Old Varieties

Celebrating and remembering old fruit and vegetable varieties

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Events

All around the UK there are events and shows dedicated to our heritage varieties and rare breeds.

We have put together a list of the events we are aware of but if you have an event or show and would like to be listed on this page, please complete the form at the bottom of this page.

April 2010

23rd April – 21st June – British Asparagus Festival
Featured by the Hairy Bikers and on The One Show, the British Asparagus festival in the Vale of Evesham, celebrating the growing, harvesting and eating of this sumptuous vegetable.

July 2010

31st July – 30th August – Pershore Plum Festival
A month of plum related events culminating in the Pershore Plum Fayre Day on August Bank Holiday Monday.

Old Varieties & Rare Breeds Events

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18th Century Pear

perry_pear588We have had a request from Jamie who is trying to transcribe a letter of 1735, in which the writer seems to have given a variety of pear tree to the Duke of Atholl. He spells it as Lieuzeinsky, which may be Luzinsky.

If anybody is able to shed any light on this subject, please let us know so that we can assist Jamie with his transcription.

Jamie has kindly sent us the relevant part of the letter as someone may have a better interpretation.


The writer was chief of the Clan Donnachaidh, who spent a good 20 years in exile in France for treason for his support of the deposed Stuart dynasty. He had a known interest in gardens.

‘I have sent my Lady Jean a part of the first trails of my young standards of which the tree in the middle of the garden is one. I have wrapped them in paper that I may know if they be sweet as they are innocent like the person to be tempted. I am told the K of France has not a finer pair in his possession nor can he bestow them half so worthily & I have seen and can judge of both competitors for Birth and Beauty, without disparagement to the ?Lieuzenskys, I am to your Grace and family an eternal humble servant A ROBERTSON OF STROWAN’

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Suppliers of old varieties

Here you will find a few commercial suppliers of old varieties of fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Edwin Tucker & Sons Ltd, Devon (seeds and seed potatoes) Tel: 01364 652233

Chiltern Seeds – Fresh seeds of around 4,500 species and varieties, many rare and unusual, and including almost 200 brand new items and more than 150 reintroductions for 2010. Tel: +44 (0) 1229 581137

Organic Gardening Catalogue, Surrey (organically grown, sundries, discount for Garden Organic and RHS members)

Thomas Etty, Somerset (heritage seedsman and bulb merchant) Tel: 01460 298249

Walcot Organic Nursery – Growers of well priced, sustainably produced traditional and modern fruit tree varieties.

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