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Post by johno on Dec 27, 2009 2:02:10 GMT -5
What's your favorite variety of garden peas/English peas? I love the edible podded kinds, but want to branch out into a highly productive pea for the freezer.
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Post by flowerpower on Dec 27, 2009 6:53:13 GMT -5
One that I really like is Laxton's Progress. But I still grow Alaska & Little Marvel. Both do very well for me. I did get quite a few from American Gardener last yr to try. I was very happy with the Fin du Gourmet. It's a small sized pea.
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Post by kitchengardener on Jan 20, 2010 9:05:58 GMT -5
Hi,
Thomas Laxton is our main pea variety, very productive and seems to do well in our conditions. However, we also have a lot of success with Carruthers' Purple Podded (but repute the finest flavoured purple shelling pea). In addition we grow the Golden Sweet mangetout (or snow) pea. These are the 'big three' for us at the moment, but I am starting to explore others.
A couple of other interesting ones we grow; Carlin is a very traditional English pea with a lot of history (and even a dedicated Sunday to eat them on). It is a a maple or black pea, that is dried.
American Dave very kindly sent over some peas for us to try last year and we will be continuing the trials this very, but one very interesting variety was Blue Prussian. It was a very stately looking plant (really wonderful) and was extremely prolific. It is a round type, but very promising. Again with some interesting history.
If anyone would like to try any of the above let me know, I can spare a few seeds of most.
Actually, there are a few varieties I would like to try but that are very difficult to get over here. They are mainly the ones by Alan Kapuler: Sugar Magnolia, Opal Creek & Spring Blush, but also Corne de Belier. If anyone has any of these and fances a seed swap please do PM me.
James
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Post by johno on Jan 20, 2010 17:00:04 GMT -5
I just got some Laxton's Progress in a trade. I'm excited about that, especially after two votes for Laxton.  I'll also be growing Golden Sweet and Super Sugar Snap this year. All those peas sound great, James. I want to get into soup peas as well as English. I don't have any of Kapuler's peas yet to trade with - I'm looking for some, too. Where is "over here?" |
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Post by kitchengardener on Jan 20, 2010 17:13:20 GMT -5
Hi Johno,
Over here is East England.
Don't worry about not having anything to trade; PM me with the varieties you would like to try and your address I will send you out some.
James
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Post by grunt on Jan 24, 2010 3:24:13 GMT -5
We have a bunch of varieties from Rebsie this year, and Capucijner and Monk peas. I know we grew Opal Creek & Spring Blush, and Corne de Belier, but won't have enough Corne de Belier to trade this year. Our list will be up before long, and we'll gladly share what we have enough seed for.
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Post by canadamike on Jan 24, 2010 10:42:15 GMT -5
I love my peas small, si I get the hell of a kik out of ROI DES CONSERVES.
It is a small indeterminate, going up about 4 feet, so I grow it on a chicken wire fence.The fence becomes a wall of white flower followed by peas. I should have taken a picture, 2 years ago, the fence was a wall of peas. And I grew it far in the field, in unamended clay.
I did not do peas last year, but will resume this year. ROI DES CONSERVES (canning king) is much sweeter once canned, even at the larger stage, but it has the highest count of dry seeds per pound I have seen yet.
I also like PETIT PROVENCAL because it is a productive very dwarf pea that bear them all on top of the plant.It will give you one flush of peas all at the same time, so it it perfect for a canning or freezing bee.
Owen has some of both I think.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jan 24, 2010 11:03:08 GMT -5
I'm not positive, but I don't think I have any English peas! I like the tiny ones myself. Prepare them with onions (small boiling onions when I can) in a lovely cream sauce fragranced with thyme and a bare hint of mace (or nutmeg).
Can I get some Roi Des Conserves from you Mike?
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Post by canadamike on Jan 24, 2010 11:07:18 GMT -5
I'll check, but I might have given them all away last year. Anyway, I will prepare your order today ( spanish melons). If you want something else, it is time my dear. Please pm me your adress.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 15, 2010 15:57:03 GMT -5
I'll check, but I might have given them all away last year. Anyway, I will prepare your order today ( spanish melons). If you want something else, it is time my dear. Please pm me your adress. Did I ever send you my address? Is it to late to even ask?!?! |
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Post by robertb on Apr 16, 2010 4:23:20 GMT -5
My favourite so far is Magnum Bonum. It's tall, prolific, and keeps its sweetness even when the peas get big. I mainly grow tall varieties as they're heavier cropping.
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Post by raymondo on Apr 16, 2010 5:23:21 GMT -5
Onwards (or is it Onward?) is a great shelling pea, being delicious even when getting on a bit. It has a semi-determinate habit. I like Greenfeast too as it produces all at once so makes harvesting for freezing easier. It does tend to lose sugars as it ages so it needs to be picked as soon as it reaches size. Recette is a nice petit pois but I prefer large peas. Less fiddly to shell.
However, I grow mainly snap peas and hope to get hold of a few new ones to try this year - Sweet Honey and Sugar Dell. I do like snow peas (mangetouts) but prefer snaps.
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Post by kathm on Apr 16, 2010 14:09:59 GMT -5
I'll second Magnum Bonum Robert. I grew it for the first time last year but it's going to be a regular. I also like Alderman as a tall pea.
For a change in size, I like the salmon flowered 'crown' pea. Small but very sweet peas held at the top or crown of the plant. Grows to about 4 ft - makes picking easy!
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Post by robertb on Apr 16, 2010 14:19:19 GMT -5
Alderman is another of my regulars, though I feel Magnum Bonum pips it to the post. I like Salmon Flowered myself. I'll find another crown pea or two one of these days!
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I'll also be growing Golden Sweet and Super Sugar Snap this year.
