The following seeds are currently available to members of the CROP seedbank, this list is not comprehensive, we are continually swapping, buying, saving and gathering new seeds, if you can't see something you are looking for, ask, we may know where to get it, or split a bulk order with you. Seedbank membership costs 10 Euros/7 GBP per year including postage and packing. To join, please email
untamedrootvegetable@hotmail.com, let us know what you are interested in growing and we will send you a selection of seeds, with instructions about growing them for food or for seed.
CROP apologise for this convoluted arrangement, it is purely intended to dodge evil EU/UK legislation which we will rant on about for hours, if you so desire.
Contents
Miscellaneous Vegetables
Brassicas
(Cabbage family)
Legumes (Peas, beans etc.)
Roots
Fruits
(including tomatoes, pumpkins etc.)
Herbs etc.
Grains
Green manures
Trees
Miscellaneous Vegetables
Asparagus
precoce d'argenteuil
Italian early variety
beet/chard/spinach beet
Perpetual spinach
Saved seed. Ultra hardy strain. Survived the extremely cold Bulgaria winter with little or no protection
Tonda di Chioggia
beetroot, tennisball size roots, with attractive white and red concentric bands
cardoon
gobbo di nizza
Italian variety. Attractive, huge silver grey foliage and stems
celery
d'elne verde
chives
chicory
grumolo verde
Rossa di Verona a Palla
spadona da taglio
catalogna
puntarelle
claytonia
(winter purslane/miners lettuce)
corn salad
vert de cambrai
Albarello di Sarzana
Cress
Land Cress
Para Cress Red
Florence Fennel
This variety is grown for its swollen leaf bases, often incorrectly called fennel root, not to be confused with the herb fennels also available on this page.
romanesco
Kohl rabi
purple delicacy
Lambs lettuce
leek
lettuce
little gem
attraction
Lollo biondi
autumn
Rossa
spring
Cherno gyumyuthingumyjig
Bulgarian variety, the name of which I can't quite remember off hand!
Okra
Louisiana Green
rhubarb
Burnton, garden
Saved seed from a garden in Ayrshire. Unknown parentage
Elmbank railway
Found growing wild in Aberdeen on old allotment site.
sorrel
french
?
Other variety name escapes me
spinach
matador
A true spinach variety
spring onion
Brassicas
broccoli
purple sprouting
Reliable and prolific. Ideal way to fill the hungry gap. Grown Aberdeen
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Ambassador F1
Don't know how this one slipped in. We are generally strongly opposed to F1 Hybrids
brussel sprout
cabbage
early/tempora drumhead
Reliable English summer cabbage
Cuor di bue grosso
Italian variety
cabbage summer
Saved seed of unknown origin, grown in Scotland and Bulgaria
Marner lagerot organic
As you might expect this is a large German red variety
Savoy
Gourmet variety with distinctive crinkly leaves
Balkan
Bulgarian variety. Hardy summer cabbage
cauliflower
Romanesco precoce
Romanesco variety early
kale
nero di toscana precoce
An Italian variety that survived the Bulgarian winter under plastic
Dwarf curled
Tried and tested Scottish variety for smaller gardens. Excellent flavour. Fresh young shoots in spring are sweet and delicious raw in salads
red russian
Looks similar (perhaps identical to?) the English variety ragged jack. Survived the Bulgarian winter with no protection whatsoever
Kale
Mizuna
Excellent cold tolerant salad brassica.
glasshouse strain for early and late planting
Outdoor ultra hardy strain
Grown from the plants which survived the Bulgarian winter
Mustard
White mustard is usually grown as a ghreen manure crop, but it's prolific and rapid growth makes it (in my book at least) one of the best green vegetables in existance. Cut repeatedly to prevent flowering, a few leaves will spice up a salad. Try pureeing it with lemon, salt, oil and garlic to make a tasty pesto. Store in sterilised jars as you would other preserves for the winter time
Outdoor strain
White mustard grown in Scotland and Bulgaria out of doors
Chinese, green in snow
Sow midsummer for a late crop of exotic greens
White glasshouse
Bred for glasshouse cultivation, Scotland
radish
Eat the roots. Eat the leaves. Eat the seedpods.
