Vegetable Pictures
1.Funded by DEFRA. Project OF0346 “The assessment of vegetable and potato varieties in organic growing systems”. This has been running since 1991 and each year tests varieties available as organic or untreated seed on approved organic sites. Nine crops and 14 trials are covered annually in this project. Results are available through the NIAB “Vegetable Associate Scheme (VAS) and on the Centre for Organic Information (COSI) web site www.cosi.org.uk
Organic Onion trial at Castor near Peterborough
Organic Broad Bean samples
Organic Carrot Miami sample
Organic Lettuce trial at Littleport, Cambs
Organic Kale trial at Kirton, Lincs
Organic Radish samples
Organic Brussels Sprout taste panel
Organic Squash trial at Yaxley
2. Funded by the Horticultural Development Council (HDC) and seed companies
Comprehensive Onion trials from seed and sets.
Trials are demonstrated in the field and at an open day at Cambridge in November.
Onion Set trial at Elmstead Market, Essex
Onion Seeded Trial at Great Horkesley, Essex
Onion Open Day at Cambridge
Onion display for open day, Cambridge
Hercules sample from Set Trial
3. Funded by HDC Special investigations for example into Onion
Watery Scale (2004/05) and Late Carrot production (2005/06).
Severe Watery Scale
Late Carrot trial at South Repps, Norfolk
Carrot Taste Panel
4. Funded by Packers Confidential variety trials tailored to customer
specifications and grown on their own sites.
Growers carrot trial
Growers leek trial
5. Funded by Seed Companies Confidential trials
designed to screen customers own varieties.
Seed Company Carrot trial, Nottingham
6. Vartest trials funded by customers including mesh companies,
chemical companies and Gardening Magazines These can be confidential
or used for publicity by the customer and cover a wide range of
crops and treatments
Mesh trial on Broccoli, Lincs
Soil Conditioner trial for a Gardening Magazine
Vegetables in Containers trial for a Gardening Magazine
A Peat Free and Reduced Peat Compost trial for a Garden supply chain
7. National Variety Demonstrations NIAB drill the national
carrot demonstration for the British carrot growers Association (BCGA) and organise
national salads and sweet corn demonstrations.
The National Carrot demonstration
Sweet Corn Demonstration
National Salads Demonstration, Shippea Hill, Cambs
For further details or customer enquiries on any of these trials contact
Mike Day (01223 342277) or Bruce Napier (01223 342278)