Illustrated List: W

Walking Stick Cabbage

(Jersey Cabbage) This famous Channel Islands heirloom kale makes a tall, straight stem, 2m (6ft) tall topped with a rosette of edible leaves. When the stems of Kale Walking Stick mature in the autumn, they can be cut, carved and varnished to make attractive walking sticks. Plants left in a second year may run to seed or increase in height to over 3m (9½ft).

Water Cress

A delightful salad plant either by itself or tossed with other salad ingredients and delicious with cheese sandwiches or with a cheese dip - it even makes superb cold soups. The dark green peppery flavoured leaves of Water Cress are rich in vitamins and minerals including vitamin C and iron. Although usually grown commercially in water it can be grown in the garden soil provided it is given plenty of water and will crop from early summer till around Christmas if protected with cloches etc. You can also grow it in a container stood in a saucer of water.

Watermelon : Anguria Valentina F1 Hybrid

Dark green skinned fruits with rich crimson flesh. Watermelon Anguria Valentina will fruit in an open sunny position outdoors but grow under glass for a more reliable crop.

Watermelon : Blacktail Mountain

(Greenhouse)

Developed in Idaho to be cold tolerant during summer nights, but also does well under warmer conditions. The fruits of Watermelon Blacktail Mountain have dark green skins with juicy, crunchy scarlet flesh, weighing up to 5kgs (11lbs).

Watermelon : Yellow Baby

(Greenhouse/Garden)

Rated best in taste tests, even beating standard red varieties. Watermelon Yellow Baby is naturally self-pollinating and almost entirely seedless. All its energy is devoted to producing more crisp, yellow, juicy flesh. Watermelon Yellow Baby is an early, 4.5kg (10lb) ice-box size melon which even tolerates cooler weather.

Winter Warmer - Brussels Sprout Bedford Fillbasket PLUS Leek Oarsman

The Winter Warmer Collection comprises one packet each of Brussels Sprout Bedford Fillbasket and Leek Oarsman F1 hybrid.

Brussels Sprout Bedford Fillbasket

A Brussels Sprout of distinction. Often producing the largest, most solid sprouts and the heaviest yields, and a continuous crop from early autumn to Christmas.

Leek Oarsman

A superb garden variety. Good early vigour, bulking up quickly, with dark, erect foliage and uniform pure white, long stems with no sign of bulbing. Mid-season maturity with very good rust and bolting tolerance, keeping in good condition over a long period until required for the kitchen.