A light green, very upright, well textured frilly oakleaf variety. Leaves are thick and waxy with shallow lobes and superb crunchy texture. Good for processing after de-coring. Upright, frilly crunchy leaves suits pre-pack, equally suited to whole head and baby leaf production. Excellent field mildew resistance.
Elite has a rounder leaf than standard Rhubarb Chard with intense red veining. As with Intense, this variety has far fewer green 'off-types' than the standard. Mainly grown for baby leaf production. It is similar to Intense at the baby leaf stage but as it matures Elite has a slightly darker red leaf. Good upright habit and uniformity.
Selected to be suitable for growing outdoors in UK conditions. British Basil has a very robust, bright green leaf. It is more tolerant of colder conditions than other basils but still retains a traditional intense flavour.