Blue Goose (Gray Crowder, Gray Goose, Taylor)
Very prolific yielder and fine-flavored pea, producing green peas
in 70 days and dry peas in 80 to 85 days. A large speckled pea
with long pods, and largest yielder of all Crowder types. It is a
climber and will put out 2 to 3 foot runners. Pods will turn a
straw color with maybe a little purplish color when ripe. Very
large pea. In the South, farmers use to plant peas in with their
corn so peas would grow up the corn for easier picking, and to
provide nitrogen for the corn. Rare.
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Brown Sugar
Crowder
An old variety once acclaimed as being the best flavored table
pea in the South. Semi-dwarf plant, will bunch on poor soil but
will produce more vine and growth on rich soils. Very prolific
producer. Approximately 80 till green harvest stage and 100 days
to dry shell stage.
Limited supply for 2008
Calico Crowder (Polecat or Hereford)
A pre-Civil War variety with running vines, the pods are about 14
inches with medium-sized peas that are white with maroon splotches
and good fresh or dried. An excellent producer with great flavor.
In the South, farmers use to plant peas in with their corn so peas
would grow up the corn for easier picking, and to provide nitrogen
for the corn. About 70 days to fresh harvest, 85 days to dry.
Rare.
Crop Failure
Unavailable for 2008
Sumptuous (Wood's
Sumptuous)
Another very old and rare variety, small creamy white peas that
are mild flavor. Vines are upright in habit, bushy about 2 feet in
height. Prolific bearer with 8-9 inch pods. Somewhat early
maturing, green peas in about 65-70 days and dry peas in about 80
days or so. Approximately 70-80 seed per 1/2 ounce.
Very limited supply for 2008
Whippoorwill
85 days — Well known as the old standard for general purpose
cowpeas however it is becoming quite rare. Whippoorwill peas date
well back before the War Between the States. The are spoken of as
bush type peas but will produce vines when planted on rich soil,
but if planted on poor soil they produce few vines but many peas.
The plants are very prolific and grow upright, two or more feet
tall. The seeds are light brown, smooth and speckled.
Approximately 70-80 seed per 1/2 ounce.
Very limited supply for 2008
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