGHT A superb softneck garlic, producing large, top quality bulbs. If the cloves are planted early, mature bulbs will be ready to lift and use from July. An exceptional bouquet, full of depth and strength. These are very large firm bulbs, at least 60mm across. €4 each Code 162/V130
Strong Top Seller
Medium FRENCH GARLIC ARNO
Ivory skin and pink cloves medium flavour. 3 bulbs €4 Code 162/v048 6 bulbs €7 Code 162/v048A
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GARLIC MARCO
This garlic is known for its strong, distinctive flavour, and fine, white skin, so it is a good option if you want your cooking full of zing. It can be stored for many months if kept cool and dry, and planted as late as April the cloves should be ready for harvesting in September. 3 cloves €4 Code 162/v049 6 cloves €7 Code 162/v049A
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WE KNOW OUR ONIONS ONION HERCULES ONION CENTURION Well named, producing large almost round well-flavoured bulbs. Attractive dark golden skins. Excellent storage potential. RHS award of merit. 120 (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V040 240 (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V040A
“early to mature” One of the earliest to mature, excellent skin and high yields. 120 (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V036 240 (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V036A
RED BARRON
“excellent for salads”. An excellent, very dark coloured flat-round onion with rings to the centre. 120 (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V037 240 (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V037A
GREAT CHOICE SHALLOTS SHALLOT GOLDEN SHALLOT RED SUN Gaining in popularity due to its attracGOURMET tive red tinged skin. Arguably the best of the red shallots. Good yields of crisp, white fleshed bulbs of excellent flavour for cooking, in salads or for pickling. Bulbs have long storage potential. 20 sets (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V044 40 sets (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V044A
Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit it produces larger and better quality bulbs with reduced bolting incidence. The lovely golden brown skinned bulbs store well throughout the winter. Lovely mild taste. 20 sets (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V041 40 sets (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V041A
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ONION STUR 20
This improved Sturon matures late in the season and exhibits excellent bolt resisting qualities producing heavy crops of tasty bulbs that have excellent lasting qualities. 120 (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V171A 240 (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V171A
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ONION STUTTGARTER ONION KARMEN New – A very tasty attractive, redGIANT skinned flattened globe-shaped onion,
‘Stuttgarter Giant’ is an old favourite with characteristically firm, semi-flat onions that store very well. 120 (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V039 240 (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V039A
which is equally invaluable for salad use or cooking, it stores very well, so can be used over a long period. 120 (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V101 240 (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V101A
SHALLOT RED GOURMET
This is a very aromatic shallot with a lovely sweet taste. Superb for cooking where it adds great flavour to many dishes. It has attractive coppery-brown skin and sweet pink flesh. 20 sets (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V168 40 sets (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V168A
FRENCH SHALLOT VIGARMOR
A modern French variety with ‘banana’ shaped bulbs and an attractive coppery coloured hue to the skin and firm, pink flesh. Much famed for its high yields and excellent storage abilities (due to its high dry matter content). Highly recommended. 20 sets (1lb) €6 Code 162/V102
SHALLOT YELLOW MOON
Brighter yellow skinned Golden Gourmet with a rounder bulb shape and having a low sensitivity to bolting for earlier spring planting. Early to ripen. 20 sets (1 lb) €4.60 Code 162/V045 40 sets (2 lb) €8 Code 162/V045A
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MR MIDDLETON’S UNIQUE FAMILY PLUM TREE 5 Delicious Varieties on one Tree Crops from July to October Another great introduction from Mr Middleton
This unique tree has 5 different varieties that will crop from July well in autumn. They are grafted on dwarf stock so will remain a small tree, ideal for the small garden and excellent in pot or tubs. Self-pollinating.
1. Plum ‘Blue de Belgique’
Good quality deep blue/purple fruits, ripening mid August. Pleasant, sweet dessert flavour that may also be used for all culinary purposes. Juicy yellow flesh.
2. Plum ‘Opal’
Slightly earlier to crop than ‘Victoria’, this dessert plum produces a heavy crop of excellent quality, small, yellow skinned fruits with an attractive red flush in July and August. The golden flesh easily separates from its stone and has a delicious flavour.
