Seeds for 2012

These are the seeds that I am going to use in the new year.  Sometimes I like to grow specific varieties so I have bought the seeds from various companies.  Not all the seeds have a cultivar or variety.  There are 64 different kinds of vegetable, herb and soft fruit here.  Some are already in the ground while I am getting very impatient about planting some of the others.

Vegetable	Latin Name	Cultivar
American land cress	Barbarea verna
Asparagus Pea	Tetragonolobus purpureus	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Basil	Ocimum basilicum	Dark Opal
Bay tree	Laurus nobilis
Beetroot	Beta vulgaris	Boltardy
Beetroot	Beta vulgaris	Wodan F1 Hybrid
Birds foot trefoil	Lotus corniculatus	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ Just a companion plant
Black berry	Rubus fruticosus	Adrienne
Black currant	Ribes nigrum	Ben Sarek
Black currant	Ribes nigrum	Ben Lomond
Borlotti beans	Phaseolus vulgaris	Cuthbert's
Broad bean	Vicia faba	Own kept seeds
Broccoli	Brassica oleracea	Early Purple blend
Broccoli	Brassica oleracea	Sprouting Redhead
Brussel sprouts	Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera	Trafalgar
Cabbage	Brassica oleracea capitata	Holand Winter White
Cabbage	Brassica oleracea capitata	Sherwood
Cabbage	Brassica oleracea capitata	Golden Acre Primo (II)
Calabrese	Brassica oleracea	Belstar F1 hybrid
Calabrese	Brassica oleracea	Green Sprouting
Carrot	Daucus carota	Early Nants
Carrot	Daucus carota	Resistafly
Carrot	Daucus carota	Nandor F1 Hybrid
Cauliflower	Brassica oleracea botrytis	Clapton F1 Hybrid
Cauliflower	Brassica  oleracea botrytis	Winter Alsmeer
Cauliflower	Brassica oleracea botrytis	All the year round
Celeriac	Apium graveolens rapaceum	Monarch
Celery	Apium graveolens var dulce	Lanthorn Self Blanching
Celery	Apium graveolens var dulce	Full White (Self Blanching)
Celery	Apium graveolens var dulce	Granada
Chamomile	Anthemis nobilis	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Chicory	Cichorium intybus	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Courgette	Cucurbita pepo ovifera	Black Beauty
Cucumber	Cucumis sativus	Wautoma
Cumin	Cuminum cyminum	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Dill	Anethum gaveolens	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Florence fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	Colossal
French beans	Phaseolus vulgaris	Own kept seeds
French climbing bean	Phaseolus vulgaris	Cherokee Trail of Tears
French climbing bean	Phaseolus vulgaris	Own kept seeds 'Cobra'
Garlic	Allium sativum
Goosberry bush	Ribes grossularia	Xenia
Grape	Vitis vinifera
Hamburg parsley	Petroselinum crispum	Berliner
Jerusalem Artichoke	Heleanthus tuberosus
Kohlrabi	Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa	Gigant
Lambs lettuce	Valerianalla locusta	Cavallo
Leek	Allium porrium	Oarsman F1 Hybrid
Leek	Allium porrum	Mammoth Blanched
Leeks	Allium porrum	Bleu de Solaise
Leek	Allium porrum	Musselburgh
Lettuce	Lactuca sativa	Webbs Wonderful
Marjoram	Origanum majorana	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Mizuna	Brassica rapa	Waido
Oca	Oxalis tuberosum	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Onion	Allium cepa	Vision
Onion	Allium cepa	Ailsa Craig
	Allium cepa	Mammoth Improved
Onion	Allium cepa	Bedfordshire Champion
Parcel	Apium graveolens var secalinum	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Parsnip	Pastinaca sativa	Tender and True
Pea	Pisum sativum	Early Onward
Pea	Pisum sativum	Hurst Green Shaft
Pea	Pisum sativum	Onward
Potato	Solanum tuberosum	Kestrel
Pumpkin	Cucurbita pepo	Rouge Vif dEtamps
Radish	Raphanus sativus	Cherrybelle
Raspberry	Rubus idaeus
Rhubarb	Rheum rhaponticum	Champaign
Rhubarb	Rheum rhaponticum	Timperley Early
Rocket	Eruca sativa	Sweet Oakleaf
Runner bean	Phaseolus coccinus	Own kept seeds
Sage	Salvia officinalis	Green Leaved
Salad Burnet	Sanguisorba minor	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Salsify	Tragopogon porrifolius	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Scorzonera	Scorzonera hispanica	Maxima
Shallots	Allium ascalonicum	Jermore
Spinach	Spinacia oleracea	Mediana
Spinach	Spinacia oleracea	Renegade F1 Hybrid
Squash	Cucurbita moschata	Waltham butternut
Strawberries	Fragaria ananassa	Cambridge
Swede	Brassica napus napobrassica	Gowrie
Sweet cicely	Osmorhiza claytonii	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Sweet corn	Zea mays	Double Standard
Sweet corn	Zea mays	Northern Extra Sweet
Sweet pea	Lathyrus odoratus	Many
Swiss Chard	Beta vulgaris subsp. Cicla	Galaxy
Tarragon	Artemisia dracunculoides	¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Tomato	Lycopersicon esculentum.	Rose de Berne
Tomato	Lycopersicon esculentum.	Dr Carolyn Pink
Tomato	Lycopersicon esculentum.	Latah (Bush)
Turnip	Brassica  rapa	Oasis
Turnip	Brassica  rapa	Galaxy F1

The allotment plan does not allow for all of these seeds and I will probably be keeping some of them for next year or for later planting.


Vegetables that I have never grown before are Tarragon, Salad Burnet, Dill, Cumin, Asparagus Pea and Parcel.  Now I think that parcel is a bit of a con because it is  celeriac under a different name.  It says  that you eat the petioles and leaves rather than the swollen stem.  Oh well, I'll give it a try.


Getting these latin names right is a pain.  Brussel sprouts in Johnson and Smith's "Plant names simplified" are called Brassica oleracea bullata, while elsewhere they are referred to as Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera.  Now, I would go with bullata because that means bubbles or blisters and is a good description of the buds.  However gemmifera means a similar thing - a plant with stem buds.  The RHS who seem to be the authority on these kinds of names calls Brussel sprouts Brassica oleracea gemmifera so that is what I will do.  I have had the same difficulty with the swede.  It is a type of Brassica napus that colours the fields with yellow in the summer.


I haven't grown celery for a very long time.  It is very demanding of both nutrients and water.  I am going to grow it at the bottom of a trench to see if I can keep it damp enough.  It is also very susceptible to slug damage so I am trying to reduce the slug and snail population now.  This means that there will not be so many next year to reproduce and create a problem.  At the moment I am using beer traps and Ferric phosphate but next year I plan to use a lot more nematodes Phasmarhabditis hermaphorodita to help to keep the slug and snail population down.  


I think that I will have a lovely variety of vegetables next year.  Now all I want is to find some really great recipes for cooking them.