Legumes

Rättviksärt Grey Pea grows to about 100cm in height and needs support, quite weak, but busy, growth. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Produces green, small pods with small, dark speckled seeds. Was traditionally grown for animal feed, or ground to flour for porridge or bread. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 17879. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack

Red Epicure Broad Bean grows to about 100-120cm in height and produces sturdy plants. Mid-season. Long green pods with 4-7 oval, red beans, deep-red as fully ripe and dry. Flowers with white-black flowers. Can be eaten fresh and cooked, or stored as dry beans for later use. Vicia faba. 15seeds/pack

Red Noodle Long Bean is a climbing variety growing to about 200cm in height. Produces very long, mahogany-red pods, around 25-50cm long. Slightly nutty, delicious flavor. Eat slightly boiled or wooked. Red seeds. Heat demanding and drought hardy. Vigna unguiculata. 15seeds/pack

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