Seed Saving Circle 2025

[galina]

No I am not aware of any similar varieties, but I am certainly not an expert.  And there are so many tomato varieties 'out there', it is difficult to be across all or even most of them. 

I love the various Sosulka, aka Icicle tomatoes and this green one fits right in with them.   

If you get that same intense flavour in a larger salad tomato, Jang, it is definitely worth following up. 

[galina]

The Early Prolific Straightneck has definitely reached its final size and has changed colour to a dark yellow orange.  So it came in to post harvest mature its seeds. 

[markfield rover]

So far tomato wise I have Glacier and First in the Field , which it certainly was . I have checked as I thought Rose de Berne had been recently offered but I can't find any reference, please let me know if I am repeating a circle seed. I am a little giddy as I have just harvested my first ever melon! Cheers.

[galina]

Great news on the melon.  Rose de Berne sounds a very tasty addition.  Thank you MR.

[JanG]

Rose De Berne tomato has certainly never been offered during my time with the seed circle so it would be lovely to receive those seeds.

I'm beginning to harvest bean seeds and will have good supplies of Resilient Cherokee Wax and Grumbliai. More to follow I hope.

On past varieties, a special mention for Georgian #22 from Galina which I love for its large flat tender beans and the obliging way it dries down and shells so easily. I failed with it entirely last year but it has prospered this year and is a winner!

And I'm particularly enjoying Sunfired Flare tomato from Juliev. I really like the beauty of the shape, size and colouring.

[markfield rover]

Enjoying Sunfried Flare too, very handsome. From the circle's archive I always grow Jen's Tangerine, I will be saving seed for our local seed swap ,it really does need to be out there .
Climbing French bean , Box is looking promising.

[markfield rover]

Pea Twelve Acre looking good too !

[JanG]

Pea 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.

[markfield rover]

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!

[JanG]

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.

 

[JanG]

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.