3. Plum ‘Reine Claude d’Oullins’
Oullins plum is one of the largest and most attractive gage plums. The flavour is exceptionally sweet, tender and succulent. Almost cylindrical, green fruit turns white and pale gold with a fine white blush when mature. Harvest September
4. Plum Victoria
A true favourite , produces heavy crops of egg shaped, medium sized fruits that are ideal for both culinary and dessert use. ‘Victoria’ Plums make delicious pies and jams, or simply eat them straight from the tree in August.
5. Plum ‘Mirabelle de Nancy’
Produces heavy crops of classic, yellow, small French plums from September. The incredibly sweet, stone free fruits ripen from white to honey yellow and are excellent eaten fresh or cooked.
1 Five Variety Plum Tree €50 Code 162 8/F114
MR MIDDLETON’S UNIQUE FAMILY PEAR TREE 5 Delicious Varieties on one Tree Crops from August to December Another great introduction from Mr Middleton
This unique tree has 5 different varieties that will crop from July well into the autumn. They are grafted on dwarf stock so will remain a small tree, ideal for the small garden and excellent in pot or tubs. Self-pollinating.
1. Pear ‘Conference’
The best known of all pears, ‘Conference’ is excellent eaten as a dessert pear but also exceptional when cooked. The long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour. Stores Well.
2. Pear ‘Doyenné du Comice’
Large Classic gourmet pear. Green skin flushed red with white, melting juicy flesh of rich flavour. Tastes like sweetened cinnamon.
3. Pear ‘Louise Bonne of Jersey’
A richly flavoured, buttery and juicy dessert pear. It produces good, regular crops.
4. Pear ‘Beurre Hardy’
Beurre Hardy is a classic French pear from the early 19th century, which has long been popular in Ireland. Excellent flavour, and the buttery melting flesh which is characteristic of the best quality French pear.
5. Pear ‘Gieser Wildeman’
A Dutch, small, brownish-yellow pear that is a superb cooking pear. Cooking transforms it into a slightly sweeter, red pear. Perhaps the best cooking variety you can get.
1 Five Variety Pear Tree €50 Code 162/F046A
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STRAWBERRY SWEETHEART
Tastier and heavier cropping than old customer favourites, good old fashioned flavour – large fruits
Sweetheart’s berries are beautifully uniform with a conical shape. As its name suggests, the variety has a very sweet flavour that is proven by sweetness levels that are commonly greater than those of other varieties. Mid-season on vigorous plants that have a good resistance to mildew.
10 Plants €9 Code 162/F069 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 162/F069A
SASKATOON BERRY
(Amalanchier Alnifolia)
A new superfood plant introduction from Mr Middleton
Extremely productive, a single bush can produce upwards of a thousand berries per season. Berries, which resemble large blueberries but are actually a sort of pome making them more closely related to apples, ripen simultaneously making for a simple harvest. Flavour is delicious and piquant, reminiscent of blueberries and almonds. They are typically eaten fresh or dried, or are used to make pie fillings of unrivalled flavour. They are rich in manganese, magnesium, iron, phenolic, flavonols, natural sugars, vitamin Calcium, potassium, copper. Extremely cold tolerant, the saskatoon will withstand sub zero temperatures and tolerate a range of soil types, even those of poor quality. Clusters of very pretty flowers late spring and the leaves for great autumn colours. Ht 2-3 M.
5 litre pot €30 each Code 162/F121 Buy 2 for €50 Save €10 Code 162/F121A
BLACKBERRY LITTLE BLACK PRINCE
A breakthrough in the breeding of blackberries for gardens and patios , it is thornless, it does not need a cumbersome support (because its shoots are stable and upright) and it bears fruit directly on this year’s canes. And most importantly, Little Black Prince already bears large, regularly shaped, tasty, blackberries from the beginning of July and the harvest does not cease until the first frosts. And then there is another advantage in which this new blackberry variety from the Lubera breeding programme differs from all other blackberries: it is extremely compact and does not grow higher than 70-100 cm. This makes it ideal for using as a potted plant on a balcony or terrace.
