POTATO & KITCHEN GARDEN CATALOGUE No.148
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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.
Welcome to the new 2018 Kitchen Garden
Catalogue. As always we have a fantastic range of potatoes, onions, asparagus and fruit. Whether you choose tried and trusted favourites or some of our delicious new varieties, you won’t be disappointed. Nothing tastes better than home grown and we aim to make your growing experience truly enjoyable. Our aim is to provide gardeners with the best money can buy, we are so confident in our quality that we offer a 100% guarantee with everything we sell. Our catalogue contains just a sample of the many exciting varieties
CROP TYPE PLANTING TIME
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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
SPUNTA FIRST EARLY
The original Cyprus new potato , as grown in Cyprus and sold in the Irish shop before the first of the Irish varieties are ready. White/ Yellow waxy flesh makes a good, tasty potato boiled or in salad.
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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 148/V006
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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.
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PLANTING BETWEEN ROWS
New
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.
Wishing you good growing in 2018.
PLANTING DIFFERENCE IN ROWS
First early potatoes
CARLINGFORD FIRST EARLY
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’.
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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.
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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
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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.
ULSTER SCEPTRE FIRST EARLY
Ulster Sceptre has high resistance to foliage blight, common scab and powdery scab, whilst this variety has many uses in the kitchen including boiling and roasting. White flesh and white skin. A good exhibition potato.
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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 148/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 148/V009 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/V009A
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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 148/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 148/V090 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/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.
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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.
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COLLEEN MARIS BARD
SHARPES EXPRESS
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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.
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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 148/V017 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/V017A
CATRIONA
(Maincrop) A firm French favourite with long, slightly curved tubers - great hot or cold in salads. A lovely rich flavour with a waxy texture - perfect boiled, steamed or sauted.
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.
Code 148/V152A
Code 148/V018A
BELLE DE FONTENAY
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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 148/V024 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/V024A
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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 148/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 148/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 148/V022 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/V022A
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.
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.
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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
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 148/V021 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/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 148/V035 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/V035A
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MAINCROP – THE BEST OF HERITAGE AND NEW CHOICES Harvest August – September
DESIREE
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 148/V025 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/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 148/V026 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/V026A
ROOSTER
Well established as a firm favourite, yellow, dry floury flesh with red skin, an excellent all rounder. Uses: bake/fry/ general purpose.
KERR’S PINK
An old favourite for which there is still a demand. Uses: general purpose.
2kg €6 Code 148/V030 Buy 2 packs for just €11 Code 148/V030A
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POTATO ‘SETANTA’
(Maincrop) Produces high yields of redskinned 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.
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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.
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Scab Resistant 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.
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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.
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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.
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PENTLAND CROWN
In the 1970’s Garden News reported a gardener growing 1 ton of potatoes in a plot 6 x 6 using just 6 seed potatoes. Can you believe it, not sure if we do but Pentland Crown is a very heavy cropper which has been around since 1959 ,it is an excellent main crop variety with a high resistance to scab and a moderate resistance to blight.
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FAMILY PEAR TREE
RASPBERRY ‘RUBY BEAUTY’
2 Varieties on 1 Tree 70 lbs of Fruit per Tree
Mr Middleton Exclusive – A completely new
concept for growing Raspberries! These compact dwarf raspberry canes reach just 1m (39 ”) high, making them perfect for large patio containers and smaller gardens. Try planting 1 raspberry plant per 10 litre pot, or 3 to a 40 litre pot.The multi branching floricanes of Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’™ bear superb yields of deliciously sweet berries that we’ve come to expect from modern varieties. Thornless stems and a short stature make harvesting quick and easy too. Being low to the ground they can be netted with ease to protect the crops from greedy birds and the sturdy stems won’t need supporting either – perfect for the low maintenance garden. Height: 100cm (39”). Spread: 50cm (20”).
