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14-07-2003, 03:42 AM

Derek Turner wrote:

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:01:14 +0100, (sw) wrote:

I'd be grateful for the names of
other scab resistant varieties; in the interim I'm off to water the ones
I've got.

from the organic gardening catalog (via hdra)

Cosmos
Colleen
Pentland javelin
Admiral

and VERY scab resistant

Osprey

not yet tried these myself as my problem is blight and so I've used
the set of five blight-resisters this year.

Thank you very much! I think perhaps a visit to Ryton is in order; it
will be a long day out, but probably very interesting.

regards
sarah

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We'll be drowning before too long
We're neck deep in the Big Muddy
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