Cesnjevec (926)
Staakboon met lilakleurige bloemen rond eind juli en met roos gevlekte peulen rond 10 september.
Borlotto-type.
Donor is Rosvita Marks uit Slovenië. Rosvita stuurde rond 2017 meerdere lokale Sloveense bonenrassen naar ‘Bohnen-Atlas’ : “Nezika-forellenbohne” “Beli kiflar II-white kipfler” Cesnjevec” “Beli kiflar III-white kipler”“Ptujski maslenec” “Jeruzalemski” “Barianec” “Pragerhof” “Beli Kiflar Zebra”…
"Indeed, črešnjevec is an old Slovene common bean variety, with different names (cesnjevec, cresnjevec, cesnovc…) and different morphological types (from pole to dwarf types, different colouring of seeds,..). From which place it originates, it is not known. There is indeed a village in the municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia, named Čresnjevec, but there are at least to my knowledge no indications that it would originate from this place. In fact, common bean originates from Middle and South America and was spread to Europe, including Slovenia, only after Columbus discovered Americas. The name might originate also from the name ‘cesnja’ or ‘cresnja’, which means cherry. Its seeds (at least some types) are like cherries."
dr. Jelka Šuštar Vozlič
Oddelek za rastlinsko pridelavo / Crop Science Department
Kmetijski inštitut Slovenije/Agricultural Institute of Slovenia | Hacquetova ulica 17 | SI-1000 Ljubljana | Slovenija/Slovenia
Met dank aan de Canadese website voor al die interessante info
"Cesnjeves has a long history of cultivation in our country and is still grown today. The picture is from an old catalogue of a Slovene seed company, from 30th of the previous century with different ‘cesnjevec’ varieties."
dr. Jelka Šuštar Vozlič