Elsoms is the UK’s leading supplier of quality vegetable seed. We offer an impressive range of varieties from our own and our partners’ breeding programmes.
Alliums
Elsoms has an excellent range of allium species from the Bejo/De Groot en Slot breeding partnership. The onion programme continues to expand and add to our portfolio of products, with new varieties coming through trialling all the time. Recent successes include downy mildew resistant variety Hylander, in addition to the early maturing Hysky. We also work closely with the English Set Company who are licensed to grow and distribute our onion set varieties in the UK.
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Baby
Bunching
Field Storage
Fresh Market
New
Organic
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SnackLeek
Rally
Very early and highly productive. Good holding ability and strong against thrips.
Rally
- Suitable For Early prepack
- Harvest Start August to October
- Planting Dates March to May
Curling
Good potential for Christmas and January production. Very good blue/green colour. Good shaft length for pre packing.
Curling
- Suitable For Maincrop loose
- Harvest Start October to January
- Planting Dates March to May
Fencer
Early maturing variety very long shank suitable for prepack market. Not typically dark green but has a good appearance with white shank.
Fencer
- Suitable For Early prepack
- Harvest Start August to October
- Planting Dates March to May
Jolant
Early variety with upright, smooth stems and medium-long shafts. Vigorous and heavy yielding.
Jolant
- Suitable For Maincrop market leek
- Harvest Start September to February
- Planting Dates March to May
Blauwgroene Herfst – Lancelot
Highly productive variety with long white shanks. Dark green upright foliage and no bulbing.
Blauwgroene Herfst – Lancelot
- Suitable For Early market leek
- Harvest Start August to September
- Planting Dates March to May
Bluegreen Winter – Bandit
Organic only. High yielding and uniform variety. Upright growing, with dark blue/green foliage. Produces medium long white stems of high quality.
Bluegreen Winter – Bandit
- Suitable For Late market leek
- Harvest Start November to April
- Planting Dates March to May
Batter
A main crop variety with good shank length and a nice green colour.
Batter
- Suitable For Second early loose
- Harvest Start September to November
- Planting Dates March to May
Defender
A late variety with a good green colour. A good shank length with low sprouting and bolting.
Defender
- Suitable For Maincrop loose
- Harvest Start December to March
- Planting Dates March to May