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A list of heritage vegetable varieties, with pictures |
These are heritage, heirloom or public domain varieties (including some newly bred ones, the heirlooms of the future) which I've either grown in my garden or am in the process of growing. All are open-pollinated (non-hybrid). It's really just a small selection because it's based on my own experience rather than info collected from elsewhere, and my collection is dominated by peas, but the chart is growing all the time and I hope you find the information useful. Some varieties have been fully reviewed ... just follow the links.
Pictures are available wherever you see a clickable link (green-red text). You will need to use the Back button on your browser to get back to this page after viewing a picture. All images are © Rebsie Fairholm. Enjoy them, but please ask permission before re-using them for anything else.
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VARIETY |
ORIGIN |
SEEDS |
PLANT/LEAF |
FLOWERS |
YOUNG PODS |
MATURE PODS |
Alaska
(syn. Earliest of All) |
1880s
Laxton's |
pale bluey-green, dimpled |
dwarf, to 3ft |
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green, smallish |
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Alderman |
1891
Laxton's |
large, pale, wrinkled |
6ft tall |
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19thC
France |
brown-tan |
tall, flushed red |
pink/maroon, fading to blue |
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Carruthers' Purple Podded |
heirloom
Co. Down |
green/tan variable |
6ft tall |
pink/maroon |
purple, smooth, flat |
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Champion of England |
1843
W. Fairbeard |
green, wrinkled |
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Clarke's Beltony Blue |
heirloom
Co. Tyrone |
tan, blocky |
6ft tall |
pink/maroon |
purple, smooth, flat |
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Corne de Bêlier
(syn. Tall White Sugar) |
19thC
France |
pale buff, round |
5ft tall |
creamy white |
wide, flat, green |
wide, green, bumpy |
Desirée |
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brown-tan, blocky |
3ft, semi-dwarf |
pink/purple, veined |
dark purple, wide, flat |
very dark purple, leathery |
Duke of Albany |
1882 |
pale green, very wrinkled |
very tall, 8ft |
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Ezethas Krombek Blauwschok |
Holland |
large, brown |
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pink/purple |
purple |
purple |
Gladstone |
1890s
Mr Holmes |
pale green, very wrinkled |
5ft tall |
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green |
green |
Golden Sweet |
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5ft tall, flushed red, beautiful |
pink/purple, partly closed |
bright yellow |
pale yellow, knobbly |
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heirloom |
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green, in pairs, mid-size |
green, plump |
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Ireland |
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very tall, 8ft + |
pink/maroon |
green, in pairs, flat, smallish |
green, smallish |
Kent Blue |
heirloom |
small, round, speckled blue |
3ft, semi-dwarf |
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Lancashire Lad |
1900s
Carter's |
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flushed red |
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purple, in pairs |
purple, in pairs |
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1860s |
very large, green, wrinkled |
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green, large |
green, large with huge peas |
Mr Bethell's Purple
Podded |
heirloom
north England |
olive green, blocky |
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Ne Plus Ultra |
1847 |
pale green, smooth |
6ft tall |
white |
long, green |
long, green, full |
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USA
Dr A. Kapuler |
pale green/cream, bullet shaped |
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white |
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pale yellow, slim smooth sugarpod |
Robinson |
heirloom
Scotland? |
pale green, wrinkled |
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green |
green, curved, pointy |
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heirloom |
small, rosy-buff, round |
rare 'crown' type, 5ft tall |
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small, horizontal, green |
plump, horizontal, rosy green |
Sugar Magnolia |
USA
Dr A. Kapuler |
earthy green, dimpled |
giant, 10ft tall |
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purple sugarpod |
Taiwan Sugar |
Taiwan |
small, tan, dimpled |
dwarf, less than 2ft |
very pale pink |
small, flat, green |
flat, green |
Thomas Laxton |
Laxton's |
green, wrinkled |
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green |
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VARIETY |
ORIGIN |
SEEDS |
PLANT/LEAF |
FLOWERS |
YOUNG PODS |
MATURE PODS |
Bridgwater Bean |
heirloom
Somerset |
buff with purple whorls |
bright green, smallish leaves |
mauve |
flushed blue |
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Caseknife |
pre-1820 |
thin, white, kidney |
knarled leaves, strong climber |
creamy white |
green, shaped like a small knife |
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Coco Bicolour |
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white/speckled bicolour |
smallish leaves |
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small, green |
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Kew Blue |
heirloom
Kew Gardens |
tan, kidney, with speckles |
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mauve |
dark purple, smooth, paired |
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Lazy Housewife |
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Major Cook's Bean |
heirloom
pre-1920 |
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vigorous, coarse foliage |
mauve |
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Meraviglia di Venezia
(Marvel of Venice) |
Italy |
charcoal black, rounded |
tall, large leaves |
pinky-mauve |
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Mrs Fortune's |
heirloom |
