Capucijner Soup Pea (Pisum sativum) - This heavy-yielding bush pea is a favourite cooking pea in Holland and of homesteaders. Its name is derived from the Franciscan Capuchin monks of the 1600s who regularly ate it in soups and stews. Large blocky golden seeds are quite attractive with distinct orange speckling. Makes for a delicious alternative to regular cooking beans. Low maintenance to grow these self-supporting sturdy plants that average around 3 feet.
30 seeds per packet
Growing Information: Sow seeds 1/2 - 1 inch deep, 2 inches apart in row during late spring or when soil temperature is at least 10-15 degrees Celsius.
