Peas, Pisum sativum, has many culinary uses. Eaten as snow peas, sugar snaps, boiled to soup, in stews or pots or ground to flour, endless possibilities! Snow Peas has edible pods, you eat the whole pod with the seeds inside, while still unripe. Snow Peas has flat pods with thin walls and are eaten either fresh or cooked. Sugar Snap Peas are also eaten like Snow Peas but have rounded pods and thick walls. Grey peas have many uses, flour, soups, and other dishes. Marrowfat Peas are mature peas eaten either fresh or stored as dried peas. There are also yellow and green peas used for pea soup.
Sörmländsk Bönärt Grey Pea grows to about 150cm in height and needs support. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Produces green pods, large green-brown seeds with a black spot. Slightly rough flavor. From Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB14640. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Visingsö Marrowfat Pea grows to about 150cm in height and needs support, strong growth. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Produces purple, chubby pods, large lime-green peas inside. The peas can be eaten directly fresh or stored dry for later use. Young, immature pods can be eaten as snow peas. Old variety from Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Zinkgruvan Marrowfat Pea grows to about 180-200cm in height and needs support, strong growth. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green, chubby pods, large lime-green peas inside. The peas can be eaten directly fresh or frozen for later use. Young, immature pods can be eaten as snow peas. Old variety from Närke, Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Gunnars Ärta, “Gunnars Pea”, is a marrowfat that grows to about medium height and needs support. Heavy yielder of green pods with large green peas. Eat fresh or freeze for later consumption. Local variety from Nässjö, Småland, Sweden. From 1940. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Swedish Snow Pea is a medium-high variety of snow pea. Heavy yielder of sturdy, greens pods with large oval peas. Not too sweet. Emigrant variety from Swedes living in Maine, USA. From Seeds Savers Exchange. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Blue Prussian is a variety with slight blue-green tint peas. Heavy yielder of mid-sized pods. Grows to about 170cm in height and needs support. Eat fresh or dry for later use. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Svalöfs Torsdagsärt, “Svaloefs Thusday Pea” is a traditional pea for soups. Grows up to about 150cm and needs support. Produces straight, short pods with smaller yellow peas. Thursday is the day in the week when Swedes traditionally ate pea soup and pork for dinner. Derives from the varieties ‘Kapitalärt’ and Östgöta Gulärt’. Old variety from Sweden, from 1925. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Beda is a marrowfat pea that grows to around 150cm high and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces a mid-sized harvest of very sweet and tasty green peas. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. From Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Bjurholms Blåärt is a blue pea that grows to around 150-170cm high and needs support. Flowers with purple-pink flowers and after, produce dark purple pods. Can be used as a snow pea if harvested early. When harvested as fully ripe, use as shelling peas in soups, pies, stews, etc. Can be eaten fresh or dried or canned for later use. From Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Finas Fina is a marrowfat pea that grows to around 150cm high and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Heavy yielder of chubby, short, green pods with 4-5 oval, green peas. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. From Halland, Sweden. Mid-season. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Finnmarksärt is a snow pea that grows to around 150cm high and needs support. Sturdy plants, good climbers! Flowers with white flowers in pairs. Produces green pods with large, round, medium-sweet peas. From Finnmarken, Sweden. Does well also in poor soils. Tolerates light frost. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Freezonian is a marrowfat pea that grows to around 100-150cm high and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green pods with thin walls. Around 8 peas in each pod, medium-sweet. Eat fresh, freeze or can for later use. Bred by Rogers Brothers Seed Co, USA in 1947. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Graue Florentiner is a grey pea that grows to around 150-180cm high and needs support. Produces green pods that are used as snow peas and sugar snap peas. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. From Germany. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Grijze Roodbloeiende is a grey pea that grows to around 150-180cm high and needs support. Produces green, large pods with a sweet and crispy flavor. Use as snow peas and sugar snap peas. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Klenshyttan is a marrowfat pea that grows to around 150-180cm high and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green pods. Both pods and peas are eaten like sugar snap peas. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. From Dalarna, Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
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
Puggor från Ballingslöv-Glimåkra is a grey pea that grows to around 160-180cm high and needs support. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Shorter, slightly angular pods. Large and slightly dented peas in a yellow-brown, slightly red color. Use as a marrowfat pea. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/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
Tant Erika is a snow pea that grows to around 150-170cm high and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green, thin pods with a sweet and crispy flavor. Has been grown locally in Sunderbyn, Luleå, Sweden since the end of 1800. Pisum sativum. 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
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