2 litre pot €18 each Code 162/F122 Buy 2 for €30 Save €6 Code 162/F122A 18
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ASPARAGUS
Although asparagus beds take several years to establish, each asparagus crown can produce up to 25 spears per year and will continue cropping for 25 years. We supply strong, one year old crowns - the best for rapid establishment.
ASPARAGUS PACIFIC PURPLE
More tender and sweet than many green varieties. The spears are basically stringless and delicious eaten raw, with dips, or sliced in salads. Colour is lost if cooked so is best steamed. Produces supersweet white spears if earthed up.
5 Crowns €10 Code 162/V058 10 Crowns €16 Code 162/V058A
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ASPARAGUS GIJNLIM
Asparagus ‘Gijnlim’ is a famously tasty new hybrid variety. Gijnlim is an early season Asparagus, a high yielding male variety producing medium thick, mid-green spears with closed purple tips. Highly recommended for its excellent flavour and quality, it is now our customers’ firm favourite
5 Crowns €10 Code 162/V057 10 Crowns €16 Code 162/V057A
One of the tastiest varieties of asparagus we know of! The consistently uniform, green spears are so tender and stringless, they can be eaten raw or sliced in salads. This long lasting variety is highly regarded for its heavy yields and superior flavour.
5 Crowns €10 Code 162/V133 10 Crowns €16 Code 162/V133A 20
HONEYBERRY
1 plant €13 Code 162/F042 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 162/F042A
1 plants €15 Code 162/F043
BOYSENBERRIES
TAYBERRY
A cross between a raspberry and blackberry, the loganberry is generally slightly longer than a raspberry with a juicier and sharper flavour. Berries should be allowed to darken to a deep purple colour before picking to obtain the best flavoured fruit. Loganberry plants are sturdy and more disease and frost resistant than many other berry varieties and as berries of varying maturity may grow on a single plant, it will usually produce fruit throughout August and September. Plants continue to fruit for around 15 years.
Try honeyberries for an unusual fruit to add to your five a day! These sweet blueberry-like fruits have been eaten for years in their native Siberia, and can be enjoyed straight from the bush, or baked in jams, pies and muffins. The sweet taste is similar to that of blueberries, with a slight aftertaste of honey. They are high in antioxidants too! The oval blackblue honeyberries begin to ripen in early June, in the first or second year after planting. This exceptionally hardy shrub is long lived and easy to grow, producing more delicious berries year upon year. Height and spread: 120cm (48”).
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Early ASPARAGUS PACIFIC 2000
LOGANBERRY
ASAPARAGUS GUELPH MILLENNIUM
This asparagus comes from Canadian breeding making it particularly cold tolerant and well suited to Irish weather conditions. Producing high yields of purple-tipped, green spears, Asparagus ‘Guelph Millennium’ is reliable in most soils.
5 Crowns €10 Code 162/V142 10 Crowns €16 Code 162/V142A
From U.S. ,this hybrid berry is a cross between a blackberry, loganberry and raspberry and is very easy to grow. Round to oblong, reddish-purple fruits have a unique flavour that combine the tartness of good old-fashioned wild blackberries with a sweet hint of raspberry. Delicious used for bramble and apple jelly or pie fillings. Can also be eaten fresh. Ready to harvest July to September.
1 plant €13 Code 162/F044 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 162/F044A
A cross between blackberry and raspberry. Provides an abundant crop of large, purple and deliciously sweet fruit from mid July until late August. A super dessert fruit, but also good for freezing and jam making.
1 plant €13 Code 162/F006 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 162/F006A
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PATIO COLLECTION
You don’t have to have a orchard or even a large garden to grow fruit. Mr Middleton’s new range of patio fruit is perfect for container growing and is ideally suited to the Irish climate.
LILLIPUT PLUM OPAL
PATIO NECTARINE
1 Tree €25 Code 162/F087 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 162/F087A
€25 Code 162/F048 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 162/F048A
Opal is a very reliable dessert plum. This early fruiting variety produces delicious reddish-purple fruit with soft yellow flesh end of summer. Self-fertile.
RHUBARB TIMPERLEY EARLY
RHUBARB RED CHAMPAGNE
3 Stools €10 Code 162/F028
3 Stools €10 Code 162/F029
Crops from February to Autumn, disease resistant and very easy to establish. A good heavy cropper.
