Sugar bon

Tuesday, 08 September 2009 12:19

The most versatile peas wonderful raw, steamed or stir-fried. Yields are higher because you eat them pod and all. Thick, full sized snap peas are sweetest. 56 days to maturity. This snap pea bears delicious, sweet pods 3" long. Compact plants are 24" tall and resistant to powdery mildew. Direct-sow in early spring, again in midsummer for a fall crop. Outstanding winter crop in Zones 9-11. Sugar bon pea was developed by crossing Chinese snow peas with a mutant shell pea plant, which was done by Drs. Lamborn and Park of Twin Falls, Idaho. Go to table of pea varieties