Sentinels Group

Bean - Borlotti - 77NS26A

Details A productive vigorous climber, Long vines that will grow to 6m tall if provided support, ideal as a drying bean. Borlotti are descendants from the original Cranberry beans that originated in Colombia

Botanical name Phaseolus vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Nev and Sue Sinclair

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Bean - Broad bean Red Seeded - 150RG1B

Details Rick received this bean from the Southern Seed Exchange many years ago and has become his favorite Broad bean for his own personal supply.

Botanical name Vicia Faba

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Ric Ginders

Bean - Butterbean - 151RW92A

Details Many of the older gardeners will remember the butterbean which was very popular in the 60's and 70's. This strain has been grown for over 40 years by a long time home gardener before been given to Richard so as to preserve this heirloom
This bean produces a pale yellow/cream pod in colour that grows to about 15cm in length. The complete pod is eaten although the ends can be trimmed if desired and is wonderful added to salads when small.

Botanical name Phaseolus vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard watson

Bean - Cherokee Trail of Tears - 42RW3

Details

Between 1838 and 1839 the Cherokee people of the United States were forced to march across the Smoky Mountains to Oklahoma. This winter death march is known as the Trail of Tears as over 4,000 people died making the trip.

In 1977 a member of Seed Savers Exchange named Dr. John Wyche from Hugo, Oklahoma, USA donated seeds to there collection. It is thought that his Cherokee ancestors carried this heirloom bean with them on the Trail of Tears.

Beans were domesticated in the Americas thousands of years ago and serve as a protein in the diet of humans and animals.
Growing this bean takes about 55 days to produce a purple podded green bean and 90 days to dry beans. This is a vigorous climber is enjoyed very much as a fresh green bean and have found to be highly productive.

Botanical name Phaseolus vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Watson

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Bean - Crystal - 109RW11A

Details This climbing bean was given to Richard 2017 under the name 'Crystal', grows to 2 -3 metres tall and produces a black seed.

Botanical name Phaseolus vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Richard Watson

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Bean - Dalmation - 108RG7A

Details Believed to have arrived to New Zealand with the Dalmation gum diggers. A long string-less bean with green skin and purple streaks. Excellent raw or cooked. A vigorous climber to 2 metres.
Another crop will be grown this coming summer and seed should be available again by March 2021

Botanical name Phaseolus vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Bean - Daniel's Defiance - 53RW22A

Details Seed listed on the Southern Seed Exchange under the name 'Devil's Defiance', a tall growing bean with seeds a slightly different colour to the standard Runner Bean.

Botanical name Phaseolus coccineus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Watson

Bean - dwarf runner - Czar White - 39RW2

Details White flowered, white seeded bush form of the Scarlet Runner bean,grows to about 40cm tall. Like all bean they are frost tender. During long periods of wet weather it can be idea to throw a cover over to shed the rain as any beans close to the ground can rot.

Botanical name Phaseolus coccineus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Bean - Greek Gigante - 46RW5

Details Unlike Scarlet Runners they have pure white flowers and huge white seeds. Flowers over a long period and grows up to 3m tall.

Botanical name Phaseolus coccineus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Bean - Major cook - 123RW72A

Details Like Indian Hannah bean Major Cook was also imported from North America by Mark Christensen, Research Director at the Heritage Food Crops Research Trust. Breed in the North of France by Major Cook and a Mr Luxton after 1954, at the time both men worked for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and both had a strong interesting in gardening. Produces pretty purple-violet flowers followed by a huge crop of stringless beans with a very good flavour.

Botanical name Phaseolus vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Watson

Bean - Romaine Climber - 166RG

Details A heritage bean of unknown origin. Good healthy climber with long green stringless pods. A heavy cropper with good taste as a fresh bean and also an exceptional dried bean.

Botanical name Phaseolus vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 30

Grower name Rick Ginders

Bean - Scarlet Runner - 43RG4

Details It's fast growing perennial climbing up to 3 metres in a season. Plants will produce a profusion of pretty red and white flowers, amidst a heavy cover of leaves, in colder climates it pays to cover root crown with mulch so as to stop frost penetrating the soil killing the crown .

Botanical name Phaseolus coccineus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Bean Feast - dwarf bean - 40NS6

Details Flavourful, flat podded, white-seeded bean, the best flavoured dwarf bean we have ever grown. I have been saving this variety from oblivion since about 1974.

Botanical name Phaseolus Vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

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Bean Pean (white) - 44NS7

Details Peans are a great all rounder with many uses. The plants climb just like a runner bean or climbing french bean and produce flat pods similar to a large mangetout pea. The pods can be picked young and used whole as a french bean or left on the plants to mature and shelled like peas, or they can be left to mature fully and dry and then used as any other dried beans. New seasons seed will be available again as soon a possible

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Beet - Mangelbeet - 66RW9

Details .

Best eaten when small while still sweet, larger roots can be used as animal feed. Sow in late summer for winter harvest, they can bolt to seed if sown too early.

Botanical name Beta vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 50

Grower name Richard Watson

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Beetroot - Ruby - 181RW

Details Ruby is a new grex cross between Detroit Dark Red, Bulls Blood and a unknown dark red large growing beetroot given to Richard by a Takaka gardener. Grex cross vegetables tend to have strong vigour and will exhibit a wide variation in shape, colour and tastes. The genetic diversity of grex crossing is capable of unlocking traits that can go back 100's of generations so this seed is something quite different and should be quite interesting to any gardener who's a bit experimental.

Botanical name Beta vulgaris â

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Richard Watson

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Borage - 155MT97A

Details Borage is an annual herb with beautiful star shaped blue or white edible flowers. Will flower over a long period so making it an ideal herb plant for bees.

Botanical name Borago officinalis

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Broad Bean - El Beano -138NS8

Details Pure white flowers. The pods enclose beans that are SWEET, and which remain GREEN once cooked. Try raw. These broad beans are my own selection, from possibly a random mutation, over 35 years ago. That original, pure white- flowered specimen caught my eye. I much preferred the flavour and colour of its beans, over others. I think you will, too. Kids love them raw,and as such they are wonderful in salads. In colder parts of the South Island and Inland North Island you don't want to sow broad beans between March and and early May if plants are over 10cm tall, heavy frosts will damage or kill. Plants under this size handle frosts well.

