Legumes

Mors Stora Ärtor, "Mothers Large Peas", is a marrowfat pea that grows to around 160-180cm high and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces large, green pods with large, green, sweet peas. Unripe pods are eaten like snow peas. Fully mature pods are shelled and eaten like marrow-fat peas. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. From Skåne, Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack

Neptune Lima Pole Bean climbs to over 200cm and needs support. Produces green, short, flat pods with 3-4 mid-sized beans inside. The beans are light-brown-white with black spots and speckles. Fully matured beans can be dried and used as soup beans, etc. Originates from a member of the Seed Savers Exchange, in 1980. Phaseolus lunatus. 10seeds/pack

Norrlands Express Snow Pea grows to about 150cm in height and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green, mid-sized pods with sweet and crispy flavor. From Sweden. Very early. Good resistance against mildew. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 11716. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack

Ojo de Tigre Pole Bean, "Eye of the Tiger", is a pole bean growing to about 100cm in height, half bush, half pole bean. Produces long green pods with golden-brown-striped beans inside. The pods can be eaten immaturely as haricot verts or can be harvested as fully dry and mature as cooking-bean. Can be used for soups, hummus, pots, and stews. Can be stored as a dry bean for later use. Phaseolus vulgaris. 10seeds/pack

Örshult Marrowfat Pea flowers with white flowers. Produces green, short, and chubby pods. Sturdy, high plants that need support. Has traditionally been farmed by three generations of women from the beginning of the 1900-hundreds. Was eaten with pickled herring for breakfast. From Örshult, Småland, Sweden. 10seeds/pack

Östgöta Märgärt is a marrowfat pea that grows to around 160-180cm high and needs support. Produces short and thick pods with large, slightly flattened seeds. Very good flavor. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. From Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack