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.
Lokförare Bergfälts Jätteärt Snow Pea, classified as a grey pea. The plants grow to over 200cm in height, many times up to 300cm, and need support. Produces extremely large pods, around 3cm broad and 15cm long, sometimes up to 20cm long. Excellent, sweet flavor, meaty and crispy pods. Even large pods with more developed peas inside are still crispy and tender! Flowers with violet-red flowers. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 21724. Very rare variety. The name in Swedish means "Traindriver Mountainfields Giant Pea". The original seeds of this variety were found in the house of a Swedish train driver called Bergfält, from the city of Ludvika in Sweden. Traindriver Bergfält lived between 1890-1945. The seeds eventually ended up at a Swedish Seed Saver Organisation. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Kim's Favourite is a Snow Pea, classified as a grey pea. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Medium-high, around 150cm high, and needs support. Produces green, large pods, up to 15cm long and 3 cm broad. Excellent, sweet, and crispy flavor. Resembles Lokförare Bergsfälts Jätteärt, but Kim's Favourite is lower and earlier. 10seeds/pack
Arvidsjaur Snow Pea is a variety from the region Norrbotten in Sweden. Similar to the variety ’Svartbjörsbyn’ but slightly sweeter. Medium-high, about 150cm. White flower,s green, sweet, crispy pods. Small, yellow seeds. Early. Nordic Genebank number: NGB11750. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Bishop’s Pea, also called Biskopens, is a high-growing variety, about 200cm high. Flowers with pink-red flowers. Green pods that can be harvested as snow peas as unmatured. When fully ripe and dry the peas have distinct dark burgundy red color. Have a rustic, rough feel. Use as cooking pea etc. 120D. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Boaryd Snow Pea, called "eye snow pea", since the seeds have a black small spot, an "eye". Small leaves, bushy plants growing up to 200cm high. Flowers with white flowers. Green pods, crispy and sweet. Quite late. From Småland in Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB17833. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Evy i Våthult Snow Pea grows up to 200cm in height and needs support. Produces mid-sized, green pods with sweet and crispy flavor, around 7-10cm long. Flowers with white flowers. Old variety from Limmared, Gislaved, Småland, Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Finsk Släpärt Snow Pea, "Finish Drag-Pea", grows up to 200cm in height and needs support. Produces mid-sized, green pods with sweet and crispy flavor, around 6cm long. Eat at a snow pea. Has traditionally been boiled slightly and then "dragged" through the teeth, delicious! Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Gnesta Favorit Marrowfat Pea grows up to 60-80cm in height and needs some support. Heavy yielder of long green pods, around 8cm, with green, sweet, fat peas inside. Flowers with white flowers. Old variety. From Gustavssons Seedstore in Gnesta, Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Golden Sweet Snow Pea grows up to about 150cm in height and needs support. Produces lemon-yellow, mid-sized pods, around 6-8cm. Flowers with purple flowers. Can be eaten like snow peas, fully ripe peas can be dried for later use. Old variety, from 1890. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack
Holma Kvarn Grey Pea grows up to about 200cm in height and needs support. Heavy yielder of fat purple pods, with some green speckles. Flowers with violet-red flowers. Nordic Genebank number: NGB17860. From, Östergötland, Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Hälsinge Grey Pea grows up to about 150cm in height and needs support, bushy plants with small leaves. Local variety similar to 'Rättviksärten'. Flowers with red-violet flowers. Green, short small pods. Small, dark speckled seeds. Used for bread, soup, porridge, aminal feed, etc. Hälsingland, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB4078. Pisum sativum. 15seeds/pack
Jons Släpärt Snow Pea is a grey pea eaten like a snow pea or a "drag pea". Was traditionally eaten slightly boiled and then dragged through the teeth. Mid-sized, green, sweet, and crispy pods. Plants grow to about 100cm in height and need support. Flowers with red-violet flowers. Small to mid-sized, speckled seeds. Old variety from Värmland, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 21938. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Kulla Marrowfat Pea grows up to 200cm in height and needs support. Produces, straight, fat, mid-sized, green pods with large, sweet lime-green peas inside. Quite late. Nordic Genebank number: NGB17857. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Märta Snow Pea grows to about 150cm in height and needs support. Flowers with beautiful purple flowers. Heavy yielder of yellow, "wax-like", mid-sized pods. Excellent, sweet, and crispy flavor. Fully mature peas can be used as chickpeas. From Sweden. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Norrlands Express Snow Pea grows to about 150cm in height and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces green, mid-sized pods with sweet and crispy flavor. From Sweden. Very early. Good resistance against mildew. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 11716. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
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
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
Stäme Grey Pea grows to only about 60cm in height and needs little support, strong growth. Flowers with purple-pink flowers. Heavy yielder of green, mid-sized, chubby pods with 5-6 seeds in each pod. The peas can be eaten fresh, like green peas. Or stored as dried peas for later use. Large, yellow-mottled, angular seeds. From Halland, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 13469. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
Svartbjörsbyn Snow Pea grows to about 150cm in height and needs support. Flowers with white flowers. Produces shorter, green, crispy pods. Harvest when they start to swell. Works well to freeze. Old variety, from 1875. From the village of Svartbjörsbyn in Boden, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 17837. Pisum sativum. 10seeds/pack
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