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Botanical name Vicia Faba

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

Broad beans - Scottish - 38RW10

Details This tall line of broad bean can withstand heavy winter frosts as low as -10deg here in the Amuri basin when plants are young, but equally handles the heat as well, will grow mostly unsupported up to 1.5m tall. In colder parts of the South Island and Inland North Island you dont want to sow broad beans between March and and early May if plants are over 10cm tall, heavy frosts will damage or kill. Plants under this size handle frosts well.

Botanical name Vicia faba

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 30

Grower name Richard Watson

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Broccoli - white - 101NS8A

Botanical name Brassica oleracea

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50+

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

Brussels Sprout - Darkmar - 102RW77

Details Produces large deep green sweet and tasty sprouts over a long period, best sown mid summer for winter picking.
Seed due early 2019

Botanical name Brassica oleracea

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Richard Watson

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Cabbage - 'Tette Noire'

Details NEW - A relatively rare French variety of drum head red cabbage.

To be grown Nov 2020 as a group by some of the Sentinels growers and seed mixed together to achieve genetic diversity. Seed should become available late 2021

Botanical name Brassica oleracea

Price per packet $4.00

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Cabbage Chinese - Pak Choi - 188SS

Details Native to Hong Kong and southern China, Pak Choi is closely related to Bok Choy. A cool weather crop that is easy to grow and grows quick. Best grown during the cooler months and can be grow during winter in the areas that only see little or no frosts. Doesn't do well in summer.

Botanical name Brassica Rapa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Sarah Smith

Cabbage Tree - 173RW

Details Can grow to 12 to 20 metres high, and can also grow in bone dry areas as well as very wet soils. sow seed outside in autumn and spring seedlings germinate

Botanical name Cordyline australis)

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

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Caigua 1RW16

Details From the cucumber family Caigua suits most areas of New Zealand as its handles cooler weather, the small thumb sized fruit can be used as a gherkin replacement as well as cut up into salads, can grow to 3m so best to grow up and over some sort of frame work.

Botanical name Cyclanthera pedata

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 10

Grower name Richard Watson

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Calendula - Sunset orange - 140MT104

Botanical name Dimorphotheca Ecklonis

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Calenduleae - Yellow - 169RW103A

Details

Also known as African daisy, South African daisy and Cape daisy, it comes in a range of different colours. Plants prefer a warm and sunny position and rich soil, although they can tolerate poorer soils as we as drought.

Botanical name Dimorphotheca Ecklonis

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard watson

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Cape Gooseberry - 81RW11

Details Closely related to the tomatillo and to the Chinese lantern, can grow to 1 - 1.6 metres in height and produce small yellow fruit. Moderate frost tender when plants are older, more so with young seedlings.

Botanical name Physalis peruviana

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 15

Grower name Richard Watson

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Capsicum - Jimmy Nardello - 100RT14A

Details An Italian Heirloom that dates back pre-1880's. The fruits grow long are often twisted which ripen from green to red.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Tew

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Capsicum - Botinecka Zuta - 8RW14

Details This heirloom sweet variety originates from the Balkan region, a Hungarian cheese-type. Medium-late heavy producer of yellow fruit. This is a yellow chilli is used for paprika and stuffing, can be fully ripened to a deeper orange/red colour. The pods grow to a size of 50mm long by 60mm wide, the plant grows to a height of 60cm.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

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Capsicum - Czech Beauty - 11NS13

Details Purple flowers, Purple fruit ripen red. Thumb-sized, they are big on flavour.Sow indoors in early Spring. I now germinate my frost-sensitive species on a purpose-built compost heap, in our glass house. (Capsicums require soil to be 15C. to germinate.) I grow the resulting plants outdoors once the frost danger has diminished. Czech Beauty is a reliable performer, in our Scargill climate, where growing-season temperatures can fluctuate widely.

Botanical name Capsicum Annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

Capsicum - Mallard - 9RW15

Details A red capsicum which has been grown by Tony Mallard ,a well known retired market gardener from CHCH

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

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Capsicum - Siesta - 103NS17A

Details Siesta is a productive golden capsicum. Nev's original seed were derived simply from a very ripe fruit from a greengrocer. That was over 25 years ago. Siesta now produces very reliable crops of large, thick-fleshed capsicums, even outdoors here in Scargill, North Canterbury, if started early in pots in a protected environment.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

Capsicum - Soroksari - 10RW12

Details

A large Hungarian sweet pepper that turns from yellow to red when ripe,ideal for stuffing.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Cardoon - 106RG9A

Details A large perennial that can grow to 2m with at least a 1m spread, young leaves can be eaten in salads while the roots can be cooked like parsnips. Can grow in heavy clay soils but does prefer a well drained soil in full sun, is reasonably drought tolerate.

Botanical name Cynara cardunculus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Richard watson

Carrot - Baby Slenderette - 32NS89B

Details As the name suggest this carrot grows into a small root of about 8-10 cm long, Nev and Sue have selected for the sweetest tasting roots, also there garden doesn't have wild carrots growing anywhere in there district so if any white rooted carrot were to show up in the seed line it would be very rare.

Botanical name Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 100

Grower name Nev and Sue Sinclair

Carrot - Benhorn - 60RW17

Details This original line of carrot dates back to the late 80's when a long time gardener gave Richard carrot seed that he had grown for most of his life, the name of this carrot had been long forgotten so it was named Benhorn in 2000. It is a large stumpy carrot which has been selected for its sweetness and flavour. This is done by tasting each carrot before being replanted back for flowering and later seed production. To add to Benhorn's genetics two new carrots - St.Valery and Kuroda were used in the 20016-17 season in cross pollinating.

Botanical name Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 100

Grower name Richard Watson

Celery - Karaka - 83RW19

Details This line of Celery started of as Nutty but was crossed with Utah Giant back in 2012, now a stable line thats less stringy than that of Nutty. Grow year round in warm areas and from Sep till Feb in cooler areas

Botanical name Apium graveolens

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Celery - Red Giant - 2RW18

Details Large strain of perennial celery producing red stalks and pinkish yellow blanched hearts, looks good in raw salads. Stronger tasting than green celery, good for soups and stews. Handles winter frosts better than standard celery varieties, though in heavy frost areas the stems are not eatable during these periods .

