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Showing "A-C" products from "Main Seed Collection 2008"
Very prolific, this variety produces smooth, round slender beans with excellent flavour. Extremely high yields and good resistance to disease.
Popular, established variety providing good, reliable crops. Tasty, succulent, almost stringless pods on compact, bushy plants. Excellent source of folate, iron and magnesium.
(Stringless) Wonderfully attractive red flowered variety. Purple seeded with long smooth stringless pods, growing to approx. 15in/37cm long. Resistant to virus, it can be harvested over a long period.
Producing heavy yields of smooth, dark green, very long pods. An improved 'Enorma' type, bred for traditional flavour, but with improved disease resistance for a reliable crop. Good for exhibition.
Large, pretty red and white flowers, followed by stringless beans on compact plants. Good disease resistance, can be grown in containers on the patio.
(Stringless) A vigorous, heavy cropper of long, smooth and slender beans which remain stringless even when quite mature. Exceptional heat tolerance and a good exhibition variety.
(Stringless) Sets well in almost all conditions. Yields abundant long, fleshy pods which taste delicious and freeze well.
(Stringless) An exceptional variety which is early to crop and has a long picking season. Produces heavy yields of smooth, fleshy tasty pods.
Well known, popular and reliable variety. Heavy crops of well flavoured, medium length pods.
A true British thoroughbred and very early cropping. Very tolerant of halo blight and easy to set (pollinate) in all types of weather.
A reliable favourite and arguably the most popular runner bean of all time. Early and heavy cropping.
Popular, traditional runner bean. Long, full flavoured pods, produced in abundance.
(Stringless) White flowers followed by prolific crops of high quality stringless beans. Flowers set well even in hot weather. A British bred variety and a good source of vitamin C, folate and fibre.
Long, smooth, slender pods which are virtually stringless when young. Prolific crops are produced from red flowers. They have an excellent flavour. A very good quality bean.
NIAB. Ideal for early sowing with excellent bolt resistance. Evenly shaped with good colour, texture and flavour.
Lovely burgundy-red leaves which intensify when grown in autumn. It has a mild 'beet' flavour and makes a really good, colourful salad addition.
Great mild tasting alternative to standard red beets, with golden roots that can be lifted as baby beets, making an attractive addition to mixed salads, or left to mature. The orange roots turn a lovely golden colour when cooked. Excellent source of folate and a good source of potassium.COOKING TIP: The roots can be boiled and sliced for salads or baked in the oven, delicious with game. Use baby leaves in mixed salads.
Attractive Italian heirloom variety with concentric rings of rose-red and white. When boiled the distinctive rings fade to leave attractive pink roots, the colour is best preserved by roasting. A good flavour and an excellent source of folate and potassium.
Cylindrical variety which has dark red, smooth-skinned roots, perfect for slicing with good bolting tolerance. The tasty roots grow to approx. 4in/10cm in length with dark red internal colouring.
One of the most popular standard varieties. Heavy yielding with very good taste.