Sweden

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 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

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

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