Botanical name Apium graveolens var. dulce

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

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Chard - Compactum - 21RW20

Details A dark green leaf and with a lighter green stem,

Botanical name Beta vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Chard - Ford Giant Hook - 169SS

Botanical name Beta vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Sarah Smith

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Chard - Multi coloured silver beet 111RG12A

Details A collection of different coloured chard

Botanical name Beta vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Ric Gingers

Chard - Tekoa - 23RW21

Details A light green coloured chard with wide white stems

Botanical name Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Chilli Pepper - Basket of Fire - 76MT95A

Details This is an exquisitely beautiful chilli to grow, and indeed is often marketed as an ornamental chilli. It is however a great chilli to use in cooking too, one of my favourites to add to stews, or chop fresh over dishes needing a bit of extra oomph. They also dry well. The plants are small and mounding, and produces masses of smaller conical chilies that grow upright and ripen from green through yellow and orange to bright red. The different ripening times for each individual chilli on the bush gives the plant the appearance of having "flames" - giving it it's name - Basket of Fire. It is very suitable for pot culture and even does well in larger hanging baskets. Prolific and medium-hot.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $6.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Chilli Pepper - Kopay - 153MT96A

Details From Indonesia, these chillies are known as Chapai Kobai in Bangladesh. Their ineterest is in their long fruit which are generally around 15cm, but can reach up to 30cm! They sometimes twist and curl in interesting ways as they grow. Ripening from green to red with good flavour profile and heat, quite similar to Cayenne. Very versatile, use fresh, chopped up into curries and stews, or dried for flakes or powder.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $6.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Chilli Pepper - Piccante calabrese - 120MT94

Details Heritage Variety - This is a medium-hot, round red cherry chilli about 2cm. Cooking tempers it's heat and it's traditionally great stuffed with mozzarella and anchovies and the put under the grill in Italy.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $6.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Chilli Pepper - Rocoto Yellow - 152MT96

Details The rocoto chilli has hairy leaves, purple flowers, large fruit and black seeds. Rocoto chilli plants are the most cold tolerant of all chillies and are often great candidates for overwintering. The plants grow up to 1m and the fruit are large, yellow and variable in heat - from hot to very hot. Juicy and meaty with good flavour.

Botanical name Capsicum pubescens

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Chilli Pepper - Thai Upright - 4MT95

Details Thai Hot is prolific and bears its fruit upright in small clusters. Ripening from green through to red, the chillies are HOT. They are perfect for Asian cooking, pickled, or dried for making into chilli powder or chilli flakes.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Grower name Minette Tonoli

Corn - Blue Hopi - 162RG101

Details

Blue corn also known as Hopi maize, Yoeme Blue, Tarahumara Maiz Azul, and Rio Grande Blue, ground it's used to make blue tortilla chips, tortillas, corn soup and cornbread. Hopi Blue grows 1.7m tall

Can be eaten as sweet corn when picked young.

Botanical name Zea mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Corn - Early Gem - 84RW25

Details Early Gem is a NZ heirloom corn that Richard continues to select for the number of cobs per plant, the size of the cobs, and the earliest plants that produce ripe seed, grows to about 1.7m tall.

Botanical name Zea Mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 50

Grower name Richard Watson

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Corn - Glass Gem - 116MT93

Details USA farmer Carl Barnes, isolated types of corn from his Native American ancestors, he then saved and replanted seeds from particularly colourful cobs. A neighbouring farmer then started growing larger crops corn developed new strains with more vibrant colours and patterns. Can be used as a popping corn, as well eaten as a sweet corn when in the 'milk' stage of development.

Botanical name Zea Mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Corn - Kascade Korn - 85NS26

Details The original kascade korn plants commenced life here in Scargill, in the early 80s.They grow well in our climate and under our organic regime. They are open pollinated, offering the advantage of you being able to reproduce your own seed for subsequent seasons. They are not as sweet as the super sweet types that people have got used to, but are delicious and very sustaining.

Botanical name Zea Mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

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Corn - Painted Mountain 69RT2A

Details A Native Indian decorative short season flour corn, bred from 70 American native corn varieties. Tolerant to heat, drought, high winds and cold nights. Makes superb flour, hominy and parched corn. Can be eaten fresh when young, Grows over 2 metres.

Botanical name Zea Mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 50

Grower name Richard Tew

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Corn - Strawberry popcorn 121MT77A

Details Strawberry Popcorn sets 1.5m stalks, each bearing 2 to 4 ears packed with glossy red kernels on 4-6 cm long cobs. Grow it just as you would sweet corn,

Botanical name Zea Mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Courgette - Cocozelle Bush - 105RW6A

Details A stripped green skin Italian zucchini that is a strong and productive variety, originally from the Southern Seed Exchange collection.

Botanical name Cucurbita pepo

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 15

Grower name Richard Watson

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Edible Chrysanthemum - 90RG28

Details All chrysanthemum flowers are edible, but the flavour varies widely from plant to plant, from sweet to tangy to bitter or peppery. It may take some experimentation to find flavours you like. The mild flavour that lends itself well to stir-fries.

Botanical name Chrysanthemum coronarium

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 30

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Egyptian walking tree onions

Details These are hardy perennial onions that are very prolific, they do best in a well-drained, moist garden bed, bulbils are best planted from March till Sep.
Breeding work on the onion is currently being done, the Egyptian Walking tree onion is a F1 clone which is a cross between the Walsh and a standard brown onion, through bulbil removal and hand pollination 13 seeds were produced in 2015, from those 13 only 5 seedlings germinated, one of those later died. During that summer the four remaining plants grew and divided given me 23 new base onions, these were then replanted out separately and its hoped they will produce more seed. The goal is to develop a open pollinate walking onion that is grown from seed and not bulbils

Botanical name Allium cepa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20-30 bulbils

Grower name Richard Watson

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Epazote - 95RW29

Details Epazote, once cultivated on a large scale as a medicinal herb, is now grown in few herb gardens. A roadside weed in much of North America and central and southern Europe, its herbal uses are barely recognized today outside its native Mexico and South America.
Various native peoples in the American and Mexican West today drink epazote tea or eat the plant to facilitate childbirth and ease painful menstruation as well as to expel worms and relieve gastrointestinal disorders (some of which might be brought on by the worms). Epazote leaves also have been poulticed on arthritic joints, athlete’s foot, and insect bites.