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Pea Bean |
heirloom |
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creamy white |
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Poletschka |
heirloom
Ukraine |
purple-black, shiny |
vigorous, tall |
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green, flat with bumps |
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Purple Giant |
heirloom
Australia |
tan, mottled |
pretty, purple stems, green leaf |
purple |
dark purple, flat |
purple, flattish |
Salford Black
(runner bean) |
heirloom
Oxfordshire |
black, chunky |
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bright orangey-red |
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San Antonio |
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big, rounded, white with brown splodge |
huge leaves, bright green |
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wide, wavy-edged, flattish |
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Serbian Pole |
Serbia |
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bright green leaves |
mauve |
green, wide, flattish |
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Spagna Bianco
(runner bean) |
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white, huge |
vigorous |
white, fading to cream |
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Trionfo Violetto |
Italy |
small tan kidney |
dark green leaves |
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purple, flattish |
purple, knobbly |
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VARIETY |
ORIGIN |
SEEDS |
PLANT/LEAF |
FLOWERS |
YOUNG PODS |
MATURE PODS |
Black Valentine |
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small kidney, black, shiny |
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Brighstone |
heirloom
Isle of Wight |
buff with purple whorls, kidney |
bright green leaves |
violet-purple |
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dark blue, very mottled, flat |
Canadian Wonder |
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large-ish plants |
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pale green, flat |
pale green, flat |
Comtesse de Chambord |
France |
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Dog Bean |
variant of Jacob's Cattle |
white with burgundy sploshes |
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Early Warwick |
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green with pointy tip |
green, flattish |
Negritos |
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charcoal black, small, rounded |
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Nun's Belly Button |
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creamy white |
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Purple Prince |
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dark purple with pinky-tan flecks |
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Purple Queen |
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dark green foliage, some purple |
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silky dark purple, in pairs |
dark purple, silky, flat |
Vermont Cranberry |
USA |
cranberry kidney with tan flecks |
robust plants |
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green, flat |
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VARIETY |
ORIGIN |
SCAPE TYPE |
TYPE |
BULBS |
CLOVES |
CLOVE NO. |
Cuban Purple |
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Creole |
small when grown in temperate zone |
strongly purple, elegant, streaked |
about 9 per bulb |
Dominic's Rocambole |
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hardneck |
Rocambole |
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big, plump, dusky gold with pink |
about 4 per bulb |
Music |
Italy via USA |
hardneck |
Porcelain |
large, elegant, porcelain white |
huge, shiny, gold blushed pink |
usually 4 per bulb |
Persian Star |
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Purple Stripe |
mid-size, white, star-like cloves |
mid-size, soft purple streaks |
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Purple Glazer |
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coarse skin, mid-size, off-white |
mid-size, plump, deep purple |
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Rose de Lautrec |
Lautrec, France (PGI) |
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large, outer wrappers coarse |
medium-large, candy pink blush |
variable - 10 per bulb or more |
Solent Wight |
Isle of Wight |
softneck |
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smallish, translucent white |
small, variable, purple streaks |
variable - 12 per bulb or more |
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VARIETY |
ORIGIN |
TYPE/SPROUT |
PLANT/LEAF |
FLOWERS |
TUBERS |
CUT TUBERS |
British Queen |
1894
A. Findlay |
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fairly typical |
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creamy white flesh |
Edzell Blue |
pre-1915
Scotland |
second early |
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white flesh |
Fortyfold |
pre-1836 |
late maincrop |
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fell off |
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thick skin, yellowy flesh |
Highland Burgundy Red |
uncertain |
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straggly plants, red tinged stems |
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burgundy red, netted skin |
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Mr Little's Yetholm Gypsy |
Yetholm, Scotland |
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Red Duke of York |
1942, sport of Duke of York |
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golden-cream flesh |
Salad Blue |
confused |
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dark purple-blue |
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Sharpe's Express |
1900, England
C. Sharpe |
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creamy white |
Shetland Black |
pre-1920 Shetland Isles |
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smallish leaves, dark green |
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Witch Hill
(syn. Snowdrop)
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1881?