The ideal trees for small gardens. Two varieties have been grafted onto one tree and will crop at different times, so extending the picking season. Will grow in a container holding at least 30 litres of compost. Propagated onto ‘Quince A’ rootstock to produce a tree with moderate vigour and promote fruiting at an early age. If you only have room for one tree, then this is the tree for you! Varieties: Conference/Williams
1 Tree €26
Code 148/F71
1 potted plant €12
FAMILY APPLE TREE 2 Varieties on 1 Tree
Two varieties that have great taste, are heavy croppers and have good disease resistance ,grafted onto one tree makes this an ideal tree for pollination purposes and a selection of different varieties to extend the season. If you only have space for one tree in your garden then a family tree is the right choice. The trees are 2 years old and around 5 feet in height when dispatched. Grown on dwarfing stock they will start cropping in the first season and by the 5 year should be producing about 70 lbs of fruit annually. Approximate height 8ft when mature. Varieties Elstar and Laxton Superb
1 Tree €26
Code 148/F70
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3 potted plants €30 Code 148/F101A
Special Offer 1 Family Apple 1 Family Pear
Unusual dwarf variety just 1m (3ft high) 1.5kg of fruit per plant Pot up or plant out
Early Summer crop Easily Protected from bird attacks Thornless patio variety
€45 Save €7
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RASPBERRY BLACK JEWEL
Neither a raspberry nor blackberry, but a totally distinct species from the forests of North America. Think of those glinting pick ‘n’ mix sweets of childhood and magically turn them into a real-life berry, this would be it. A flavour like a bramble jelly laced with red raspberry cordial! Jewel has unique colour like no other raspberry; almost purple-black fruits which have a special perfumed taste and blush-white canes which make it stand out from all other varieties. Fruits late summer.
1 plant €12 Code 148/F103 3 plants €26 Save €10 Code 148/F103A 12
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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 148/F087 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 147/F087A
€25 Code 148/F048 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 147/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 .
Large mouth-watering fruit, full of juice, white flesh with a crimson-flushed skin. Reliable and prolific, excellent outdoor variety for the British climate. Self-fertile.
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 148/V046 6 bulbs €7 Code 148/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 148/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 148/V130
New
Strong
Mild LILLIPUT PEACH
Bonanza produces a pink flowers followed my delicious full size fruit. Slow growing with no pruning.
1 Tree €25 Code 148/F049 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 147/F049A
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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 148/F050 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 147/F050A
Medium FRENCH GARLIC ARNO
Ivory skin and pink cloves medium flavour. 3 bulbs €4 Code 148/v086 6 bulbs €7 Code 148/v087
FRENCH GARLIC CLEDOR
A soft neck variety from Italy with excellent storage capacity, lasting many months under the correct conditions. The bulbs are white skinned, and the cloves within have an attractive pink colour. This soft-neck cultivar store well under the right conditions and produce lots of smaller cloves. 3 bulbs €4 Code 148/v169 6 bulbs 57 Code 148/v169A
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WE KNOW OUR ONIONS ONION HERCULES
ONION CENTURION
GREAT CHOICE SHALLOTS RED BARRON
“excellent for salads”. An excellent, very dark coloured flat-round onion with rings to the centre. 120 (1 lb) €4 Code 148/V037
Well named, producing large almost round well-flavoured bulbs. Attractive dark golden skins. Excellent storage potential. RHS award of merit. 120 (1 lb) €4 Code 148/V040
“early to mature” One of the earliest to mature, excellent skin and high yields. 120 (1 lb) €4 Code 148/V036
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ONION STUTTGARTER ONION KARMEN New – A very tasty attractive, redGIANT skinned flattened globe-shaped onion,
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 Code 148/V170 240 (2 lb) €6 Code 148/V171A
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‘Stuttgarter Giant’ is an old favourite with characteristically firm, semi-flat onions that store very well. 120 (1 lb) €4 Code 148/V039 240 (2 lb) €6 Code 148/V039A 1200 (10 lb) €24 Code 148/V039B
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 Code 148/V101
SHALLOT RED SUN
Gaining in popularity due to its attractive 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 Code 148/V044 40 sets (2 lb) €7 Code 148/V044A
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 Code 148/V168 40 sets (2 lb) €7 Code 148/V168A
SHALLOT GOLDEN GOURMET
SHALLOT BIZTRO
FRENCH SHALLOT VIGARMOR
SHALLOT YELLOW MOON
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 Code 148/V041
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) €5 Code 148/V135
Biztro is a spicy flavoured, strong growing shallot, with beautiful pale red flesh. It produces an attractive uniform crop and has a high resistance to bolting. 20 sets (1 lb) €4 Code 148/V147
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 Code 148/V045 40 sets (2 lb) €7 Code 148/V045A
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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 148/V058 10 Crowns €16 Code 148/V058A
Early
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 148/V057 10 Crowns €16 Code 148/V057A
RHUBARB TIMPERLEY RHUBARB RED CHAMPAGNE EARLY
Mid
Crops from February to Autumn, disease resistant and very easy to establish. A good heavy cropper.
