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Quote from: galina on September 03, 2025, 12:48:19Looking forward to these peppers, Jan.  How hot are they would you say?  I heard that fish is definitely on the fiery side.   

I'm not sure about the heat. It seems rather variable. When I've tried it. it's been moderate but I wouldn't guarantee it!

I tried to take some photos yesterday. Not easy to take good photos of plants in the midst of a jungle! But here are a few.

Quote from: galina on September 03, 2025, 12:17:372 tomatoes are doing rather well this year.  Orange Bourgoin and Delicate. 

Orange Bourgoin is an indeterminate orange yellow tomato of standard salad tomato size with very good flavour.  Definitely not the 'mild' flavour that some yellow tomatoes have. 

Delicate is a larger indeterminate globe tomato, with some beefsteak tomato shoulders, but more round than beefsteak shaped.  Both seeds come from France, Ferme de St Marthe, but Delicate appears to be originally from Russia.  Both are early but not quite as early as say, Stupice.  There is nothing delicate about the big red tomatoes of Delicate, but the French word can also mean delicious and that certainly applies.

https://www.tomatofifou.com/en/produit/delicate/
https://www.fermedesaintemarthe.com/products/tomate-orange-bourgoin-ab?_pos=4&_psq=orange&_ss=e&_v=1.0

These tomatoes look wonderful. I haven't come across the Ferme de St Marthe company. They have a great selection of tomatoes.

And the salad rocket looks a good one. I have wild rocket self-seeding but it's only good at certain times and suffers badly from flea beetle. This looks a very useful addition.

Another photo of Orange Bourgoin, on the plant.  The leaves show the first signs of blight, but the fruits are not affected. 

This is my rocket.  Originally from a packet of Italian salading mix, bought in the mists of time - an unnamed cultivated rocket.  It survived -16C winter temperatures in Rushden unprotected outside and survives here in the greenhouse too, where it can get colder for much longer.  I took the dried plants indoors to save seeds a while ago, but some seeds must have already shed on the greenhouse floor and have just started producing again.   

If allowed to seed, it is almost self perpetuating, but doesn't take away much space from the tomatoes and cucumbers.  Great for salad additions in autumn and spring.   

Looking forward to these peppers, Jan.  How hot are they would you say?  I heard that fish is definitely on the fiery side.   

2 tomatoes are doing rather well this year.  Orange Bourgoin and Delicate. 

Orange Bourgoin is an indeterminate orange yellow tomato of standard salad tomato size with very good flavour.  Definitely not the 'mild' flavour that some yellow tomatoes have. 

Delicate is a larger indeterminate globe tomato, with some beefsteak tomato shoulders, but more round than beefsteak shaped.  Both seeds come from France, Ferme de St Marthe, but Delicate appears to be originally from Russia.  Both are early but not quite as early as say, Stupice.  There is nothing delicate about the big red tomatoes of Delicate, but the French word can also mean delicious and that certainly applies.

https://www.tomatofifou.com/en/produit/delicate/
https://www.fermedesaintemarthe.com/products/tomate-orange-bourgoin-ab?_pos=4&_psq=orange&_ss=e&_v=1.0

I've been a little more successful in bagging pepper flowers for seed-saving this year. I should be able to find enough seeds of

Lima Market Amarillo
Aji Ahuachapau (CAP220)
CAP1242
Purple Tiger
Fish

The first three of these came from a small set up called South Lincs Chilli Boys, which is unfortunately not in operation any more. I came across them in 2019 and was excited as they were so local, but I found when I contacted them that they had already ceased trading. They offered me several free packets though and these three varieties are what I received with a couple more.

Two of them have accession numbers from the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Gatersleben, Germany. CAP stands for Capsicum Accession Passport.

The other two varieties, Fish and Purple Tiger, are both distinctive for their foliage, Fish have cream variegation and Purple Tiger purplish foliage. I'll post some photos and a few more details a bit later.

I'm planning to contribute a broad bean called Black Isle. I bought it from a fairly new company, Seeds of Scotland, because it has black flowers rather than the more common black and white.They say that it was developed on the Black Isle in Scotland by a local,seed-saving legend, Agric.

 

Twelve Acre (HSL) was the best preforming (tall) pea this year , not too phased by the heat , I only ate them raw , too delicious to cook!

Quote from: markfield rover on August 29, 2025, 15:45:00Pea Twelve Acre looking good too !

A new one on me. Great! What's it like? Sweet for podding? Or other?

I'm aiming to emerge from my podding in the next day or so and post one or two which are looking good here too.