Sweden

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

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

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

Pendulina Orange is a mini dwarf or a small compact bush, growing to about 40-50cm in height. It spread to about 40cm, and has a slightly tumbling growth so also a good variety for a hanging basket. Pendulina Orange is though a bit more upright-growing than its siblings Red and Yellow, a bit more dwarf-like. Produces bright orange fruits around 10-20grams each. Mild sweet slightly tart flavor. Regular leaf. Sweden. Determinate. 60D. 10seeds/pack

Pendulina Red is a small dwarf or a small compact bush, growing to about 40-50cm in height. It spread to about 40-50cm, and has a slightly tumbling growth so also a good variety for a hanging basket. Produces bright red fruits around 10-20grams each. Mild sweet slightly tart flavor. Sweden. Determinate. 60D. 10seeds/pack

Pendulina Yellow is a mini dwarf or a small compact bush, growing to about 40-50cm in height. It spread to about 40cm, has a slightly tumbling growth so also a good variety for a hanging basket. Produces bright yellow fruits around 10-20grams each. Mild sweet slightly tart flavor. Sweden. Determinate. 60-70D. 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

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

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

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

Solguld is a bush variety, growing up to 60-80cm in height. Produces round, golden-yellow fruits around 70grams each. Pleasant, mild tomato flavor. Sweden. (Not the same as the cherry tomato 'Sungold'). Determinate. 60-65D. 10seeds/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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vikens Cherry produces round cherry tomatoes. Shiny red, firm fruits with a sweet tomato flavor. This is an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned and the choice of staking and support. Viken, Helsingborg, Sweden. 70D. 10seeds/pack