3 Stools €10 Code 148/F028
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 148/V133 10 Crowns €16 Code 148/V133A 18
3 Stools €10 Code 148/F029
Late
Early ASPARAGUS PACIFIC 2000
An outstanding early variety. Long pale pink stems. Easy to grow and trouble free.
5 Crowns €10 Code 148/V142 10 Crowns €16 Code 148/V142A
Very Popular variety. Heavy yielding. Green stems, tangy flavour not sour. Will crop for many years.
3 Stools €10 Code 148/F030
RHUBARB RASPBERRY RED
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.
RHUBARB VICTORIA
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 148/F159
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 148/F075
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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 148/F027
6 Canes €15 Code 148/F074 12 Canes €25 Save €5 Code 148/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 148/F011 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 148/F011A
MR MIDDLETON’S VEGETABLE AND FRUIT FEED
The No 1 Feed for Shrubs Fruit and Roses
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 148/F024 20
From the earliest of times seaweed has been a traditional soil conditioner for gardeners all along the west coast. Our seaweed meal which is fully organic contains not just N.P.K. but over 60 trace elements and growth hormones which help restore the bacterial activity in the soil as well as improving the soil structure and increasing the earthworm population. The result being stronger plants and lots more flowers and sweeter scents . Apply 90g per sq meter. 1.5kg €7.50 Code 148/S143 3 kg €12 Code 148/S143A 7.5kg €30 Code 148/S143C
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STRAWBERRY HONEOYE
One of the leading commercial early varieties, with bright red, very firm fruits of superb quality and flavour. Strawberry ‘Honeoye’ is a heavy cropping mid-season variety with excellent disease resistance. Ready to pick from June to early July, this variety is perfect for making your own jams or for freezing to enjoy when out of season.
10 Plants €9 Code 148/F079 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 148/F079A
STRAWBERRY ‘CAMBRIDGE FAVOURITE’
The enduring popularity of Strawberry ‘Cambridge Favourite’ has made it one of the most well-known and best-loved varieties available. This mid-season strawberry produces a bumper crop of juicy orange-red fruits with an excellent flavour and texture from June to July. It’s reliable and tolerant of most situations.
10 Plants €9 Code 148/F102 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 148/F102A
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 sweetscented 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 in the same garden will increase the yield.
BLUEBERRY SUNSHINE BLUE The ultimate blueberry – a truly exceptional variety!
This outstanding early/mid season evergreen variety has a compact, branching habit. Unlike ordinary blueberries, it produces hot pink flowers which fade to white in spring, followed by heavy crops of delicious tangy berries for up to nine weeks in the summer. It’s also self-pollinating and more tolerant of higher pH soils than other blueberries! If you only have room for one blueberry, this has to be the one!
€15 Code 148/F017 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 148/F017A
20 Strawberry Honeoye 20 Strawberry Cambridge €25 Save €5 Code 148/205B
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 148/F069 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 148/F069A
BLUEBERRY BLUECROP
Compact growing and ideal for the patio
Perfect for growing in a large pot of moist ericaceous compost. 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.
Blueberry Buy all 3 €35.00 Save €10 Code 148/F017C
€15 Code 147/F015 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 148/F015A
BLUEBERRY AURORA Superb late season blueberry
An excellent late season blueberry that ripens towards the end of August. Vigorous and upright-growing, it has fewer nutrition and soil demands than some blueberries. The large, tasty berries are richly flavoured with a crisp texture, and store incredibly well. Height 180cm (6’), less if grown in a container.
