 | Asparagus Bean Seeds (Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.The Asparagus Bean, botanically similar to the black-eyed pea, is a Southern Asia native described by Linnaeus in 1763. First planted at Monticello in 1809, Jefferson wrote his son-in-law, John Wayles Eppes: "It is a very valuable [vegetable], much more tender and delicate than the snap [bean], and may be dressed in any form in which Asparagus may, particularly fried in batter, or chopped to the size of the garden... - Asparagus Bean Seeds (Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis). |
