Carruther’s Purple Podded
Introduced to North America by Adaptive Seeds, who aquired seed from the Heritage Seed Library in England. Carruther’s Purple Pod is from the Carruthers family of County Down, Northern Ireland.
UK pea breeder and collector Rebsie Fairholm says about this variety,
“According to the Heritage Seed Library catalogue, this is an heirloom pea from County Down, donated to them by Patrick Carruthers who got it from an old family gardener about 25 years previously, and has grown it ever since. They also mention the beautiful flowers.” (Daughter of the Soil, 2008 1)
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