Botanical name Dysphania ambrosioides

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents lots and lots

Grower name Richard Watson

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Evening Primrose - 70NS30

Details Native to North America, the herb is now commonly found in many temperate zones around the world, thriving in open dry areas, the roots can be eaten and oil can be extracted from the seeds which are rich in Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA), an omega-6 fatty acid. Omega-6 oils are one of the two "good" fats essential for health.
Evening-primrose oil is being studied as a supplement for those who don't get enough omega-6 fat from their diet and also is showing some promising results in reducing nerve damage caused by diabetes.

Botanical name Oenothera biennis

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

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Five Finger - Whauwhaupaku - 174SS

Details A fast growing native often found in regenerating forest. Its leaves consist of five to seven leaflets, the tree can grow up to 10 - 15m

Botanical name Pseudopanax arboreus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Sarah Smith

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Florence fennel - 86RW31

Details Florence fennel is a cool-weather perennial grown as an annual for its swollen leaf bases or ‘bulbs’ and edible leaves. When using in salads, the flavour can be improved by slicing the bulb and putting it in a bowl of water and ice cubes in the fridge for an hour.

Botanical name Foeniculum vulgare

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

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Globe Artchoke - 89RG32

Details The immature flower is eaten as a vegetable. The medicinal properties of Globe Artichoke have been known for many years. The leaves were very popular between the 16th and 19th centuries when they were used to stimulate bile flow and for a variety of digestive disorders.

Botanical name Cynara scolymus

Price per packet $5.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Gooseberry - Daelyn Early - 135RT79B

Details The original name of this old variety is unknown, but was named Daelyn Early. As with all gooseberry seed offered by Sentinels seeds it will throw variability in type

Botanical name Ribes uva-crispa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Tew

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Gooseberry - Farmers Glory - 59RT33

Details This Gooseberry grows oval green shaped fruit 3-5 cm tall, 2-4 cm wide. If ripened in direct sun, they gain a level of reddish blush and develop a strong ripe flavour indicative of the sun ripening. If ripened out of the sun, perhaps sheltered by surrounding unmown grass can retain the green colour, and a less overpowering flavour that has a purer gooseberry experience. These seeds are saved from WHATEVER VARIETY and can be germinated into individual plants without the need to order in lots of potentially expensive grafted individual plants. These seeds are promiscuously crossed with whatever the pollinating insects bring them, and while they will likely produce a standard gooseberry, there is a chance you'll end up with something unique.

Botanical name Ribes uva-crispa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Richard Tew

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Hollyhock - Creme de Cassis - 165MT102A

Details Hollyhock are in the mallow family and closely related to Marshmallow. They are hardy perennials, but some flower only from their second season when started from seed. They grow up to 2.4m tall (flowering stems) and flowers from early summer to late autumn in most regions. While young leaves, stem and the root are edible, it's mostly flowers and flower buds that are consumed. Tea can be brewed from the flowers too. They have many traditional herbal medicine uses too, from easing bronchial complaints to helping enliven poor circulation. Other uses include fibers made from the stem, it's use as a beneficial addition to compost heaps, and as a pollinator attracting flower in food forests.

Botanical name Alcea rosea

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Hollyhock - Pink - 164MT102

Details Hollyhock are in the mallow family and closely related to Marshmallow. They are hardy perennials, but some flower only from their second season when started from seed. They grow up to 2.4m tall (flowering stems) and flowers from early summer to late autumn in most regions. While young leaves, stem and the root are edible, it's mostly flowers and flower buds that are consumed. Tea can be brewed from the flowers too. They have many traditional herbal medicine uses too, from easing bronchial complaints to helping enliven poor circulation. Other uses include fibers made from the stem, it's use as a beneficial addition to compost heaps, and as a pollinator attracting flower in food forests.

Botanical name Alcea rosea

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Hollyhock - White - 113MT66B

Details Cottage Garden Flower, Edible Flower, Medicinal Herb, Bee Friendly Hollyhock are in the mallow family and closely related to Marshmallow. They are hardy perennials, but some flower only from their second season when started from seed. They grow up to 2.4m tall (flowering stems) and flowers from early summer to late autumn in most regions. While young leaves, stem and the root are edible, it's mostly flowers and flower buds that are consumed. Tea can be brewed from the flowers too. They have many traditional herbal medicine uses too, from easing bronchial complaints to helping enliven poor circulation. Other uses include fibers made from the stem, it's use as a beneficial addition to compost heaps, and as a pollinator attracting flower in food forests.

Botanical name Alcea rosea

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Kale - Red Ruffled - 50NS37

Details A red on green hues kale with oak leaf ruffled shapes.Very winter hardy and will handle temps as low as -20 deg, does best in soil pH of between 6.1 and 6.5

Botanical name Brassica napus pabularia

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 60

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

Kale - Red Russian - 51RG35

Details Red Russian kale leaves are tender, sweet and mild when picked young. The red tinged leaves are a bluish blush making them quite attractive. The leaves are flat with toothed edges. Usually grows to about half a metre tall but can reach up to 1m tall with a long stalk if left in the ground with enough time to grow.

Botanical name Brassica oleracea var. sabellica

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Rick Ginders

Kale - Red Ursa 48RT34

Details

Combines the broadleaf frills of Siberian kale with the colour of Red Russian. Great raw flavour for salads. Bolting purple stems of over wintered plants are very sweet, perfect for stir frying.

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Botanical name Brassica napus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 60

Grower name Richard Tew

Kale - True Siberian - 49RW36

Details A Siberian type highly productive hardy kale. Tolerates weather and water logged soil better than most other kales. Plants are vigorous and large.

Botanical name Brassica napus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 60

Grower name Richard Watson

Kalibos Cabbage - 118-90A

Details A pointed cabbage with intense reddish-purple leaves and high sugar content. Sow spring for summer and autumn harvest but preventative care is needed against white butterfly

Botanical name Brassica oleracea

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Kowhai - Cook Strait - 32ASS

Details The Cook Strait Kowhai is one of eight species found in New Zealand, grown along the south Wellington coast.

Seed is best sown in autumn after a chip has been removed from the side of the seed with something like a steak knife, this allows moisture to enter helping germination.

Botanical name Sophora molloyi

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Sarah Smith

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Kowhai - North Island - 17SS

Details S. tetraptera has larger more widely spaced leaves than the other seven species of kowhai, grows naturally in eastern North Island but will grow just as well in the south Island.

Seed is best sown in autumn after a chip has been removed from the side of the seed with something like a steak knife, this allows moisture to enter helping germination.

