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The Heritage Seed Library
- 1970s
Vegetable Seeds Directive
- National List & EU Common Catalogue
- Varieties became unavailable
The Heritage Seed Library The Heritage Seed Library 1970s - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Heritage Seed Library The Heritage Seed Library 1970s - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Heritage Seed Library The Heritage Seed Library 1970s Vegetable Seeds Directive National List & EU Common Catalogue Varieties became unavailable The Heritage Seed Library What we collect: Open pollinated varieties no
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The Heritage Seed Library
What we collect:
- Open pollinated varieties – no F1s
- Heritage
- Heirloom
- Ex Commercial
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The Heritage Seed Library
How we do it:
- 800 varieties … and growing!
- 50% grown on site
- Seed Guardians
- Catalogue membership
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Growing seed at HSL
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Seed production
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Seed production
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Trials & assessment
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Seed cleaning
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Drying & storing
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Distribution
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Stories
Pea Tutankhamun Climbing French bean Brighstone Bean Pea Mr Bound’s Bean Pea
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Norwegian variety
Imur Prior Beta
- Indeterminate. Cordon. Selected from high
altitude areas in the Chilean mountains and developed in Norway for growing in cooler
- regions. Also thought to be blight resistant.
The juicy, red fruits have soft, smooth flesh and are slightly acidic in flavour.
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Seed Swaps
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Building HSL presence
River Garden Highgrove Gardens NT Shugborough Walled Garden NT Polesden Lacey NT Knightshayes Court NT Hidcote Manor Gdns NT Clumber Park Dumfries House Growing Trafford's Roots World of Beatrix Potter Le Manoir Lost Gardens of Heligan Ordsall Hall Hampton Court Palace Aberglasney Gardens St Fagan's Bishop's Park Durham Botanic Gardens
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Working with communities
Broad Bean George Potts (Manchester) Carrot Altringham (Altrincham) Pea Timperley Wonder (Trafford) Tomato Clibran's Victory (Altrincham)
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