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Broad Bean 'Solberga'

Broad Bean 'Solberga'

Product number: 050220
Origin: Europe
Latin: Broad bean

A very productive, old, traditional broad bean from the municipality of Solberga in Bohuslän (Sweden), where it has been cultivated for hundreds of years and is a very important staple food. Linnaeus' student Pehr Kalm, who described the variety during his journey in 1742, considered it the best broad bean of his time in the area known to him. They are grown by Lars and Lennart Eliasson in Ödsmåls Västergård in Solberga.

The bean is slightly smaller and finer than we are used to today, but according to the magazine Trädgården from 1916, the Bohusländ broad bean is praised as "these surpass the field beans generally grown in gardens."

Names:
Latin: Vicia faba
Dutch: Tuinboon
Also known as: Roomse Bonen, Grote Bonen
English: Broad Bean

Sowing method: In mild winters as early as January, otherwise February-March, extending into April. Pre-sowing and transplanting is preferred; keep young plants compact through cold and plenty of light. Planting or sowing distance: 75 cm between rows, 10 cm in the row. A summer sowing from late June also has a chance of success.

Sowing/planting time:

January
February
March
April
June

Harvesting time:

May
June
July
August
September

Soil type:

All soil types

Cultivation location:

Outdoors
Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

Flower colour: White flowers with black spots
Origin: Europe
Average growth height: 90 to 120 cm
Annual or perennial: Annual
Attractive to insects: Bees
Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
Ease of cultivation: Moderate

Latin: Broad bean
Dutch: Broad bean
Also known as: Roman Beans, Large Beans
English: Broad Bean

“Ik ben in de bonen” (literally: "I am in the beans") means: "I am confused". According to Van Dale's Great Dictionary of Expressions (2006), this saying dates back to an old superstition. In the past, people believed that broad beans, while in bloom, emitted an intoxicating scent that could even lead to madness if one fell asleep near them. See also: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/stoe002nede01_01/stoe002nede01_01_0311.htm