The sweet lime is native to the Indian Subcontinent and is its nearest thing to an orange. It has a green skin and sweet, juicy, bright orange flesh.
A name for the redthroat emperor, a fine fish caught in the northern tropical waters of Australia. The flesh is comparable to coral trout, which we caught at the same time.
A name in Yorkshire for wrasse. Ballan wrasse. A very bony fish which provides good flavour for fish soups.
Mexican marigold, tasting similar to French tarragon but slightly stronger and more anise-like, is a semi-woody shrubby plant. The leaves are shiny and green. In summer they bear yellow flowers, hence the common name of Mexican marigold. The plant originated in Guatemala and Oaxaca in the south of Mexico. It is quite easy to grow.
An improved variety of Sweet 100 cherry tomato. Indeterminate. It offers improved disease resistance and tolerance to cracking. It produces lengthy clusters of 2.5 cm (1 inch) dark red fruit on tall, vigorous plants. Has received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society.
A variety of minute red cherry tomato, really the size of a pea.
The sweet potato is a root vegetable native to tropical and sub-tropical regions. It is long and knobbly. Young shoots and leaves may also be eaten. The skin varies from purple to red to brown, while the flesh could be white, orange, purple or yellow. It can be treated in the same way as a potato: boiled, baked, mashed, fried, made into crisps (US: potato chips).