Sprout the seeds and eat them too. Give them to kids to grow to get them interested in gardening.
Plant wherever you have a bare bit of ground while larger vegetables growsaxa 2
scarlet globe
perla rosa
Rocket
Swede
Hardy Scottish staple Lizzy
Marian
turnip
the leaves are good to eat too. Very nutritious high protein greens. Some people plant them late in the year for the greens alone di milano a colletto viola
snowball
golden ball
purple top milan
Legumes
(beans, peas, pulses)
To avoid confusion about the many names in use around the world, I have grouped legumes by botanical classifications, thus french and runner beans are Phaseolus, and broad beans are Faba.
black eye beans
Frost sensitive, sometimes called black eye peas. A distinct species, treat like dwarf haricot beans
chick peas
principe
Faba beans
More info at Broad beans
Broad bean witkiem
Broad bean Jubilee hysor
Broad bean sutton
Broad bean bunyards exhibition
Broad bean optica
Broad bean red epicure
"corner shop"
saved seed
Field beans
Phaseolus
climbing french bean borlotto ramon
climbing french bean birds egg (heritage)
Purple french beans
Dwarf variety. Generally picked while "green" the purple pods are easy to spot. Could also be harvested fully ripe for dried haricot beans. These were grown intercropped with tomatoes on rich sandy soil in Bulgaria, under a makeshift cloche, although in 2005 they would quite easily have prduced ripe seed without protection.
haricot
Dwarf Italian white seeded variety grown on heavy clay soil in northern Italy. Intended to be grown for dry beans but could also be picked green.
Borlotti
Dwarf Italian variety with distinctive large, reddish brown mottled seeds, can be picked semi ripe if desired.
Cannelini
Dwarf Italian variety. Long thin white seeds .
dolico/dall'occhio
dwarf Italian green bean
borlotto di vigevano
dwarf Italian green bean
purple king
dwarf Italian green bean
unknown
Maxi
pinto beans
Grown Italy. Grown for the ripe seed
White Emergo
runner bean Galaxy
runner bean
Red Flame
runner bean
lupin
dieta
(edible) Thrives on poor, acid sandy soil where little else will grow, but should do well in richer soils as well. Harvest seeds when pods are dry, cook in several changes of water.
More info about lupins
Lentil
Unknown variety, Bulgarian, very heterogeneous.
pea
kelvedon wonder
dark skin perfection
wrinkled late variety
telefono
Wrinkled, late pea
Meteor
wrinkled late variety
Petit pois
wrinkled late variety
"sofia market"
Unknown variety
vatova
Sold as an early variety, this proved successful even when planted late. Grown on poor sandy soil in Bulgarian mountains
maple (carlins)
Bred for the UK. Brown skinned yellow pea
"Maincrop"
unknown variety
Rondo
"round hardy"
unknown variety
pea mange tout
gigante svizzero
Carouby de Mausanne
grown Aberdeen. Very prolific
Peas
Sweetpeas
Mix
Root vegetables
Beetroot
Moneta
Mild flavoured variety with distinctive red and white rings when sliced.
Tonda di Chioggia
Italian variety
Detroit 2
carrot
beta III
heritage variety
"faslanian"
Found growing semi-wild, unknown parentage
James scarlet
Kuttiger
parabel
Miniature early carrot. Round roots
supreme chantonay red cored
Gigante Norfolk 2
This variety confounded expectations, growing well in extremely poor soil under harsh conditions, although not, in the circumstances quite as large as it might have been in Norfolk peat soil!
celeriac
Balder
Tellus
Garlic
Italian
unknown
Bulgarian
onion
rossa di bassano (Genova)
"Bouinovo"
Saved seed from unknown shallot type multiplier onion
Parsnip
Tender & true
Potato
unknown
true seed
salsify
Old fashioned vegetable of the dandylion family, rarely grown nowadays.
Scorzonera
Duplex
Black salsify, also called oyster root because of its unusual flavour
Fruits
Aubergine
Unknown variety, possibly bred from Violetta Lunga 2. Smallish fruits. These seeds were from plants grown on clay soil in an alpine region of Italy.
