Golden Sweet

Originally collected from a market in India, this heirloom pea is very unique. The pods are yellow and best eaten when young. Great for stir fry or steaming. Bicolor purple flowers and speckled seeds.

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Green Arrow

An old standby on the prairies. This heirloom pea has 9-11 peas per pod and is excellent for freezing. Bush plants.

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Golderbse (1600s)

This old heirloom is a strain of the Danzig Pea mentioned in Fearing Burr’s book, Field and Garden Vegetables of America (1865). He gives a very good description of the seed, "When ripe, the seed is the smallest of all the light peas, quite round or spherical, of a bright yellow color, beautifully transparent, with whitish eyes." A very good soup or split pea that is quite late maturing. Very tall vines need support. EXTREMELY RARE.

"Not Available for 2012"

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Harrison’s Glory

A popular pea in the 1800’s. This is one of the best peas I have tasted. Small pods with wrinkled seed are produced on 3-4’ vines. Very tasty! EXTREMELY RARE

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Homesteader (pre 1908)

(aka Lincoln) An excellent shelling pea that is ideal for fresh eating or freezing. Very heat tolerant and productive. Has been a family favorite for years. One of the best tasting!

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Little Marvel (1900)

(aka Improved American Wonder) Introduced by Sutton & Sons of Reading, England in 1900 and first sold in the United States by J. J. H. Gregory in 1908. Dwarf plants are very productive. Another excellent shelling pea.

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Large Manitoba

A great pea that originated in Manitoba many years ago. Very productive with large pods and green wrinkled peas. Great for shelling. Low quantity. RARE.

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Margaret McKee's Baking Pea

Heirloom grown since the early 1920’s in central British Columbia. The very productive vines grow to about 2’ tall and have purplish pink flowers that are extremely ornamental. The stout pods are filled with large brown seed with darker mottling and a dark eye that are used in place of beans in baking recipes. Very early and disease resistant.

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Minnesota Sweet (pre 1940)

This rare heirloom shelling pea was developed in Minnesota prior to 1940. It is very early and produces sweet tasty peas in small pods. One of the first peas to mature in the garden.

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Ne Plus Ultra (1840’s)

An old heirloom pea that dates to the 1840’s. Tall vines produce delicious sweet peas in long pods. This variety needs a fence or poles to climb on. EXTREMELY RARE.

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Prince Albert (pre 1842)

Introduced in 1842 by the English seed company Cormack and Oliver. Fearing Burr considered Prince Albert the same as the Early Frame Pea which was one of the peas that Thomas Jefferson grew at Monticello. The Early Frame Pea was probably a little shorter though. The Prince Albert Pea has tall growing vines and small pods. The ripe yellowish peas are best used in soups or stews. EXTREMELY RARE.

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Prussian Blue (1700s)

A very old pea that was once widely grown in Colonial America and also grown by Thomas Jefferson. Prussian Blue was developed in Germany and was very suited to North American climatic conditions. The peas have a slight blue green tint and are used in their dry form for soup. Very productive round, smooth pea.

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Risser Sickle (1700's)

Known in England centuries ago and mentioned by Mawe and Abercrombie in 1779. The sickle pea was also well known since colonial times and grown by the Pennsylvania Germans for many years. This strain of sickle pea was grown by generations of the Risser family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Russian Sugar Pea

An old heirloom brought to Saskatchewan by Russian Mennonites. The tall vines grow to 6’ or more and have lovely purplish flowers. The vines produce large numbers of snow peas that can be used fresh in salads or in stir fries.

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St. Hubert Soup

One of my favorites! Originally from Quebec and brought to Saskatchewan many years ago. The 4-5’ vines produce large amounts of tiny pods with round smooth green seed inside. Extremely productive and delicious in soup!

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Sutton’s Harbinger (1898)

Introduced in England in 1898. Sutton’s Harbinger is an early, very productive variety with delicious peas. Very impressive.

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Tom Thumb (1850s)

Introduced by David Landreth and Sons in the 1850’s. A very dwarf growing pea that is well suited to container growing. Tom Thumb Pea is also extremely cold resistant and tasty.

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