Legumes

Rödhakeägg Pole Bean, "Robin´s Egg", is a pole bean growing to about 200cm in height. Produces green-violet-blue pods with white-beige-violet 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. England. Phaseolus vulgaris. 10seeds/pack

Rönnäs Broad Bean grows to about 120cm in height and produces sturdy plants. Quite early. Long pods with 4-7 oval, almost white beans, light brown as fully ripe and dry. Flowers with white-black flowers. Can be eaten fresh and cooked, or stored as dry beans for later use. From Dalarna, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 24295. Vicia faba. 7seeds/pack

Rustica is a soup pea that grows to around 150cm high and needs support. Flowers with dark and light purple flowers. Produces green pods with green peas. Good produce. Early. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack

Saxbo Marrowfat Pea flowers with white flowers. Produces green pods with green peas. High, grows to more than 200cm, and needs support. Quite sturdy. Heavy yielder, long harvest period. From Dalarna, Sweden. 10seeds/pack

Shiraz Snow Pea grows to about 100cm in height and needs support, strong, bushy, growth. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Produces purple, mid-sized pods, crispy and sweet. Harvest early, immature, young pods are the best. Eat fresh, or boil slightly. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack

Signe is a bush bean around 40cm high. The green pods are around 10cm long, slightly dented with an elongated tip. Dried beans are dark-yellow-brown. Use young pods as haricots verts. Use fully matured and dried beans, for cooking. Old Swedish variety from Åby, Ramdala, Blekinge. From 1930. 75D. Phaseolus vulgaris. 10seeds/pack