Legumes

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

Solberga Broad Bean is quite low growing, about 100-120cm in height. Produces a sturdy, bushy plant. Quite late, but heavy yielder of short and chubby pods with 4-5 oval beans with white-green peal. Light brown beans as fully ripe. Flowers with white-black flowers. A bit smaller beans than modern varieties, but with excellent flavor. Can be eaten fresh and cooked, or stored as dry beans for later use. Was traditionally dried, and later boiled with salted pork. Has been grown at the same farm since 1600. Was traditionally grown together with the grey pea 'Solberga', which was climbing on the broad bean plants. From Solberga, Bohuslän, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 13473. Vicia faba. 7seeds/pack

Solberga Grey Pea grows to about 175-200cm in height and needs support, strong growth. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Heavy yielder of green, mid-sized, chubby pods. The peas can be eaten fresh, like green peas. Or stored as dried peas for later use. Has been grown at the same farm since 1600. Was traditionally grown together with the broad bean 'Solberga', which was acting as support for the peas. From Solberga, Bohuslän, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 14153. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack

Sollerö Grey Pea grows to about 200cm in height and needs support, strong growth. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Heavy yielder of green, mid-sized, chubby pods. The peas can be eaten fresh, like green peas. Or stored as dried peas for later use. Mild flavor, good to use for bread, pea-beefs etc. From Dalarna, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 17859. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack