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Melon - Watermelon Crimson Sweet - 58945

Attractive dark and light green-striped, 25x30cm, blocky, oval fruits weigh in at 6.5kg - 10kg range. Delicious, sweet crimson-red flesh. Easy to grow but these larger fruit are best grown in the longer growing seasons found in North Island

Courgette Amanda F1 Hybrid - 56020

Good virus and powdery mildew resistance. Open and upright plant habit for easier growth and picking. Smooth, shiny dark-green courgettes. Harvest when 25cm long.

Sweet Pea Retro Red - 42130

Dainty maroon-red flowers are produced in profusion on this smaller than usual sweet pea. A hammettii hybrid produced by Dr. Keith Hammett.

Beans Scarlet Runner Tenderline - 50900

This variety has been bred with "slower vigour" which significantly reduces the stringy, tough fibre development. Although the yield is less than other common varieties the superior bean quality more than compensates for it.

Radish Black Spanish - 61040

As the name suggests this variety is black skinned! These medium-hot, white fleshed, 6-8cm radishes are harvested in winter. Plant the seeds in late summer and begin enjoying your crop in autumn. Very good keepers... up to 50 days.

Peas Alderman - 60100

The advantage of Alderman is the extended harvesting period. Large, curved, dark green pea pods each containing up to 11 tender peas with great flavour. From sowing you can expect to pick your first peas in about 2 months and picking can continue for a month or more. These plants have a tall growth habit that will require support, but is well worth the effort for the heavy crops produced.

Sweet Pea Barry Dare - 41540

With real show bench potential, Barry Dare is an exhibition variety sweet pea with large frilly blooms in a vibrant cherry red. Long stems carry a profusion of blooms above the vine. Bred by Unwins in the UK in 1997.

Nasturtium Black Velvet - 30815

A dwarf non-trailing Nasturtium with velvety, black-red flowers. Great for pots and containers. Edible flowers have a mild, peppery/spicy taste and add colour and interest to your salads.

Courgette Black Beauty - 56025

An old standard, shiny dark-green, almost black Zucchini. Superseeded by a lot of better F1 Hybrid varieties but a good reliable and economically priced performer.

Celeriac Mars - 55055

A modern bred variety with round roots, light coloured skin and dark green upright foliage. Mars has good resistance to Septorioa (a common Celeriac disease). The roots store well.

Cauliflower Highfield F1 Club Root Resistant - 54691

Highfield is suitable for summer and autumn harvest. Produces a high quality, smooth, white curd. Club root resistant. Replacement for the discontinued Clapton.

CF Gomphrena QIS Red [Strawberry fields] - CF1230

Continually blooming it's great for cut and dried flowers. Heat and drought tolerant. New attractive colours and long vase life flowers.

Cauliflower Clapton F1 Club Root Resistant - 54690

Clapton F1 Hybrid has a high level of Club Root resistance. In fact it is the first Cauliflower with Club Root Resistance. It has taken over 18 years of conventional breeding to develop a variety that can combat the devastating Brassica disease Clubroot. An adaptable variety suited for harvesting in the cooler months of late autumn, winter and spring

Tomato RuBee Plus F1 Hybrid - 62810

RuBee Plus is full of juicy flavour, eye-popping colour and perfect texture. Globe-shaped fruits are deep-red inside and out, smooth shouldered and uniform maturing.

Sweet Pea Turquoise Lagoon - 42270

A feast of colour for your eyes all at once, colours of purple, lilac, mauve, pale and iridescent blue and turquoise. The earliest flowers are pink/mauve and as they develop they shift and morph through bright shades of blue. Bred by Keith Hammett and created from cross breeding with Lathyrus belinensis, this is part of a new class of plants called Lathyrus x hammetti

Melon - Rock Western Express F1 Hybrid - 58890

Western Express is an excellent choice in NZ because it produces large, round-oval fruit under cool conditions. It has performed well in many areas and matures early. Fruit have deep orange flesh with a very small seed cavity.

Tomato RuBee Prize F1 Hybrid - 62815

Produces loads of very large (250-280g) fruit with vibrant colour and show-stopping flavour just 65 days from transplant. The compact indeterminate plants are leafy with good fruit cover, short internodes, are disease resistant and super productive. The deep-red, juicy fruit are almost seedless and RuBee Prize consistently won the flavour category in the breeders trials.

Radish Amethyst - 61160

A round radish with striking purple skin that contrasts very well with the crisp white flesh. Slow to go pithy, good shape and strong tops. Great colour for those salads.

Viscaria Angel Rose - 46800

Charming for beds, border and wild gardens. Very easy to grow. Intense, brilliant-rose flowers produced in profusion all summer long.

Eggplant Early Prolific F1 Hyb - 56920

Heavy yielding, remarkably tender, small gram fruits. Glassy, Black, egg-shaped appearance, along with superb flavour have made these a favourite in lasagnes. Egg plants generally need long summer seasons however as the name suggests this variety produces fruit extremely early and is perfect for NZ's climate.

Pumpkin Squash Butternut Buffy's Gold - 60990

This variety is high yielding with excellent eating qualities. Fruit size is 1.5-1.8kg and takes 100-110 days to mature. New improved Waltham type. CMV and black-rot resistant.

Onion Spring Crimson Forest - 59350

Long blood-red shanks are formed on this interesting spring onion. Great for adding a mild onion flavour and a touch of colour to your salads. Suitable for sowing in spring and summer - sow every 2-3 weeks for a continuous supply.