Botanical name Sophora tetraptera

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Sarah Smith

Kowhai - South Island - RW

Details This South Island variety grows to 8 m which has smaller leaves that the North Island type.

Seed is best sown in autumn after a chip has been removed from the side of the seed with something like a steak knife, this allows moisture to enter helping germination.

Botanical name Sophora microphylla

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Watson

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Kumi Kumi pumpkin - 177NS

Details Kumi Kumi fruit can grow to around 1kg and growing up to 30cm long. Needs plenty of space to grow as its a very rampant creeper. Once fruit is mature it stores well over winter.

Botanical name Cucurbita pepo

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 10

Grower name Nev and Sue Sinclair

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Lavender - Avonview - 171SS

Details A popular small growing lavender, perfect for rockeries or patio containers, can make a good low hedge. Thrives in open sunny positions in well drained soil. Trim after flowering in spring/summer to keep compact and to encourage new growth.

Botanical name lavandula stoechas

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Sarah Smith

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Leek - Perennial Leek - 93RW38

Details Forms large clumps of thumb size stems which have a stronger leek flavour than standard leek though they are a bit more finicky when harvesting.
Best sown in spring forming clumps by late summer/autumn, if left in the ground through the following winter the clumps will form a mass of corns meaning the perennial leek will become permanent and difficult to eradicate. Some gardeners may prefer its perpetual feature while others prefer it as a annual vegetable by insuring its harvested before winter.

Botanical name Allium ampeloprasum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Watson

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Leek - Portage - 94RW40

Details A young and still evolving grex/landrace variety been bred by Richard Watson and another Canadian gardener who have been mixing the seed over the last few years, so its really a collection of 15 standard leeks varieties, some grow wide large stems while others can be very tall, this is because of the strong genetic diversity.
Suggested growing method is to aim for a long length white stem of up to 40cm, sow seed late winter/ early spring close enough together aiming for a spacing of 2cm apart, by mid summer the plants should be up to 30cm tall, dig them up trying not to damage the roots too much and place in a bucket with enough water in it to cover the roots. The soil these plants go into needs to be deeply dug over then using a rake or shovel handle poke it down into the soil as deep as 40cm, wriggle it around to make a shaft to which a leek plant is dropped down, then pour a small amount of water down, its just then a matter of insuring that the growth tip can grow up and out of the shaft

Botanical name Allium porrum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

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Leek - Purau - 91RG39

Details Bred at Purau Gardens for many years and had adapted well to the coastal climate, this strain of leek may well suit warmer areas of NZ. Its a cross between three well known NZ varieties including Musselburgh.

Suggested growing method is to aim for a long length white stem of up to 40cm, sow seed late winter/ early spring close enough together aiming for a spacing of 2cm apart, by mid summer the plants should be up to 30cm tall, dig them up trying not to damage the roots too much and place in a bucket with enough water in it to cover the roots. The soil these plants go into needs to be deeply dug over then using a rake or shovel handle poke it down into the soil as deep as 40cm, wriggle it around to make a shaft to which a leek plant is dropped down, then pour a small amount of water down, its just then a matter of insuring that the growth tip can grow up and out of the shaft

Botanical name Allium porrum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Rick Ginders

Lettuce - Devils Ears - 28RW46

Details A lettuce with good heat tolerance, has a nutty texture and bitter-free flavour.

Botanical name Lactuca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Richard Watson

Lettuce - Freckles - 172SS

Details A semi-cos heirloom variety with attractive light green leaves covered in red freckles. Heat tolerant so good for sunny, summer gardens.

Botanical name Lactuca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Lettuce - Arabic - 24RW42

Details A very fast growing tall lettuce with long wide leaves, cos type.

Botanical name Lactuca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Lettuce - Cooptown Italian - 182RG

Details A heritage variety that was bought into NZ by a returning WW2 oldier and has been grown in around Cooptown Banks Peninsula since. A great tasty green leafy lettuce.

Botanical name Lactuca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Rick Ginders

Lettuce - Freckles - 170SS

Details A semi-cos heirloom variety with attractive light green leaves covered in red freckles. Heat tolerant so good for sunny, summer gardens.

Botanical name forellenschuss

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Sarah Smith

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Lettuce - Mescher - 25RW43

Details An heirloom that dates back to the 1700s in Austria A fast-hearting spring type, green with red-tinged leaves, and small very dense heads.
Currently a seed crop has been planted for seed and should be available March 2017

Botanical name Lactuca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Richard Watson

lettuce - mixed varieties - 26RW44

Details A collection of lettuce of some unknown varieties that grow wild around my garden and other listed types.

Botanical name Beta vulgaris

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 50

Grower name Richard Watson

Lettuce - Red Oakleaf - 27RW45

Details Has burgundy red leaves and is a loose-leaf non hearting lettuce cultivar

Botanical name Lactuca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Richard Watson

Lettuce Rocket - 187SS

Details Native to the Mediterranean region, Rocket lettuce is used as a leaf vegetable known for its for its fresh, tart, bitter, and peppery flavour.

Botanical name Brassica vesicaria

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Sarah Smith

Maize - Billard - 122RW94A

Details Gifted to Richard from a long grower. Billard maize produces mainly a double row cob of larger kennels on a long cob. Plants grow to about 2m tall and generally produce one cob per plant, some plants can produce two but these cobs tend to be smaller. For grinding the size of these kennels can be too large for some grinders

Botanical name Zea mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Richard watson

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Maize - Sola - 79NS76A

Details The maize Sola is the name given to it by Nev, is was derived from an old maize that was commercially available back in the early 1970s when he first began growing it. Both Sue and Nev have a long history together, as plant and grower. It has changed during that lengthy association and now looks as if the sun is shining out of it. They use it principally in ground form for making what we regard as a very sustaining porridge (cooked with milk); rich and filling. Customers have also used it to create polenta and it seems to perform well used this way.

Although the seed from which the original crop was grown from was possibly a hybrid (even back then) it is no longer so, and reliably produces consistent crops.

Botanical name Zea mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Nev and Sue Sinclair

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Marigold - Starfire - 114MT49A

Details Starfire is a compact marigold that is quick to bloom as well as quite carefree, single blossoms all summer in a charming tricolor mix of gold, paprika and orange.Delightful in the vegetable garden. Loved by bees.

