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Pea : Ambassador - Duchy Originals 1 packet High yields of dark green medium-sized blunt pods, with 8-9 seeded pods. Reliable in all soils. Height to 75cm. |
Pea : Cavalier - Duchy Originals 1 packet British bred maincrop with long, pointed, dark green pods with up to 10 seeds per pod. Height to 90cm. Good powdery mildew resistance. |
Pea : Garden : Ambassador 1 packet (Maincrop) One of the most disease resistant varieties, particularly to powdery mildew, making it ideal for successionally sowing later in the season. Huge crops of blunt, double pods averaging 8-9 dark green, tasty peas per pod. Outstanding garden variety. Height: 75-80cm (30-32in). |
Pea : Garden : Balmoral 1 packet Late main crop Ideally sown in May-June for harvesting in Sept-Oct to complete a full season's picking. Enjoy tasty peas late in the year with each pod containing an average of 7 peas per pod. Height: 70-75cm (28-30in). |
Pea : Garden : British Bred Collection 4 packets - 1 of each Specially selected by T&M for successional sowing! Pick fresh tasty peas throughout the season. Collection comprises one packet each of: Balmoral, Oasis, Jaguar and Twinkle - save money!BalmoralIdeally sown in May-June for harvesting in Sept-Oct to complete a full season's picking. Enjoy tasty peas late in the year with each pod containing an average of 7 peas per pod.OasisA British bred maincrop producing a huge yield of double pods per node, averaging 8 to 9 succulent, dark green peas per pod.JaguarSuperb harvests of Peas are abundant with paired pods for extra crops, and with pods averaging 6-7 dark green, tasty peas. An excellent form. Jaguar is quick to harvest and is ideal for successional sowings. Can be sown March-June for cropping June-September.TwinklePick fresh, tasty peas early in the season with this quality, British bred variety. Enjoy trouble-free, bumper crops thanks to impressive Pea Wilt resistance and Downy Mildew tolerance. Perfect for successional sowing to give longer cropping period. Plants are self-supporting when grown in blocks. |
Pea : Garden : Canoe 1 packet Wrinkle - Second Early. We believe Canoe produces the most seeds in a pod. We have spotted many 11 and 12 seeded pods in the seed crop, but can you find lucky 13? This aptly named variety has long, slightly curved pointed pods similar to a Canoe. Producing a heavy crop of pods, on semi-leafless, almost self supporting plants when grown in a block. Ideal for freezing and sure to be an exhibition variety of the future. |
Pea : Garden : Celebration 1 packet Wrinkle - First Early. New British breeding in small peas ('petit pois') with small dark green peas which hold both their colour and superb taste after freezing. The taste is so good that most of your crop won't even reach the freezer! Plants are semi leafless and self supporting if grown in a block. Height: 50-60cm (20-24in). |
Pea : Garden : Dorian (Mr Big) 1 packet Maincrop. Eye-catching, long, broad and straight pods filled with 8 to 10 large, tasty peas hence often known as 'Mr Big'. One for the showbench, as well as the kitchen, producing a good crop of pods for picking over a long period. Prefers well-drained, moist, rich conditions. Height 75cm (30in). RHS AGM winner. Good source of Vitamins A, C, B1 and folic acid. Peas also contain soluble fibre, useful in removing harmful cholesterol. |
Pea : Garden : Endeavour 1 packet Main crop Semi-leafless almost self supporting if grown in a block. Sow April-June to pick July-October. Long double 8 seeded pods of excellent flavour. Height: 65-70cm (26-28in). |
Pea : Garden : Greensage 1 packet Maincrop. The gardeners' and exhibitors' favourite Greenshaft, has been crossed with a semi-leafless variety to produce the even sweeter tasting Greensage. Curved pods over 8cm (3½in) long, averaging 8-11 peas per pod. |
Pea : Garden : Half Pint (Mini Vegetable) 1 packet A real 'Tom Thumb' for container growing on the patio or windowsill, as well as for sowing under cloches in the garden for an extra early crop. Being dwarf, only 30-37cm (12-15in) high and bushy means they need no support. Fun to grow in containers as an attractive and edible centerpiece on the dining table. |
Pea : Garden : Hurst Green Shaft 1 packet Outstanding pod length - 4 to 4½ inches, with 9-11 peas in a pod. Double podded too, it is a super heavy-yielding variety. Only 28 -30 inches tall, with all the pods in the top 10-12 inches - no more backache. A second early, wrinkle seeded variety, which matures in 100 days from sowing. Resists downy mildew and fusarium wilt. And the taste! Has to be eaten to be believed. Suitable For Freezing |