England |
second early |
bright green, compact |
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VARIETY |
ORIGIN |
TYPE |
FLOWERS |
UNRIPE FRUIT |
RIPE FRUIT |
CUT FRUIT |
Anna Russian |
Russia via Oregon, USA |
indeterminate
mid-season |
large, chunky |
green heart |
oxheart, pinkish |
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Apricot Brandywine |
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potato leaf |
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Banana Legs |
Tater Mater 1984 |
determinate
mid-season |
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Black Plum |
heirloom
Russia |
big, indeterminate
mid-season |
stigma pokes out |
dense green plum w/ dark shoulder |
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thick grainy flesh, darkish gel |
Black Prince |
heirloom
Irkutsk Siberia |
indeterminate
mid-season |
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Caro Rich |
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indeterminate
mid-season |
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variable shape, pale green |
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Clementine |
France |
indeterminate |
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bright golden yellow mini-hearts |
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Copia |
USA |
indeterminate |
large, complex |
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striped deep pink and green, bulbous |
fleshy, complex, green with pink |
Des Andes |
the Andes, via France |
semi-determinate
mid-season |
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pepper-shaped |
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heirloom
north France |
indeterminate
mid-season |
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Marks & Spencer
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indeterminate
mid-season |
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Isis Candy |
East Europe via USA |
indeterminate
early
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Muskovite |
Island of Sakhaline |
indeterminate
mid-season |
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Orange Banana |
heirloom
Russia |
indeterminate
mid-season |
medium size |
longish, green |
long, orange with pointed end |
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indeterminate
mid-season |
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oxheart, large, bright orange |
bright orange, very fleshy, few seeds |
Peacevine Cherry
(dehybridised Sweet 100) |
USA
Dr
A. Kapuler |
indeterminate
mid-season |
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bright red, thin flesh, lots of tiny seeds |
Roma |
heirloom
Italy |
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plum-shaped |
plum-shaped |
fleshy, few seeds |
Salt Spring Sunrise |
Canada
J. James |
determinate
mid-season |
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lopsided with a few pleats |
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San Marzano |
heirloom
Italy |
indeterminate
mid-season |
fine, smallish |
pear-shaped |
pear-shaped |
solidly fleshy |
Siniy |
heirloom
Estonia |
potato leaf
mid-season |
big and chunky |
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largish, pinkish |
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Speckled Roman |
USA |
mid-season |
long sepals |
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orange and red, long and pointy |
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Tangella |
heirloom
England |
indeterminate
mid-season |
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bright orange globe |
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Teton de Venus
(Venus' Nipple)
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heirloom
France |
mid-season |
small cone, long petals |
green lopsided heart |
pointed heart shape with nipple |
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Tigerella |
England |
indeterminate
early
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medium size |
smooth, green with stripes |
red with orangey stripes, round |
thin red flesh, very juicy |
Yellow Taxi |
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determinate
early |
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bright yellow |
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VARIETY |
ORIGIN |
PLANT/LEAF |
FLOWERS |
UNRIPE FRUIT |
RIPE FRUIT |
CUT FRUIT |
Boldog Hungarian Spice |
Hungary |
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Bulgarian Carrot
(syn. Shipkas) |
Bulgaria via USA |
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white |
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long, orange, carrot-shaped |
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Corno Giallo
(Yellow Bull's Horn) |
heirloom
Italy |
tall |
white |
green bull's horn |
yellow bull's horn |
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Corno Rosso
(Red Bull's Horn) |
heirloom
Italy |
tall |
white |
green bull's horn |
red bull's horn |
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Hungarian Semi-Hot |
heirloom
Hungary |
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Kaibi Round No.2 |
Bulgaria/Real Seeds |
medium size |
white |
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Lemon Drop |
Brazil |
medium size |
white |
bright green, long, twisted |
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Lipstick |
USA |
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white |
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Napia |
Bulgaria |
medium size |
white |
green bull's horn |
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thin flesh |
Orange Bell
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1989
A. Heklar |
tallish |
very wide, white |
dark green, slightly pleated |
bright orange square bell |
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Perfection |
Hungarian (selection) |
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white |
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Pretty In Purple |
1930s
USA |
foliage streaked purple |
small, mauve, flat, very pretty |
small, dark purple |
purple |
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Red Ruffled |
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medium size |
white |
round, ribbed, green |
round, ribbed, red |
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