Afartapobres d’Oristà
(Pole) A Catalonian heirloom from Oristà. Oristà is a municipality in the comarca of Lluçanès in Catalonia, Spain.
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Notes
This variety is not to be confused with the ‘Afartapobres’ (possibly the same as the afartapobres de Cerdanya) runner bean (phaseolus coccineus) from Vall Fosca that is registered in the municipality of La Torre de Cabdella.
[ENGLISH: Pg 155; ‘Gardens of Vall Fosca’; Laura Calvet Mir, Maria Calvet Mir, Victoria Reyes García; Journal of Ethnology of Catalonia December 2010 No. 37]
An ‘Afartapobres’ (phaseolus vulgaris) is mentioned in the 1938 ‘Diccionari enciclopèdic català’ published by Salat. It is described as a “Varietat de mongeta […]. Judia roja.”
Origin
Originates from Oristà, Catalonia, Spain.