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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O1
Classic Italian basil, but organic. Approx 3200 seeds.
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Beta vulgaris. Organically grown seed, easy to grow deep red roots. Use as a hot vegetable or pickled. Young baby leaves are also tasty and can be used in salads.Approx 275 seeds
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O2A
Round heirloom and very traditional variety. Organic Seed. Approx 8g seeds
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O27
Broad Bean Aguadulce Supersimonia: The name means 'super sweet water' and refers to the juiciness and sweetness of this variety, which is probably the best of all - restaurant quality. The pods are about 25-28 cm in length and each one will contain six to eight light green broad beans of good size
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Brassica oleracea Botrytis
A great tasting full flavoured traditional Italian variety which is fast maturing so well suited to the UK climate. Produces a central head followed by smaller side shoots. Early maturing.
Approx 50 seeds.
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Brassica oleracea Gemmifera
An extremely hardy and high yielding variety
Produces great numbers of firm sprouts with exceptional flavour and texture. The tall stems are highly productive and stand up well to frosts.
Approx 20 seeds.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O3A
A mid/late maturing variety, mid length with good flavour and reliability
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Daucus carota
Organically grown carrot seed gives deep coloured roots with good texture and a small core. Ideal for successional sowings through summer.
Approx 1500 seeds.
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Organically grown cauliflower seeds of an old Dutch favourite reliably producing crisp white heads. Approx 50 seeds.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O5A
This is a black-skinned variety (actually the skin is such a dark green that it just looks black), hence its name 'Black of Milan'. We are used to seeing these 'black' types in Britain, but in Italy they are not used so much outside Milan.
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Organically grown cress seed provides a peppery flavouring garnish for sandwiches and salads. Approx 2500 seeds.
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Organically grown Cucumber seed for high yielding outdoor grown crops. a classic ridge cucumber with great flavour. Approx 25 seeds
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O7A
A British-style cucumber with few spines and of mid length. Mid/early maturing, this is a very reliable variety to grow and a good eater
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O9A
Pancalieri is near Turin. This is a classic 'frisee' type of endive with serrated, tough leaves. They have a pleasant bitterness about them, which is tempered by using a nice sweet balsamic vinegar. They can be sown from June to end of September and harvested outside until the end of December.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O9B
One of the best for eating in salads as it has a large, blonde heart and is therefore very tender. They can be sown from June to end of September and harvested outside until the end of December, although they will usually overwinter in our mild UK climate.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O22
Valeriana d'Olanda: A Dutch variety with larger leaves than the Cambrai. I very much like this one; if the Cambrai is restaurant quality, then this is garden quality, which is fine. The larger, fatter leaf gives it a meatier bite, but the colour is a less attractive lighter green than the Cambrai.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O9C
Carentan is a superb French leek, which is a late, medium-sized variety. It is resistant to low temperatures. Sow leeks 1 cm deep from March to May, allowing 5 cm between each plant. They are good winter-harvesting plants, only needing an air temperature of 10C for growth, once planted.
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Organically produced seed. Productive and highly versatile leaves which can be used at any stage of growth. Use young leaves in salads and mature leaves as Spinach or stems as Celery. Approx 125 seeds
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O10
Lettuce Bionda Ricciolina: Very early maturing, this cutting lettuce produces beautiful soft lime-green leaves, held up by a crunchy rib at the back. The leaves are ruffled and can be sown from mid January to end of October. 'Cut and come again' variety.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O11
Lettuce Salad Bowl: An early, reliable and very popular lettuce which is 'cut and come again'. Easy to grow. Sow from March to September. Grows quickly and adds colour to the salad bowl. Lettuces can have a very long sowing season and you can harvest them until the first hard frosts outside.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O10B
Lettuce Quattro Stagioni: 'Four Seasons'. A mid/early lettuce with beautiful scarlet-red staining and a closed head that is green inside. Sow from January to end of September.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O11B
Lettuce Red Salad Bowl: An early, reliable and very popular lettuce which is 'cut and come again'. Easy to grow. Sow from February to October. Grows quickly and adds colour to the salad bowl.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O12
Lettuce Regina delle Ghiacciole: 'Queen of the Ice' or, as we call them in English, Iceberg lettuces. They can be mass-produced and tasteless, but home-grown Icebergs tend to have more flavour (surprise, surprise) and they are the ideal shredding lettuce. Late maturing
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O12A
Lettuce Romana Bionda is upright, tightly wrapped, crunchy and tasty. Used to make Caesar salads in America. Sow from February-May and again July-September, avoiding the summer heat
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O25
This is a good medium sized variety with golden skin and sweet, perfumed, consistant, orange flesh.This melon is a Mid-Early variety. Vigorous plant of good production. Sow protected and grow on in a heated greenhouse in full sun.
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Franchi Seeds of Italy 1783:
O13A
Onion Density is a mid-late maturing variety with large golden bulbs with white flash. Golden onion which stores well. Goes well with Parma ham and Parmesan cheese
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