These varieties have been listed in;

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 A
Curled Scotch
Dwarf Artic Curled

Broccoli

Winter- Sutton’s Christmas White, Vanguard, Superb, Early White and Snows
Spring- 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 Intermediate
Deep 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 Sowing
Mid – 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 Thumb
Mid – Superb White Cos
Late – Standwell, The Hammersmith Cabbage Lettuce and Bath Cos
Forcing – Commodore Nutt and Golden Ball

Onion

Pickling – Queen and Paris Silver-skin
Late – Tripoli onions

Potato

Sutton’s Magnum Bonum

Turnip

Jersey Navert, Snowball and All the Year Round

I hope to update this blog with notes on cultivation as time permits.