Re: [gardeners] Pink peas
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:46:06 -0500
"David G. Smith" wrote:
> I wonder if some of you southerners could answer a question. (Not that I'm
> entirely a yankee; my father is from southwest Virginia and my mother from
> east Tennessee. I was born in Kentucky.) Anyway, the question.
>
> A former co-worker was from east Texas, and he said everyone there eats
> something called "pink peas". He didn't know a lot about them, though, not
> a gardener. I heard from someone else that they are the same as black-eyed
> peas, but picked earlier. Is that true? Could I plant a few black-eyed
> peas from the grocery store and grow some?
>
> David Smith
I'm from SE Texas and never heard of pink peas. Could he be referring to pink
crowders, a southern pea but separate from black-eyed peas. Black-eyed peas
don't look pink to me when they're immature so not sure what he's talking
about. Allen, you old pea farmer, what say ye?
George