An outstanding early variety. Long pale pink stems. Easy to grow and trouble free.
Large mouth-watering fruit, full of juice, white flesh with a crimson-flushed skin. Reliable and prolific, excellent outdoor variety for the Irish climate. Self-fertile.
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RHUBARB VICTORIA
Very Popular variety. Heavy yielding. Green stems, tangy flavour not sour. Will crop for many years.
3 Stools €10 Code 162/F030
RHUBARB RASPBERRY RED
RHUBARB APPLE DELIGHT
A new variety selected for its truly sweet fruity flavour, grow this weather-resistant variety in any spot. It’s disease resistant too and gives two crops per year, so you’re in for a good harvest of long, flavoursome stalks.
3 Stools €15 Code 162/V159 22
Enjoy thick, deep red stalks with a superb sweet flavour from this vigorous rhubarb. The high quality, tender stems of Rhubarb ‘Raspberry Red’ can be harvested early in the season, without the need for forcing. Delicious in pies and crumbles! These budded pieces, taken from established crowns will quickly mature, resulting in crowns big enough to harvest from 2 years after planting.
3 Stools €10 Code 162/F075
LILLIPUT PEACH
Bonanza produces a pink flowers followed my delicious full size fruit. Slow growing with no pruning.
1 Tree €25 Code 162/F049 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 162/F049A
LILLIPUT CHERRY
Fantastic dwarf column flowering cherry tree, producing very sweet fruit in July. Due to the unusual habit, this item is ideal for growing in a container on patio where space is limited.
1 Tree €25 Code 162/F050 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 162/F050A
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Over 60lbs of fruit every season for 30 Years
BEST SELLER PLUM VICTORIA
RASPBERRY POLKA
Undoubtedly one of the best autumn-fruiting raspberry introductions in recent years! This superb primocane variety produces up to double the yield of its parent, ‘Autumn Bliss’, and crops at least 2 weeks earlier. Once established, each plant can produce up to 2.5kg of large, deep-red berries with a deliciously sweet flavour that can be harvested from late July through to October. The vigorous, virtually spine-free plants also show good disease resistance and cope well in poor soils.
They need only a small sunny space to thrive in your garden, or in pots on a patio. Once tasted, never forgotten! Our Victoria Plum Tree is a popular classic, not just because of the incredibly juicy flavour but because this tree bears a bumper crop year-in/year-out. Once established you can expect over 60lbs of superb fruit every season for 30 years and beyond!
€30 each Code 162/F027
6 Canes €15 Code 162/F074 12 Canes €25 Save €5 Code 162/F074A
BLACKBERRY NAVAHO BIG AND EARLY An upright-growing blackberry
As the name suggests, this blackberry crops early, and boasts BIG fruit! And you don’t need a lot of space to grow it: it has an upright, self-supporting habit which makes it ideal for smaller areas of the garden or even for growing up a wigwam of canes in a container on the patio. The large, sweet, aromatic blackberries are produced in abundance from early July to August. Plus it’s virtually thornless for easy picking and shows good resistance to disease, making it very easy to grow! Supplied in a 13cm pot.
1 plant €15 Code 162/F011 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 162/F011A
KIWI JENNY
Hardy, easy-to-grow climbers which will give good crops in Ireland, grown on a trellis, arch or pergola in a warm spot, or on a south-facing wall. Jenny is a self-fertile variety - ideal if you only have room for one plant. It has very attractive red-tipped early growth, and its small, sweet fruits are freely produced in late summer.
1 Plant €15 Code 162/F108 24
HAZELNUT
Easy to grow large shrubs
with both male and female flowers on the same plant. We supply two different varieties which improves pollination and ensures a bumper crop of fresh nuts.
2 Plants €40 Code 162/F024
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GRAPE VINES FOR IRISH GARDENS
BLUEBERRY PLANTS SUPERFOOD Packed full of antioxidants and vitamins, blueberries are one of the superfoods that will improve your health and well-being. They are a tasty and addictive addition to the garden. In autumn, the bushes turn to a blazing crimson, and in the spring, they are covered in masses of sweet-scented flowers. Blueberry bushes are heavy croppers
and can be picked several times during the summer. They are easy to grow, and if you have not got a suitable site in your garden, blueberries make an excellent choice for a patio tub. One bush is capable of producing 6lbs of berries when mature. Planting two bushes will increase the yield.