Pea : Garden : Jaguar 1 packet Second early Superb harvests of Peas are abundant with paired pods for extra crops, and with pods averaging 6-7 dark green, tasty peas. An excellent form. Jaguar is quick to harvest and is ideal for successional sowings. Can be sown March-June for cropping June-September. Height: 65-70cm (26-28in). |
Pea : Garden : Kelvedon Wonder 1 packet Extremely popular and reliable variety for successional sowings throughout spring, and a particular favourite for June sowings, producing huge crops of narrow pointed pods in pairs, averaging 7 or 8 succulent peas per pod. RHS AGM winner. Resistant to Pea Wilt, tolerant to Downy Mildew. |
Pea : Garden : Kelvedon Wonder 1 packet Extremely popular and reliable variety for successional sowings throughout spring, and a particular favourite for June sowings, producing huge crops of narrow pointed pods in pairs, averaging 7 or 8 succulent peas per pod. RHS AGM winner. Resistant to Pea Wilt, tolerant to Downy Mildew. |
Pea : Garden : Meteor 1 packet Round (First Early) Neat, dwarf habit producing an abundance of small but well-filled pods. Very good winter hardiness, even in exposed areas as a an autumn variety. Better flavoured than the old variety Feltham First and ideal for that first dish of the season. |
RHS Vegetable Collection : Pea : Garden : Misty 1 packet First Early.An outstanding variety, producing a heavy crop of 7-8cm (3-3½ inch) blunt pods, borne mainly in pairs against bright green foliage, filled with succulent tasty peas. Flowers and sets pods over a very long cropping period. |
Pea : Garden : Oasis 1 packet (Maincrop) A British bred maincrop producing a huge yield of double pods per node, averaging 8 to 9 succulent, dark green peas per pod. Resistant to pea wilt and has good downy mildew resistance. Height: 60-70cm (24-28in). |
Pea : Garden : Onward 1 packet The most widely grown main crop producing double-podded wrinkle seeded peas. Enormous yields, excellent flavour and ideal for successional sowing. Height: 75cm (30in). |
Pea : Garden : Rondo 1 packet An excellent, high quality, double podded variety guaranteed to out perform 'Onward' in every way. One of the best cropping varieties in T&M trials, with rich green, straight, long pods containing on average 10 deliciously plump peas. Wrinkle (Main) Resistant to Fusarium Race 1. Suitable For Freezing. |
Pea : Garden : Starlight 1 packet Wrinkle (Early Maincrop). Another from the British breeding stable. Attractive, very dark green leaves highlight the paler pods, held out at an angle for easy picking. Mostly double-podded but some treble-podded per node containing tasty dark green peas. Has a high resistance to downy mildew. |
Pea : Garden : Twinkle 1 packet Pick fresh, tasty peas early in the season with this quality, British bred variety. Enjoy trouble-free, bumper crops thanks to impressive Pea Wilt resistance and Downy Mildew tolerance. Perfect for successional sowing to give longer cropping period. Plants are self-supporting when grown in blocks. Height: 45-55cm (18-22in). |
Pea : Mangetout : Oregon Sugar Pod 1 packet This is surely the sensible way to grow and eat peas - no time consuming podding, no waste, just heavy crops of delicious, sweet and juicy pods of sugar-peas, often called 'Mangetout' or 'Snow peas'. Well flavoured and excellent for lightly steaming or stir-fries,. The pods are large and flat (4½ inches long by ¾ inch wide) and stringless when young. This is the way peas will be eaten in the future. It just doesn't make sense to go through the tediousness of discarding the pod if its so full of goodness and so delicious to taste. |
Pea : Norli (Mangetout) - Duchy Originals 1 packet Sweet tasting flat pods, best picked whilst small and stringless. Height to 60cm. Fusarium wilt resistant. |
Pea : Sugar Snap : Cascadia 1 packet Crisp, sweet, rounded 'sugar snap' pods that remain succulent and tender over a longer period than many other varieties. Enjoy bumper crops over a long picking season on the easy to manage, quite dwarf plants. Resistant to Pea Wilt.Prefers well drained, moist, rich conditions. |
RHS Vegetable Collection : Pea : Sugarsnap : Sugar Ann 1 packet A fine quality Sugarsnap with round, fleshy, pale green, sweet tasting, succulent pods. Sugarsnap Pea Sugar Ann is very early and heavy cropping. Ideal raw or in stir fries. Suitable for freezing. Eat immature when stringless but less sweet or remove string when fully developed. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection. Sow in succession for a long season of picking. |
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