Botanical name Tagetes tenuifolia

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Nasturtium - Alaska collection - 183SS

Details Nasturtium is an annual garden plant cultivated all over the world. The stem can reach 60cm long, with small almost round veined leaves. The leaves and flowers can be used in salad with other greens, it has a slightly peppery taste reminiscent of watercress

Botanical name Tropaeolum Majus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Sarah Smith

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Nev's TPS - 136NS78B

Details You won't have met many people who have propagated potatoes by any other than vegetative means; in other words from tubers from the previous crop. You may have noticed though, that some potato plants produce flowers. Still fewer of these plants go on to develop and mature small greenish fruits. They look tomato-like and contain a stiff "pulp" holding many small white seeds. These seeds can be encouraged to germinate and with some care will grow into small plants that are easily recognised as miniature potato plants.

Even from a relatively early stage when they may only be 100mms tall, differences will be discernible between these individuals. They truly are individuals. They may not all prosper. They will each possess their own degree of disease resistance and vigour. As a propagator you will be rewarded, by those that flourish, with crops of distinctly unique potato tubers; diverse in both form, colour, flavour, texture, maturity and keeping qualities. This is a pursuit I have been involved in for at least 20 years. It is an exciting enterprise (if you are a potato Nerd!), and can result in the coming into being of very worthwhile, totally new, delicious cultivars that you can then continue into the future via the usual system of growing from tubers. But don't forget to keep seed from the best of them and continue the exploration of potatoes from true seed.

Botanical name Solanum tuberosum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Nev and Sue Sinclair

Onion - Mammoth improved - 119RW

Details A super sized onion with is still sweet considering its size. Seed was imported from the UK and one generation has been grown by Richard.

Sow seed early spring

https://www.mammothonion.co.uk/product/seeds-plants/onion-family/onion/mammoth-improved-onion/

Price per packet $4.00

Grower name Richard Watson

Onion - Medbury Red Longkeeper - 35RW48

Details The history of this onion is unknown, a very large red onion with tends to be more white inside than other reds. selection involves replanting the longest keepers for seed production,often as late as October.

Botanical name Allium cepa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Onion - Pukekohe long keeper - 36RW50

Details An old strain of long storing brown skin onion that can grow up to 800grams.

Selection work involves sowing seed early spring so as to give the onion the longest possible growing season, this way the idea is to expose any onions that have a undesirable tendency to bolt to seed in its first year, its the second year that the onion is used seed production. After the first years growth, only onion that have excellent size and shape are stored for winter, springtime the first 50% that start to grow green shoots while still in storage are discarded and the remain 50% slow bolters planted back out from seed production. The slower the bolters the better the keeping ability.

Botanical name Allium cepa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Richard Watson

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Onion - Rossa Lunga - 141RG85A

Details These onions can grow quite large and will swell up into a long torpedo shape, known for its superb flavour and texture. Best sown in spring in the South Island, those in the warmer parts of the North Island might be able to autumn sow.

Botanical name Allium fistulosum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Rick Ginders

Onion - Walsh - 37RG51

Details The true bunching onion is a perennial that does not form a bulb. Bunching onions are strong and enduring once established, they can supply a sharp and delicious punch of flavour to your cooking, year after year.

Botanical name Allium fistulosum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Parsley - Hamburg root parsley - 64RW53

Details Hamburg is grown for its very tasty roots that are good raw and cooked, divine oven roasted also great with mashed potatoes,leaves can also be eaten.

Sow in spring in deep free draining soil as it takes a full growing season to reach full size and can be eaten during that winter.

Botanical name Petroselinum crispum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 50

Grower name Richard Watson

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Parsnip - Hollow Crown - 63RG56

Details The Hollow Crown dates back to the early 1820s, a long tapered white root that has been grown and selected by Rick for over twenty years, if you wish to grow this long rooted parsnip, you will need deep soil that is stone free. If parsnips hit a stone while growing they tend to fork.
They grow best in a light, deep rich soil. A generous amount of compost or humus in some other form helps develop a long eatable root.

Parsnip is notoriously difficult to grow for many gardeners because of parsnip seeds short lifespan, so to help with good germination all our parsnip seed is grown each year meaning seed is no more than 12 months when sold.

Botanical name Pastinaca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 60

Grower name Rick Ginders

Parsnip - Kralcrown - 61RW55

Details The key to growing parsnips is using fresh seed, many gardens say they have no luck growing parsnips which is normally because of using old seed, parsnip seed only remains viable for two years at room temperature, so having our seed frozen keeps the seed from aging, as well as its regrown every two years.

This cross pollination carried by Richard in 2010 was between Hollow crown and Kral, hence the Kralcrown. The selection work that's carried out with this new variety involves growing it for one full season, seed is sown Aug, a year later they are dug up and only the healthiest, longest widest roots are replanted again for flowering/seed in spring.

Parsnip is notoriously difficult to grow for many gardeners because of parsnip seeds short lifespan, so to help with good germination all our parsnip seed is grown each year meaning seed is no more than 12 months when sold.

Botanical name Pastinaca sativa

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 100

Grower name Richard Watson

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Pea - Giant Alderman - 57RG62

Details A tall climber that can get as high as 3m, has large pods and peas, The Alderman pea variety is known to date back to 1893 and was a common site in Victorian kitchen gardens. Its long-cropping time made it ideal for using fresh and any excess crops were dried, stored and used later in the year for soups, stews and other dishes. The Americans have their own version of the Alderman variety which they call the Tall Telephone in honour of Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone.

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Rick Ginders

Pea - Grandus 115RW13

Details Dates back to the 1870's England, needs support to grow up, has large pods. Plant autumn for northern areas, South Island sow spring and summer. Grows up to 2 metres

Seed that was donated must have been quite old as only three seeds germinated out of a 100+, its taken two years to build up enough seed to now offer it for sale.

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Richard Watson

Pea - Greenfeast - 52RW58

Details Original old strain of shell out dwarf pea, mildew can be a problem if sown late summer, some growing support is ideal for this variety to grow up

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Richard Watson

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Pea - Kalverdon Monarch - 56RW61

Details

An excellent early variety producing heavy crops of well-filled pods, needs support as it can grow over a meter tall .

Ideal for succession sowing to provide crops through mid-summer and autumn too, producing heavy crops over a very long season.

