English Name: CHINESE CELERY Asian Name: kunn choi (k’an tsoi, kintsai) Latin Name: Apium graveolens Description: Chinese celery is smaller in size, with a stonger flavour than normal celery. It is ready to pick in half the time. There are several different cultivars. The leaves and stems can vary from white to creamy yellow to […]
English Name: CHINESE WHITE CABBAGE Asian Name: bok choi – joi choi (Joi Choi pak choy) Latin Name: Brassica chinensis Description: Joi Choi has long, slim white stalks that have an excellent flavour and tenderness. It is an upright, quick-growing plant with dark green leaves and white stems. It has excellent cold tolerance. Grown as […]
English Name: CHINESE WHITE CABBAGE Asian Name: bok choi (bok choy, pak choi, pak toi) Latin Name: Brassica chinensis Description: Green Fortune is a green stemmed Bok Choi. It is an early maturing variety with a crisp, sweet flavour. It is an annual with a compact habit, growing to a height of 20cm. This Bok […]
English Name: EGGPLANT ASIAN BRIDE (ORIENTAL BI-COLOUR) Asian Name: qie zi, ai kua, terung Latin Name: Solanum melongena Description: Sturdy, compact bush bearing 2 to 3 eggplants per cluster. The fruits are shaped like long, straight, fat fingers. The skin is blush or rose over white in colour when mature with creamy white flesh in […]
English Name: CHINESE BROCCOLI Asian Name: Gai Lohn, kaai laan tsoi, gai lan, gai lum Latin Name: Brassica alboglabra bailey Description: Chinese Broccoli is a fast growing plant with a single fleshy stem with dark green rounded leaves on long stems. The plants will start to flower when there are approximately ten leaves present. This […]
