‘Burpees Golden Zucchini’ - YELLOW Courgette

This incredible yellow courgette was selected by Oved Schifriss in the 1940s and was introduced to home gardeners by the "W. Atlee Burpee & Co" seed house. 

Our strain was further improved by the A.P. Whaley Seed Co, and then reselected by us on our farm: the bushes are compact, and produce large numbers of bright yellow courgettes.

Good flavour. Best picked 8-10 inches long.

12 seed £2.89

‘Caserta’ Courgette - NEW

A plump heirloom introduced by F.H. Woodruff and Sons about 80 years ago. Very pretty with its pale gray-green backgound & darker green stripes, it has an excellent buttery flavour. 

You won't find it in the shops because it has such a soft & delicate skin - so it's no good for long-distance packaging & transport, but that's what makes it so nice to eat. One of the earlier varieties to fruit as well!

Early & stripey courgette from the 1940's, AAS winner 1949.

12 seed £2.82

‘Nice Round’ Ball Courgette - NEW

The “Courge Ronde de Nice” is an ancient variety from the region of Nice in France. Harvest when about tennis-ball sized & cook as a normal courgette.

A lovely pale green heirloom variety.

14 seed £2.17

‘Striato d’Napoli’ Courgette

A good early courgette from Italy. Big bushy plants giving lots of long, pretty fruit with alternating light and dark green stripes. 

Perfectly smooth and round in cross-section, and the flesh doesn't go as 'soft' when cooked as other courgettes do. We like it a lot: very productive, but it doesn't sprawl too much, so it's a good choice if you have a small plot.

Early & stripey. Large bush but not too sprawling!

12 seed £2.63

‘Verde di Italia’ Pale Green Ribbed Courgette

A good early courgette which makes lots of pale green fruit. They have very gentle ridges along their length; we like them because their flesh is very tender and particularly finely-flavoured.

14 seed £2.63

‘Verde di Milano’ Dark Green Dwarf Bush Courgette

This is a small bush (not a vine), making medium-sized very dark green (almost black) courgettes. 

Because it is smaller plant it is a good choice for those of you with a tiny plot ( and also for all those with a huge plot who are just always hopelessly over-optimistic about how many different things can be squeezed in!)

We like to eat our courgettes picked small and fried with garlic - delicious.

14 seed £2.82

Trieste White Cousa Courgette

Cousa-type courgettes are originally from the Middle East with short, chubby, slightly bulbous white fruit.  (Well, really a very, very pale green rather than ‘white’.)

We prefer courgettes like this one, as they fruit earlier and more heavily than normal courgettes, and the fruit stay tender to a greater size. Seed grown for us by the Seed Cooperative in Lincolnshire.

Early, high production , particularly good flavour and texture

12 seed, organic. £2.56