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Richard Watson

Pea - Nev's cowpea - 34NS57

Details Grown by Nev for about 30 years, this type of bean is grown mainly for making hummus. Grows about 30 cm tall and is quite productive

Botanical name Vigna unguiculata

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30 seeds

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

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Pea - Novella - 54RW59

Details A hyper tendril shell out dwarf pea ,selected over the last 20 years to produce pods over a longer period, tendrils cling together holding the plant upright but some staking is needed .

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Pea - Onward - 55RT60

Details Marrowfat pea (if dried also used for mushy or wasabi peas) that produces thick blunt pods filled with 6-8 peas. Matures in around 75 days. Needs to be staked to support the plants.

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Richard Tew

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Pea - Southland Sno - 22RG

Details Heirloom pea originating from Southland, this pea grows a multi coloured flower and grows to about a meter tall, does need support to grow up. Pick the whole seed pod before the seeds form, use in salads and stir fries.

Botanical name Pisum sativum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40

Grower name Rick Ginders

Pepper - Marconi Red - 142RG82A

Details Marconi Red pappers are sweet and mild with a heat rating of 1-1000 Scoville Units. The fruits start out dark green, change to red, and then mature to a solid bright red. Maturation is 62-80 days. They can be eaten at any stage but are the sweetest when fully red. If you keep the peppers picked, the plants will continue producing until frost.

Botanical name Capsicum annuum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Pumpkin - Kumi Kumi - 177NS

Details A NZ heirloom variety with a sweet, buttery flavour. Best eaten when immature

Botanical name Cucurbita pepo

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 15

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Pumpkin - Crownchestnut - RW90A

Details A cross between Whangaparoa Crown, Green Chestnut and a unknown very large crown like pumpkin. This current generation of seed is 5 years into selection and stabilization, its starting to become quite uniform in both colour/size and in taste, though do expect some variation The idea behind using these three varieties was, green Chestnut had wonderful flavour but thin flesh, Whangaparoa Crown had thick flesh but average to good flavour while the unknown had size, Richard thought combining all three could produce an outstanding new variety. Seed from the best flavoured, large and thick fleshed fruit are used for breeding over successive growing seasons.

Botanical name Cucurbits maxima

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 30

Grower name Richard Watson

Radish - Black spanish 'round' - 62RW65

Details A large black skin white flesh winter radish that can get to dinner plate size while still remaining mild tasting. This radish does carry a recessive gene that produces a white bulb.
recommended not to sow before March in the South Island and April in the north as they can bolt to flower before growing its swollen stem

Botanical name Raphanus sativus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

Radish - Pink Beauty - 96RW66

Details A beautiful round pink radish that is sweet and tasty, less of a hot and spicy radish than most other summer radishes

Botanical name Raphanus sativus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Richard Watson

Radish - Qingluobo - 104RW92

Details Known also as Green Luobo . This is a unique radish has sweet, crispy and slightly hot, has a green flesh. The skin is green with a white tip. Sow in spring for summer as it wont winter over where there are hard frosts.

Botanical name Raphanus sativus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50

Grower name Richard Watson

Rhubarb - 74RW66A

Details Rhubarb is is a rhizomatous perennial really easy to grow from seed and is quite vigorous growing. The plants that this seed came were themselves seed grown. plants love well-rotted organic matter mulched around them.
Sow seed in a seed raising in small pots and plant out once seedling are 10cm tall

Botanical name Rheum x hybridum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 30

Grower name Richard Watson

Richards mix- 129RW73A

Details In this mix of seed are varieties that range in colours from purple fleshed, white and red, expect the likes of a licorice allsorts types of colour combination

Botanical name Solanum tuberosum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 50

Grower name Richard Watson

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Salsify - 65RW67

Details The roots when cooked have a mild oyster-like flavour. The leaves can also be used in salads and have a nutty lettuce like flavour. Best sown in the spring and eaten the following winter.

Botanical name Tragopogon porrifolius

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 40 seeds

Grower name Richard Watson

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Skirret - 6RW68

Skirret is a perennial vegetable which dates back to Roman times. Related to carrots its the bunches of skinny white roots that is the edible portion. Doesn't like been grown anywhere too dry and are slightly vulnerable to carrot fly. Roasted its a very tasty vegetable. Sow in spring time and treat the seedling like carrot seedlings by keeping them keep weed free and at a spacing of 20cm apart, they seem to take for ever to get to a descent size. Roots develop there full flavour during winter.

Fresh seed will again be available late March

Sium sisarum

$4.00

50 seeds

Richard Watson

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Spring Onion - 61ASS

Details Spring onions are also known as green onions, Scallions or sibies. They tend to have a milder taste than most other onions, can be eaten either raw or cooked. Normally sown Spring through to early autumn in the south, year around in northern areas.

Botanical name Allium fistulosum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 50 seeds

Grower name Sarah Smith

Sweet Corn - yet to be named grex - RW179

Details This grex cross Richard Watson used Early Gem, Golden, Bantam and as many F1 hybrids as he could find, also added was another grex mix given to him by Peter Clarke who had mixed up many varieties years earlier. The idea of this cross breeding was to aim for a corn that had the 'sweet' of the modern F1's and more substance or starch of that of the heirlooms. Over 200 plants are used to achieve as much cross pollination as possible. The photo shows a selection of cobs from the 2021 crop

Botanical name Zea Mays

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents approx 100

Grower name Richard Watson

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Sweet Pea - Old Spice - 47ASS

Details

Wonderful colour mixture of white, pink and purple, and is heavily perfumed. Sweatpea is best sown in mid summer to late autumn, this heirloom variety will flower in 12-14 weeks.

Botanical name lathyrus odoratus

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Sarah Smith

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Tomato - Ailsa Craig - 14RG83

Details An old variety, very popular in the UK originating from Scotland in 1908. Named after the island Ailsa Craig near the mouth of the Clyde river.
A vigorous grower with good disease resistance, medium size and good flavour.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Black Brandywine - 157MT98A

Details Brandywine produces regular leafed indeterminate plants. Fruits are a dark chocolate that ripen about 80 days from transplant. The plant produces medium to large purple/black beefsteak tomatoes with rich, earthy complex, tomatoey sweet flavors.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Broad Ripple Yellow - 15RW84

Details A small yellow currant tomato with a pleasant fruity flavor that is not overly sweet, this heirloom came from Indiana, USA and dates back to the 1900s. It was discovered by John Hartman of Indianapolis, who found it growing in cracks in the street, and it was named for the creek that runs through the area

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Richard Watson

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Tomato - Cherokee Purple - 148RG90

Details A red/ purple skin fruit that can weigh up to 400grams that has a balance of sweet, acid and savory with form skin and flesh, fruit should ripen in about 80 days during the summer months on a indeterminate bush.