€15 Code 147/F016 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 148/F016A 22
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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.
6 canes €13 Code 148/F083 12 canes €20 Code 148/F083A
Early
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.
6 canes €13 Code 148/F038 12 canes €20 Code 148/F038A
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GOOSEBERRY HINNONMAKI YELLOW
GOOSEBERRY XENIA
1 plant €12 Code 148/F094 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 148/F094A
1 plants €12 Code 148/F093 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 148/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!
Special Offer Buy all 3 €30 Save €6 Code 148/F17D
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.
6 canes €15 Code 148/F096 12 canes €25 Save €5 Code 148/F096A
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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 148/F092 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 148/F092A
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LOGANBERRY
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
1 plant €13 Code 148/F042 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 148/F042A
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HONEYBERRY
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”).
1 plants €15 Code 148/F043
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€500 Code 148/S013
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BOYSENBERRIES
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 148/F044 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 148/F044A
TAYBERRY
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 147/F006 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 148/F006A
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GRAPE VINES FOR IRISH GARDENS 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, virtually seedless 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 Popular seedless grape
One of the best known and most popular seedless varieties, bearing good yields of medium-sized grapes with a thin skin and superb flavour. Pick from early September. Supplied as grafted vines.
FIG TWO TIMER Two crops a year!
Unlike most figs, which crop once in mid-late summer on last year’s shoots, this one crops from mid August on last year’s shoots, but again from the end of September on this year’s shoots! And they’re deliciously sweet and tasty. A very productive variety for the Irish climate . Figs will bring a Mediterranean flavour to your garden, combining handsome foliage with a tasty and bountiful harvest. They’re vigorous plants, so growth should be limited by restricting the roots to a large container (which will also encourage fruit formation). This variety is strong-growing and quick to start fruiting and, once mature, will withstand the coldest winters. Supplied in a 1.3 litre pot.
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CONFERENCE The best known of all pears, ‘Conference’ is an excellent dessert pear . The long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour. Trees crop late in the season from October to November, and the fruit will store until January.
1 Tree €20 Code 148/F086
€20.00 Code 148/F013
€20 each Code 148/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.
€20 each Code 148/F020
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 148/F095 3 plants €25 Save €5 Code 148/F095A 28
KIWI JENNY GRAPE VINE BLUE DREAM Unusually large grapes
A dark blue/black grape with unusually large berries for a seedless grape. With a good flavour and thin skin it is superb for the table. Pick from mid September. Supplied as grafted vines.
€20 each Code 148/F021
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 148/F108
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1.5kg €13 Code 148/S619 3kg €24 Code 148/S619A 10kg €50 Code 148/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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PATIO APPLE TREES
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.
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LILIPUT APPLE ‘COX’S ORANGE PIPPIN’
Delicious sweet juicy apples are ripe in August. Enjoy straight from the tree. Pollinate with Elstar.
Regarded to be the finest tasting dessert apple, the rich aromatic flavour and crisp, juicy texture set this apple apart from other varieties. Producing a good crop from September.
1 Tree €25
1 Tree €25 Code 148/F085
Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 148/F085A
Code 148/F111
Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 148/F111A
Small Garden Orchard 5 Named Dwarf Apple Trees €80 Save €25 Code 148/F0115
LILLIPUT APPLE ELSTAR
Large fruit with nice bright red blushing on yellow background. It has an excellent taste. Harvest mid- October. Self-fertile.
1 Tree €25
Code 148/F084
Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 148/F084A
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LILLIPUT APPLE TREE LILIPUT APPLE GOLDEN DELICIOUS JONAGOLD
This famous apple has light, crisp flesh is bursting with sweet juice and a delicious aroma. Ready to pick in late October.
1 Tree €25
Code 148/F112
Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 148/F112A
A wonderfully satisfying crispy bite and a nicely balanced flavour. It crops heavily and is vigorous and hardily productive. For Oct-January use.
1 Tree €25
Code 148/F113
Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 148/F113A