Well these are not a trial as such, heirloom probably, project definitely ...................
so what are they?
Well I have been growing peas Weggiser for years. a 5ft plus tall mangetout variety from Switzerland. Very popular there, shortish, sweet flat pods and lots of them. Lasting into summer heat quite well. They grow well at altitude in the Alps but do equally well in Britain. My mother bought the original packet of seeds from Samen Mauser, a famous seed house in Zurich, Switzerland. She hails from Zurich and eating these peas, or 'Kefen' as mangetout peas are called in Switzerland, are some of her most favourite childhood memories. I save seeds year after year and the plants do well both in my parents' garden in Germany and here in central England.
So far so good. Imagine my utter surprise when this happened.
so what are they?
Well I have been growing peas Weggiser for years. a 5ft plus tall mangetout variety from Switzerland. Very popular there, shortish, sweet flat pods and lots of them. Lasting into summer heat quite well. They grow well at altitude in the Alps but do equally well in Britain. My mother bought the original packet of seeds from Samen Mauser, a famous seed house in Zurich, Switzerland. She hails from Zurich and eating these peas, or 'Kefen' as mangetout peas are called in Switzerland, are some of her most favourite childhood memories. I save seeds year after year and the plants do well both in my parents' garden in Germany and here in central England.
So far so good. Imagine my utter surprise when this happened.
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