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Cherry Mix - 175-103

Details Collection of different cherry type varieties

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Tomato - Duncan Wilson - 12RG82

Details

A great tomato with history. This tomato is a large fleshy one (up to 600 grams ) ,low in acid with very few seeds. Of the 50 plus tomatoes I grow this is number one.

It was given to Duncan by an Italian sailor sometime in the 50's and grown by him for many years and eventually was forgotten. I attained a few old seeds of which only two grew and have a good inventory of seeds now.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Early Girl - 145RG87A

Details Determinate regular leaf type.
Bears heavy crop very early of medium-sized globe fruit. Bright red fruit with lots of flavour and aroma. known as a short season variety used as a slicing tomato. These tomatoes require supportive staking when they are planted, and they need to be grown in a sunny area out of the wind in well-conditioned soil.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Green Grape - 147RG83A

Details Green Grape is a compact semi-bush variety that grow as high as 1.3m tall. The fruit average two to four centimeters in diameter and are rounded with a slightly oblong shape, like that of a grape. Their juicy interior flesh is lime green in colour, the taste is a rich combination of sweet and spicy flavours with minimal acidity.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Japanese Black Trifele - 19NS75

Details Pear-shaped fruit that are a strange red/orange/purple colour with very good taste. Strong, vigourous plants, that should be allowed to carry 3 or 4 leaders. So put in several stakes for each plant. Excellent yields.

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

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Tomato - Jaune Flamme - 125MT49B

Details The Jaune Flamme is a small round tomato, roughly the size of a golf ball, orange skin tomato borne in elongated trusses
Fruity flavor is a blend of sweet and tart

Indeterminate bears ripe fruit in about 70-80 days from transplant.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Lobella - 47NS

Details Lobella, is yellow and hollow very like a capsicum to look at. It is a delicious cooking tomato, which can be stuffed and baked or baked only. It is a low acid tomato and a good cropper. It was bought from a NZ seed company originally but they no longer stock it.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Nev and Sue Sinclair

Tomato - long keeper - 20RW76

Details As the name suggests this tomato has a slow ripening fruit that keeps well into winter, a close relative to Burpee Long keeper,this is tomato that i like to start mid summer and pick green late autumn so they slowly ripen though in the winter.A mid size dark red skin red inside during summer but doesn't get as dark during the cooler months.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Richard Watson

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Tomato - Marmande - 58RG79A

Details A French Heirloom very popular in Northern Italy with great pest and disease resistance. Fast growing producing early season fruit . Harvest 12-14 weeks from sow

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Moonglow - 16RW74

Details A yellow/orange mid size tomato with good to excellent taste, shown to have highest levels of lycopene for cancer prevention

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Richard Watson

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Tomato - Oregon Spring - 97RG80A

Details Semi-Indeterminate - An early ripening tomato that produces mid to large size fruit,

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Purau large red - 30RG77B

Details A very tasty large beefsteak type, good cropper.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Purau Sweet Cherry - 99RG81

Details A productive taste cherry very sweet red tomato, early to produce fruit. Vigorous grower. Has been a favorite of Ricks for over 30 years.

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Russian Red - 45RG87

Details A reliable mid size cool-climate type with good flavour,

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Scoresby Dwarf - 78RW18A

Details Determinate - bush - This strain tends to produce variable shapes and sizes, but most are round red from small to mid size fruit makes it ideal for preserves and sauce

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Richard watson

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Tomato - Sub-Arctic Maxi - 13NS73

Details Early-cropping bush tomato, these are the earliest-fruiting tomatoes that I've ever had the pleasure of growing.No pruning, no staking; ultra easy care.

Botanical name Lycopersicon Esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Nev&Sue Sinclair

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Tomato - Sunny Grape - 161MT100A

Details Yellow, grape-shaped cherry tomato in abundance with a nice sweet-tangy taste. Perfect for snacking straight from the vine, or halving for salads and snack platters. Kids love the bright colour. Minette originally from a mixed heirloom seed packet, so exact parentage unknown, but dubbed "Sunny Grape" by her kids when they first grew it in 2014.

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Sweet 100 98RG88

Details An indeterminate that has been stabilized over a few years by Rick Ginders. Long clusters can carry up to 100 small sized fruits each

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Rick Ginders

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Tomato - Tigerella - 130MT63

Details Tomato "Tigerella" is a standard, indeterminate variety, an English heirloom variety that is highly productive and extremely attractive. It has a unique, rich, tangy flavour and the stripes give it outstanding eye appeal. They mature in about 85 to 100 days.

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Tiny Tim 154MT97

Details Tiny Tim is a true dwarf determinate plant, with neat compact bushes rarely getting larger than 30cm. For its small stature it is very productive, yielding many small round red cherry tomatoes that are juicy and have a good sweet-tart tomato flavour. Excellent specimen to grow in pots.

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Tumbler - 159MT99A

Details Tumbler is a red cherry tomato with good tomatoey flavours. It's claim to fame is that it is a dwarf determinate tomato with a cascading habit, meaning it is wonderful to grow in hanging baskets where the plant can tumble over its vines of beautiful cherry tomatoes.

Botanical name Lycopersicon esculentum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Violet Jasper - 160MT100

Details

Violet Jasper

Also known as Tzi Bi U

Oriental in origin, these are jewel like when ripe with a violet purple fruit and irridescent green streaks. Dark purplish red flesh has great taste. It is a very productive vine. Minette rekcons its one of her favourites
favourites

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Yellow Brandywine 156MT98

Details The Brandywine tomato plant is an heirloom with large potato leaved foliage and has large yellow-gold beefsteak shaped fruit, considered by many growers as one of the best tasting tomatoes because of It's robust sweet-tangy flavour without being too tart.

An indeterminate type

Botanical name Solanum lycopersicum

Price per packet $4.00

Packet contents 20

Grower name Minette Tonoli

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Tomato - Yellow Pear 143RG86A

Details This variety dates back to the 1800s and is a vigorous indeterminate tomato producing generously with an abundance of small yellow pear-shaped tomatoes that are sweet and mild in flavour.

Price per packet $4.00

Grower name Rick Ginders