This hybrid variety is an improved Lancaster type. It has similar vigor but tighter leaf stacking and it is more erect. Suitable for the main and late season growing period.
A White Lisbon salad onion type but with distinctive stiff upright leaves which shed water very effectively. This makes Eiffel less susceptible to disease at difficult times of the season. It is slow to bulb, especially in the long days of summer, and will overwinter with careful crop husbandry.
Marksman has upright dark green foliage, excellent taste and peels very well. It is suitable for the spring/summer cropping period. But also ideal for autumn crops when disease can be a particular problem. Its vigorous root system helps to maintain the strong, upright leaves.
Leek Ascot is a main-late pre pack and fresh market variety. It is a main to first late variety which has also shown potential as a second early. It has good leaf quality.