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Catalog Products: Peas: Southern or Cowpea
| About Southern or Cowpeas- Cultivation |  | | |
| | | 1500 seeds per pound. Plant seeds 1" deep and 3-5" apart in rows spacing 30-36" apart after all danger of frost. Peas can be picked when still green and soft or picked when dried and stored for later use. See dried bean instructions for tips on shelling peas. | | Return to top |
| Big Boy Crowder Pea |  | | |
| | | Pisum arvense. 60-65 days. Bush type. Long podded variety with 13-16 medium to large peas per pod, light tan in color, oblong shape, good garden variety. Very prolific. | | Return to top |
| Black Crowder Pea |  | | |
| | | Pisum arvense. 63 days. Plants are high and bushy with pods at foliage level. Peas shelled green have a deep purple cast, turning black when dry. Very prolific. Easy to shell. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Black Eyed Pea |  | | |
| | | 57 days. Pisum arvense. Heavy yields of smooth 6-7" pods that are packed with cream colored peas with a black eye. Untreated seeds. "I purchased several seeds from you and thought that you might want to hear some good news. I dried the crookneck summer squash and entered it in the county fair and received a first place ribbon. The Butternut winter squash received a first place ribbon. The blackeyed peas received a second place ribbon in the field peas category. Thank you for some good quality seeds."....R Kusmierczyk | | Return to top |
| Mississippi Silver Crowder Pea |  | | |
| | | 56 days. Pisum arvense. Excellent eating brown crowder type. Very good flavor and yield on heat tolerant plants. Southern classic that can be grown in the North as well. Untreated seeds.
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| Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Peas |  | | |
| | | 49 days. Pisum arvense. This is my favorite. Excellent mellow flavor and beautiful color. Purple pods held high for easy picking grow in abundance on compact plants. Excellent dried or fresh. Good pea. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Red Ripper Southern Pea |  | | |
| | | 70 days. Vigna unguiculata. Plant produces heavy yields of cowpeas even under very hot and dry conditions. The pods are Reddish-green and the peas are red. The plant produces 10" long pods that have up to 18 peas. A Southern favorite, especially in the Southeast. A heirloom variety from North Carolina dating back to the 1850�s. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Top Pick Brown Crowder Pea | | | |
| | | Vigna unguiculata. 70 days. Similar to Mississippi Purple but pods are bright red or pink. Good yield and excellent flavor. Untreated seed. | | Return to top |
| White Acre Crowder Pea | | | |
| | | Pisum arvense. 60 days. Bush type. A small white pea, turns cream when mature. Peas hold good on the vine when green. Good for freezing. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Zipper Cream Pea |  | | |
| | | 75 days. Pisum arvense. The pea with a zipper! High yields of creamy, white peas. Excellent flavor. A true southern favorite. Seeds may be treated. | | Return to top |
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