 | Marrowfat Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum var. medullare). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello. Thomas Jefferson regularly planted Marrowfat Peas at Monticello every two weeks in early spring. They first appeared in his Garden Book on March 12, 1773: "sowed a patch of Early peas, and another of Marrow fats." This large pea ripens later than other garden peas, June 24 in 1819 at Monticello, and was generally dried and used in soups, but is also enjoyable when boiled or canned.This late-season English, or shelling,... - Marrowfat Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum var. medullare). |
