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Sugar Snap Pea

70 Days All-America Selections winner. The original heirloom sugar snap pea and household name since 1979. Sweet, mouth watering round pods grow to about 3” on 6 foot vines. Sow in succession for the biggest harvest. Use fresh or frozen. Both peas and pods are sweet. Yields well in both hot and cold weather.
 

USES:
Delicious fresh, frozen, or canned
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Fun Facts:

 

  • There are three main types of garden peas: Southern, edible-podded and English garden peas like this one
  • We have a high sugar content and start loosing our sweetness soon after harvest
  • The earliest cultivated pea dates to around 9750 BC and was found in Spirit Cave on the Thai-Burma border
  • Early peas have also been discovered in upper Egypt around 3800 BC to 3600 BC, some of which were discovered in Egyptian tombs
  • The average pea weighs between 0.1 and 0.36 grams
  • Pea leaves are considered a delicacy in China
  • In the mid-19th century Austrian scientist Gregor Mendel observed the pea pod leading him to create his principle of Mendelian genetics, the foundation of modern genetics
  • The word pea is believed to come from the Latin pisum which came from the Greek pison
  • In Early English pea is called pease This was shortened to pea later due to people incorrectly confusing the 'se' ending in pease as a plural

Vegetable Seeds-Sugar Snap Pea- Heirloom -100 seeds

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