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The rare Avi Joan pea originates in Catalonia in Northeastern Spain.\u00a0 It appears to have been developed or at least maintained there by Jesus Vargas.\u00a0 According to stories from seed sav\u00ading networks, the variety was bred by a man\u2019s grandfather and named after his grandmother Avi Joan or perhaps Avi Juan.\u00a0 For many years, Avi Joan was extremely rare \u2014 for a long time known only from a single gardener in Catalonia.\u00a0 Well-known UK seed saver Adam Alexander (aka The Seed Detective) encountered the variety through a seed exchange and noted that until he met its grower, it was possibly grown by only one person.\u00a0 Since being shared among seed-saving networks and organizations such as the UK Heritage Seed Library, it’s now being grown by more gardeners.\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018Avi Joan\u2019 was an amazing producer of delicious peas in my garden, with huge yields.\u00a0 Grows 6 feet+.\u00a0 20 seeds\/packet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rare Avi Joan pea originates in Catalonia in Northeastern Spain.\u00a0 It appears to have been developed or at least maintained there by Jesus Vargas.\u00a0 According to stories from seed sav\u00ading networks, the variety was bred by a man\u2019s grandfather and named after his grandmother Avi Joan or perhaps Avi Juan.\u00a0 For many years, Avi Joan was extremely rare \u2014 for a long time known only from a single gardener in Catalonia.\u00a0 Well-known UK seed saver Adam Alexander (aka The Seed Detective) encountered the variety through a seed exchange and noted that until he met its grower, it was possibly grown by only one person.\u00a0 Since being shared among seed-saving networks and organizations such as the UK Heritage Seed Library, it’s now being grown by more gardeners.\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018Avi Joan\u2019 was an amazing producer of delicious peas in my garden, with huge yields.\u00a0 Grows 6 feet+.\u00a0 20 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