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New products at Thompson and Morgan

by John - July 12th, 2011.
Filed under: New Products, Thompson and Morgan.

Thompson & Morgan just added these new products

Apple Tydemans Late Orange - 1 tree

Apple Tydemans Late Orange – 1 tree £19.99
A popular Cox-style apple, with a later season and sharper flavour and keeps right through to April. In December it is intensely rich and aromatic and quite sharp. It mellows later and sweetens.The trees are all grafted on M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree with a full-grown height of 3 metres – perfect for a small garden. Trees should be staked for support, and surrounding soil should be well fed. The tree will be fully cropping after 6 years.

Apple Tydemans Early Worcester - 1 tree

Apple Tydemans Early Worcester – 1 tree £19.99
A sweet early-season English apple, grown commercially on a small scale. Has a good flavour and somewhat under-rated.The trees are all grafted on M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree with a full-grown height of 3 metres – perfect for a small garden. Trees should be staked for support, and surrounding soil should be well fed. The tree will be fully cropping after 6 years.

Apple Saturn - 1 tree

Apple Saturn – 1 tree £19.99
Saturn is a medium-sized apple, smooth, rounded apple with a deep red flush. It is sweet, firm and very juicy. Built-in disease resistance.The trees are all grafted on M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree with a full-grown height of 3 metres – perfect for a small garden. Trees should be staked for support, and surrounding soil should be well fed. The tree will be fully cropping after 6 years.

Apple Park Farm Pippin - 1 tree

Apple Park Farm Pippin – 1 tree £19.99
Park Farm Pippin was named after Park Farm, part of the Sandringham Estate. Park Farm Pippin is an early season dessert apple that is full of juice, has a red flushed skin and a superbly sweet flavour. Park Farm Pippin apple trees also have good disease resistance.The trees are all grafted on M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree with a full-grown height of 3 metres – perfect for a small garden. Trees should be staked for support, and surrounding soil should be well fed. The tree will be fully cropping after 6 years.

Apple Meridian - 1 tree

Apple Meridian – 1 tree £19.99
An attractive well-flavoured modern English apple. Similar to Cox’s Orange Pippin but with a more delicate flavour. Meridian is one of the best modern UK-developed apple varieties.The trees are all grafted on M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree with a full-grown height of 3 metres – perfect for a small garden. Trees should be staked for support, and surrounding soil should be well fed. The tree will be fully cropping after 6 years.

Apple Michaelmans Red - 1 tree

Apple Michaelmans Red – 1 tree £19.99
A small dark red, dessert apple from Kent with flesh that is soft, sweet and juicy. Its dark red flush becomes deeper red with keeping. Very heavy crops of small, sweet apples.The trees are all grafted on M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree with a full-grown height of 3 metres – perfect for a small garden. Trees should be staked for support, and surrounding soil should be well fed. The tree will be fully cropping after 6 years.

Cabbage 'Hispi' F1 Hybrid (Summer) - 1 packet (40 seeds)

Cabbage ‘Hispi’ F1 Hybrid (Summer) – 1 packet (40 seeds) £3.49
An outstanding variety. Ideal for small gardens. Cabbage Hispi can be grown at virtually any season of the year and comes to maturity faster than cabbages specially created for specific seasons. Even autumn sown it will beat the earliest of the spring cabbages. Hispi is a pointed type, strong and uniform and with a beautifully sweet flavour. A Jan/Feb sowing fills the late spring gap in cropping. Bolt resistant.Andrew Tokely says: “I always sow this cabbage in early March, and I harvest the first sweet and tender hearts by mid June. This is far quicker than traditional spring cabbage sown in the autumn and the flavour is miles better too.”

Brussels Sprout 'Trafalgar' F1 Hybrid - 1 packet (40 seeds)

Brussels Sprout ‘Trafalgar’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (40 seeds) £2.89
Just imagine a Brussels Sprout which you can serve at the dinner table, and the children come back for seconds! Thanks to the work of the breeder, continuously striving for a better, sweeter flavour, your wish can now come true with Brussels Sprout Trafalgar. This modern hybrid produces a heavy crop of medium sized, firm button sprouts from mid December to late March and they keep their excellent quality over a long period of time. Andrew Tokely says: “For the past 10 years this has been the only variety of Brussels Sprout that I have grown on my plots. The strong plants produce good size buttons and will stand well though all weathers well past Christmas.Their sweet flavour means sprouts can now be enjoyed by all the family.”

Broccoli 'Belstar' F1 Hybrid (Calabrese) - 1 packet (50 seeds)

Broccoli ‘Belstar’ F1 Hybrid (Calabrese) – 1 packet (50 seeds) £2.19
Excellent flavoured, well domed, small beaded heads of good colour. Broccoli Belstar F1 keeps in good condition for a long time, producing plenty of side shoots once the centre head is cut. Plant in succession for summer-autumn harvesting.Andrew Tokely says: “I always sow this broccoli early in the year and harvest large tasty heads before they can be attacked by caterpillars. Once the main head is cut, I give the plants a good watering, so over the following weeks and months a secondary crop of tasty smaller spears are produced making this a very worthwhile crop.”

Cabbage 'January King 3' (Winter Savoy) - 1 packet (500 seeds)

Cabbage ‘January King 3’ (Winter Savoy) – 1 packet (500 seeds) £1.89
This is a hardy winter cabbage, not even severe frost seems to bother it. The heads of Savoy Cabbage January King are crisp and crunchy with good flavour and the leaf is a conifer-blue colour.Andrew Tokely says: “This variety may have been around for a few years but I don’t think it can be beaten for flavour and its ability to stand well during some of the harshest of winters.”