Romaine lettuce speckled with red. The sweetest in our collection. 1997 First prize winner of a taste contest, among 900 other lettuce varieties. Gorgeous and supremely flavorful, many should fall under its spell.

Austrian heirloom. Its name translates as : « speckled like a trout ».

Pkt : 250 seeds.

Perennial North American indigenous vine. The plant belongs to the Fabaceae family. In the wild, it prefers river banks, but it can also grow in your garden. Its odorant flowers produce edible "beans" (northern plants usually don't produce pods). The tubers, or groundnuts, are also edible. They are attached to one another by a string, giving them the appearance of a rosary (chapelet). In French, the common name for Apios americana is "rosary potato" (patate en chapelet).

The tubers were a staple food among First Nations. Nowadays, we can still find the plant growing on the site of ancient Amerindian villages. Very nutritious (with up to 18% protein content, three times more than with potatoes), it is best stewed or fried. It is recommended to peel the tuber before eating it, because of the latex contained in its skin.

*Warning : Some people can react to Apios americana and feel stomach discomfort after eating it.

Dwarf bean variety that produces a seed halfway between pea and fava bean. According to the Potager d'Antan : « It was still being cultivated in 1999 by a 80 year old man from Lotbinière, Monsieur Laliberté, who confirmed us the plant was unique in Canada. (...) Given by Laliberté's son to Antoine D'Avignon, Seeds of Diversity guardian angel. Antoine passed away in 2003. His sister, Mme. Gisèle D'Avignon, gave us the seeds. »

Delicious in pea soup, a traditional meal in the province of Quebec in the past century.

This variety is very rare and is considered endangered.

Romaine lettuce speckled with red. The sweetest in our collection. 1997 First prize winner of a taste contest, among 900 other lettuce varieties. Gorgeous and supremely flavorful, many should fall under its spell.

Austrian heirloom. Its name translates as : « speckled like a trout ».

Pkt : 250 seeds.

Perennial North American indigenous vine. The plant belongs to the Fabaceae family. In the wild, it prefers river banks, but it can also grow in your garden. Its odorant flowers produce edible "beans" (northern plants usually don't produce pods). The tubers, or groundnuts, are also edible. They are attached to one another by a string, giving them the appearance of a rosary (chapelet). In French, the common name for Apios americana is "rosary potato" (patate en chapelet).

The tubers were a staple food among First Nations. Nowadays, we can still find the plant growing on the site of ancient Amerindian villages. Very nutritious (with up to 18% protein content, three times more than with potatoes), it is best stewed or fried. It is recommended to peel the tuber before eating it, because of the latex contained in its skin.

*Warning : Some people can react to Apios americana and feel stomach discomfort after eating it.

Dwarf bean variety that produces a seed halfway between pea and fava bean. According to the Potager d'Antan : « It was still being cultivated in 1999 by a 80 year old man from Lotbinière, Monsieur Laliberté, who confirmed us the plant was unique in Canada. (...) Given by Laliberté's son to Antoine D'Avignon, Seeds of Diversity guardian angel. Antoine passed away in 2003. His sister, Mme. Gisèle D'Avignon, gave us the seeds. »

Delicious in pea soup, a traditional meal in the province of Quebec in the past century.

This variety is very rare and is considered endangered.