BLUEBERRY JERSEY
Blueberry, ‘Jersey’ is a late-season variety that is easy to grow, high-yielding, and one of the oldest and most widely grown blueberry varieties. This variety is an all-time favourite blueberry with a distinctly sweet flavour. ‘Jersey’ is famous for it’s cold hardiness, you’ll be harvesting for years to come. The berries are dark blue, medium in size, and very sweet. Long clusters of fruit are prolific on the 6-foot tall bush. The plants are vigorous in most any soil, therefore ‘Jersey’ is widely planted by commercial growers . One plant may produce up to 15 pounds of fruit mid to late in the season. ‘ Many people who know their berries will tell you this old variety is the best. The berries are not as big as some, but many think the taste is sweeter. This tall and well-shaped bush has excellent ornamental value, too. Blueberries are a beautiful productive hedge with spring flowering on dark green foliage, delicious fruit in summer, and fiery red foliage for autumn colour.
Many still think vine-growing as something best left to our friends on the continent. That’s just not so – choose a sunny, sheltered spot and our ‘Dream’ grape vines will provide you with a bountiful crop of delicious grapes!
These superb grape vines boast excellent disease resistance and are early ripening (perfect for the Irish climate), so much so that they will succeed not only against a wall, but even on a free-standing support.
GRAPE VINE WHITE DREAM Superb Taste
One of the best known and most popular varieties, bearing good yields of medium-sized grapes with a thin skin and superb flavour. Pick from early September. Supplied as grafted vines in 3 litre pots.
€20 each Code 162/F018
GRAPE VINE ROSE DREAM Popular with children
A delicious-tasting, large rose-coloured grape with a pleasant crisp bite. The colour and taste make this one of the most popular grapes with children - of all ages. Pick from mid August. Supplied as grafted vines in 3 litre pots.
€20 Code 162/F117 Buy 2 for €30 Save €10 Code 162/F117A
€20 each Code 162/F020
Blueberry Buy one of each €30 Save €10
BLUEBERRY BLUECROP
Code 162/F127
Compact growing and ideal for the patio
Perfect for growing in a large pot of moist ericaceous compost. The perfect companion to grow with jersey . for As the leaves unfold in spring, a delicate display of rusty red leaf tips mature into a strong green canopy. Clusters of creamy white flowers that sparkle against the foliage and these develop into attractive green fruits before maturing into juicy blueberries in late July through August. Its autumn foliage is stunning, followed by a striking display of red stems through the winter.
€20 Code 162/F015 Buy 2 for €30 Save €10 Code 162/F015A 26
BLACKCURRANT BEN CONNAN Over 7lbs of fruit per plant
This heavy cropping small bush variety produces large, glossy black fruits with a superb rich flavour. Blackcurrant ‘Ben Connan’ is early cropping, from the beginning of July, and continues to produce fruit over a long cropping period. From the second season onwards each plant will produce over 3.5kg (over 7lb) of fruit and will keep producing for up to 10 years. With excellent mildew resistance and good frost tolerance, this RHS AGM variety really has it all!
1 plant €10 Code 162/F095 3 plants €25 Save €5 Code 162/F095A
GRAPE VINE BLUE DREAM Unusually large grapes
A dark blue/black grape with unusually large berries for. With a good flavour and thin skin it is superb for the table. Pick from mid September. Supplied as grafted vines in 3 litre pots.
€20 each Code 162/F021
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RASPBERRY GLEN LYON
Very early cropper, it is a model plant - hardy, disease resistant and quite vigorous. The fruits are nice when eaten by themselves, and good for making jam, cooking them or mixing them with cereal or dessert to get the best out of these fruits.
5 canes €13 Code 162/F083 10 canes €20 Code 162/F083A
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RASPBERRY GLEN AMPLE
An exceptionally heavy mid season cropper, ready from end July onwards. The large fleshy fruits are held well out from the spine-free canes so they are easy to pick and do not suffer wind damage. Disease resistant.
