The Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots, Sutton and Sons, Reading. Thirteenth edition
The book was dated by the owner 1908
Broad Bean
Mazagan for drying, tinning and soup
Longpod – Windsor
Borecole or Kale
Sutton’s ACurled Scotch
Dwarf Artic Curled
Broccoli
Winter- Sutton’s Christmas White, Vanguard, Superb, Early
White and SnowsSpring- Sutton’s Snow-white, Pearl, Perfection, Safeguard and Reading Giant.
Cabbage- Coleworts
Savoy- Tom Thumb and Early Ulm
Carrot
Heavy Ground – Sutton’s Gem, Champion Horn and
IntermediateDeep Loam – New Red Intermediate Long Surrey and Altrincham
Forcing – Forcing French Horn
Early – Early Horn
Carrots favour land well prepared where the birds have time to peck and eat grubs
Cauliflower
Early – Sutton’s First SowingMid – Sutton’s Magnum Bonum
Late – Favourite, King of Cauliflowers, Walcheren and Autumn Mammoth
Couve Tronchuda or Portugal Cabbage (Brassica oleracea
costata)
Herb
Rampion (Campanular rapunculus)
Lettuce
Early - Commodore Nutt and Tom ThumbMid – Superb White Cos
Late – Standwell, The Hammersmith Cabbage Lettuce and Bath Cos
Forcing – Commodore Nutt and Golden Ball
Onion
Pickling – Queen and Paris Silver-skinLate – Tripoli onions
Potato
Sutton’s Magnum Bonum
Turnip
Jersey Navert, Snowball and All the Year RoundI hope to update this blog with notes on cultivation as time permits.