Flamische Riesen Schnabel pea
$4.00
(Pisum sativum)
5’/1.5 m tall. A dual-purpose shelling/dry pea with round, pale yellow seeds. Early, pretty, and a great name – translates as “Flemish Giant Beak” (a reference to pod shape, I presume?). A rare variety I got from Le Potager Ornemental in Quebec; they received it from Will Bonsall in 2018. I can find almost no other information about it, except one detail. It was received on April 2, 1953 by the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (the American federal genebank) in a collection of peas which had been grown by Daniel N. Shoemaker at the University of Wisconsin. It appears in the USDA’s Plant Inventory No. 161, p.101 on a long list of those varieties, nestled among other old peas with grand names like Ormskirk Perfection, Timperley Wonder, Gem of the Season, Sutton’s Phenomenon, and Incomparable. 50 seeds/packet.
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Plant as soon as ground can be worked. Sow 1” deep and 2” apart, in a double row 8” wide (if row gardening) or every 8″ (if planting a little field). Trellis if necessary with twine or netting. Pick green shelling peas regularly to increase yields; pick dry peas when vines are drying down and seeds can no longer be dented with a fingernail.