5 canes €13 Code 162/F038 10 canes €20 Code 162/F038A
GOOSEBERRY XENIA
1 plant €12 Code 162/F094 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 162/F094A
1 plants €12 Code 162/F093 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 162/F093A
Superb, hardy bushes produce a heavy crop of medium sized, greenish yellow fruits. Unlike other varieties this unique Gooseberry has a delicious aromatic flavour with a hint of apricot. The juicy berries are ready to harvest from June to mid July and by the second season each bush could produce over 3kg (over 6lb) of fruit
An abundance of gorgeous, red, smooth-skinned dessert gooseberries with an exceptionally sweet flavour are produced towards the end of June. The strong, upright bushes have almost spine-free stems, making harvesting much easier. With superb mildew-resistance, Gooseberry ‘Xenia’ is certainly one of the best new gooseberry introductions of recent years!
Mid Season
RASPBERRY CASCADE DELIGHT
An early floricane variety from USA, cropping from June/July for about four weeks. Cascade Delight’s long fruit-bearing laterals make it an ideal variety for growing at home and harvesting by hand. Very vigorous and reliably produces a good crop of large, conical berries with sweet red flesh. Cascade Delight is an ideal variety for planting in damp soil as it has excellent resistance to root rot.
5 canes €15 Code 162/F096 10 canes €25 Save €5 Code 162/F096A 28
GOOSEBERRY HINNONMAKI YELLOW
GOOSEBERRY ‘INVICTA’
One of the heaviest cropping varieties available, produces almost twice as much fruit as other varieties, from late May onwards. The flavoursome, smooth skinned fruits stay firm and retain their shape when cooked, making excellent pies and preserves. This vigorous RHS AGM variety also has excellent mildew resistance.
1 plants €12 Code 162/F092 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 162/F092A
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HOW TO ORDER Phone Orders:
01 860 3674
Phone: Monday – Saturday 9.00am–5.30pm Fax: 01 860 3675
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You can place an order online or by phone for collection in our warehouse. Please note this is a warehouse collection service only. This is a working warehouse, it is not a retail shop or garden centre. Orders should be pre booked 2 days in advance. Mr Middleton Garden Shop 144D Slaney Close Lagan Road Dublin Industrial Estate Glasnevin Dublin 11 Phone:
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1.5kg €13 Code 162/S619 3kg €24 Code 162/S619A 10kg €50 Code 162/S619B
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Prices and terms relate to mail order sales only. Valid till 31.3.2018. Delivery within 14 days. Potatoes and onions delivery starts Jan 9th. The plants will be bare root quality specimen plants delivered in secure packing. To reach you in perfect condition. We guarantee everything we sell. We will replace or refund should any item be unsatisfactory on arrival. All orders are subject to our standard terms and conditions. In the event of a variety being unavailable we will substitute with a variety of equal or greater merit. If you do not wish to receive further catalogues please tick here
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MR MIDDLETON’S UNIQUE FAMILY APPLE TREE 5 Delicious Varieties on one Tree Crops from August to December. Another great introduction from Mr Middleton
This unique tree has 5 different varieties that will crop from July well in autumn. They are grafted on dwarf stock so will remain a small tree, ideal for the small garden and excellent in pot or tubs.
1. Apple Elstar’
A dessert cultivar produces heavy, regular crops of apples; greenish-yellow flushed red. An intense flavour, honeyed and crisp.
2. Apple ‘James Grieve’
A pleasant acidity when picked early before mellowing to a soft sweetness when ripe. A very good dessert apple but also makes a delicate stewed apple when picked early, good juice too.
3. Apple ‘Golden Delicious’
Pale green to golden yellow in color and speckled with small spots. Apples are firm, crisp, and white-fleshed with a balanced sweet-tart aromatic flavor, which has been described as honeyed.
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4. Apple ‘Summer Red’
A dark red variety with aromatic white flesh, good for eating as well as cooking & excellent for keeping.
5. Apple ‘Jonagold’
A popular American apple variety with an excellent rich aromatic , a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the blush-crimson Jonathan. They form a large sweet fruit with a thin skin.
1 Five Variety Apple Tree €50 Code 162/F106
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