Cape Gooseberry
cape gooseberry
Cape gooseberry picture
Cucumber
pepino
Conqueror
Crystal Lemon
Marketmore
Marrow/Squash/pumpkin
see also pumpkin
Green striped
Reliable old British variety
"cream coloured"
Unknown Bulgarian variety, large oval, cream/green coloured fruits
Berretina di Piacentina
Italian variety
squash
berretina piacentina
Traditional Italian variety
Golden hubbard
Butter cup
Courgette
Gold Bush
Pumpkin
"Liz's saved Swiss organic"
Unknown parentage possibly F2 hybrid, saved seed
Pumpkin Rouge vif d'Etampes
Pumpkin Bulgarian unknown
Orange and green medium sized round fruits
Nightshade
This is a spiky fruited member of the tomato family, but all details of its origins have been lost to me. If anyone can help identify it, let me know!
Pepper
zenzero?
Italian variety no details available
Habanero
Long Green Buddha
Cilegia Piccante
Small round hot red Italian variety
strawberry
Bred from relatively large fruited wild strain, excellent flavour alpine type
strawberry sticks
(strawberry spinach)
Tomatillo
Purple
tomato
moneymaker
pomodoro roma
pomodori lunghi
Long red
Nova
Pear shaped
Stupice
"Heinz 57"
Healthy happy mongrel
Atkins Stuffing
Carters Fruit
fablonelystnyj
jugoslavian
tomato picture
herbs etc.
Basil
growing basil
Basil needs frost free conditions and rich soil. Under some conditions, basil can grow perennially, it is more usually grown as an annual. A good companion for tomatoes, both in the greenhouse and on the plate.
Giant
An extremely large leaved variety.
Lemon
Distinctive flavour and good yields
Sweet
Reliable variety relatively easy to grow
Purple
Beautiful, great for garnishing, but lower yielding than the other varieties when we grew it.
Thai
Not basil at all, a totally unrelated plant. Tastes similar to true basil
chamomile
german
matricaria
Coriander
Echinacea
Purpurea
epazote
Mexican herb, goes well with beans and reduces flatulence!
evening primrose
Canadian
Bulgarian
fennel
bronze
Aberdonian
"Bulgarian semi wild"
Unknown variety
Marigold
mexican
Sweet
mint
pepe
Green
oregano
parsley
commune 1
commune 2
Moss curled
Japanese (Mitsuba)
Poppy
Himalayan
sage
St John's Wort
tarragon
russian
Thyme
Common
umbillifer
large fragrant unidentified, possibly Alexanders
Wormwood
Common
Grains
buckwheat
"Green manure/smooth seeded"
A standard green manure variety with pyramid shaped smooth seeds. Lower seed yield than the Medawaska when grown at high altitude in sandy soil
Medawaska
Good hardy variety for northern climates
Buckwheat
Flax
maize
sisred
unknown variety
Strawberry popcorn
Oats
Amigo
Grown Aberdeen
Oats
Bulgarian unknown, short straw variety, grown on sandy mountain soil
sunflower
"dark seeded"
unknown variety
"light seeded"
"Bulgarian unknown"
large heads, suited to short season, mountain climate
wheat
"birdseed"
Unknown variety
Green manures
birdsfoot trefoil
wild (green manure)
birdsfoot trefoil
virgo
white clover
wild strain
red clover
Clover
legume
green manure unidentified
lupin
(green manure)Ornamental lupin, beautiful flowers, prolific growth and a deep tap root make this an attractive green manure. These seeds are from semi wild plants found on wasteland in North East Scotland.
bolter
(green manure) An ornamental lupin, selected for its tendency to flower in its first year of growth.
Mustard
phacelia
Vetch
Early english
(green manure) not fully identified yet
long pod
gathered from wild, not fully identified yet
small pod
gathered from wild, not fully identified yet
Trees/shrubs
Broom
Scottish
white broom
(cytisus alba) legume shrub
alder
"sumerau"
Collected Czech / Austrian border. Nitrogen fixing tree. Likes wet places.
cherries
plums
Assorted including damsons and wild varieties
Laburnum
Excellent nitrogen fixing tree, seeds from Scotland, Czech republic, Bulgaria and Italy
false acacia
Bulgarian legume
Honey Locust tree
legume tree, Bulgarian
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