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'Zipper Cream' Peas
 
Sub-Category: Shelling
 
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Description: Southern shelling pea. Low bushy plants bear medium-green pods with large creamy white peas that turn light straw when dry.
Days To Maturity: 66
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Taste: (4.5 Stars)Taste
Yield: (5.0 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 08/22/2009 by Grit - An intermediate gardener

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Coffee, Alabama, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

An excellent cream pea, yields are good, easy to shell, taste is very good for a cream pea. This is my favorite cream pea.
 

Reviewed on 11/20/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener

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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is an excellent cream pea in this area. It yields well, is medium sized, and best of all is easy to shell. As a green shell pea, it is a pale shade of green when cooked. There are other peas I prefer for taste, but this is the best of the cream type that I have tried.
 




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