I don't know. These look prety much like black-eyed peas in a long purple pod. The taste is like black-eyed peas, too. David At 06:58 PM 8/29/99 -0400, you wrote: >David, I've been wondering if these are similar to what we >call field peas. We always grew these in the garden as I was >growing up. We didn't sow them in rows, but rather broadcast >them in the plot where they were to grow. We would get several >large pickings off of them, and froze and canned many of them. >Good eating. :-) > >Bambi---who has battened down the hatches and is waiting > to see what Hurricane Dennis is gonna do. >Coastal Carolina > > >>Had them last night for the first time. I was not disappointed! I'll >>reserve more space for them next year. I wonder why they aren't more >>widely popular? >> >>David >> > > >