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.
Svalövs Belloärt is a grey pea that grows to around 100cm high and needs support. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Slightly shorter, green pods with brown seeds. From a cross between ‘Hero’ and ‘Artturi’ in 1956. Was traditionally used for animal feed. Use as shelling pea, soup pea, or in pots and stews. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Björks Snow Pea produces small green pods, resembling many of the other sweet peas from Norrland, Sweden. Possibly slightly more productive than other varieties from this region. Grows up to 200cm and needs support. Has been grown by the Björk’s Family for generations, at least since 1847. In an old letter from the donor of the seeds we can read “Best of luck with the tasty pea”. From Jämtön, Luleå, Sweden. 10seeds/pack
Edsbyn Bluepea flowers with pink-purple flowers. Produces purple pods with light brown peas. High, grows to around 200cm, and needs support. Early. Heavy yielder. From Hälsingland, Sweden. 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
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
Emigrant Snow Pea flowers with white flowers. Produces long, meaty, green pods with a sweet and crispy flavor. Heavy yielder. High, grows to over 200cm, and needs support. 10seeds/pack
Grellet Pallanche is a Snow Pea, classified as a grey pea. Flowers with pink-purple flowers. Produces green pods around 10cm long, with a crispy and sweet flavor. High, grows to around 200cm, and needs support. From France. 10seeds/pack
Svalöfs Concordia is a soup pea from the beginning of the 1900-hundreds. Grows to around 150cm and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green pods with light green seeds. Midseason to late. 10seeds/pack
Martha Snow Pea flowers with white flowers. Produces green pods with crispy and sweet flavor. Dried peas can also be used for soup. Grows to around 180cm and needs support. From Halland, Sweden. 10seeds/pack
Pole Pea from Anten Alingsås, ”Störärt från Anten/Alingsås”, is a marrowfat pea that grows to around 150-200cm, and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green pods with large, green peas. From Alingsås, Sweden. 10seeds/pack
Bamby Snow Pea is a low-growing variety, about 65cm high. Large, broad pods, around 10cm long. Green, crispy and sweet. 60D. Pisum sativum. 20seeds/pack
Breslau Marrowfat Pea grows up to 100cm in height and needs some support. Mid-sized pods with green, sweet peas. Flowers with white flowers. Yellow-brown, round seeds. Early. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack
Desirée Marrowfat Pea grows up to 50cm in height and needs minimal support. Mid-sized, purple pods with lime-green, sweet peas. Harvest immature pods as snow peas and fully mature pods as marrowfat peas. Early. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack
Dwarf Grey Sugar Snap Pea grows up to 100cm in height and needs support. Mid-sized, green pods with sweet and crispy flavor, around 7cm long. Flowers with pink-purple flowers. Early. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack
Gigante Svizzero Snow Pea grows up to 150cm in height and needs support. Produces large, green pods with sweet and crispy flavor, around 12cm long and 2-3cm broad. Flowers with purple-red flowers. Also called Schweizer Riesen. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Meteor Marrowfat Pea grows to about 60cm in height and needs some support. Flowers with white flowers. Young, immature pods can be eaten like snow peas. Produces fat pods with large, green, sweet peas inside. Can be eaten fresh or frozen for later consumption. Pisum sativum. 20seeds/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
Blauwschokker is a variety growing to around 180-200cm 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 marrowfat peas or shelling peas in soups, pies, stews, etc. Can be eaten fresh or dried or canned for later use. The full name of this variety is Ezeta’s Krombek Blauwschokker. An old variety that was widely grown in Holland. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack
Low Early, “Låg Tidig”, is a grey pea that grows to around 30-40cm high and needs some support. Produces green pods with a sweet and crispy flavor. Use as snow peas and sugar snap peas. Eat fresh, freeze, or can for later use. Can be grown in pots and containers. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Sugar Snap Pea grows to only about 100-120cm in height and needs support, strong growth. Flowers with white flowers. Heavy yielder of green, mid-sized, chubby pods. Very crispy and sweet, around 8cm long pods. Pisum sativum. 20seeds/pack
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