First Early.

An outstanding variety, producing a heavy crop of 7-8cm (3-3½ inch) blunt pods, borne mainly in pairs against bright green foliage, filled with succulent tasty peas. Flowers and sets pods over a very long cropping period.

Ideal for successional sowings. Sow March to early June. Harvest June to August. Sow 5cm (2in) deep in flat bottomed drills, spacing seeds about 2.5-5cm apart, in rows 60cm (24in) apart. Germination and establishment may be poor in cold, wet soils or from earliest sowings.

When plants are 10cm (4in) tall provide twiggy stocks or netting for support.

The peas will be ready to pick around 11 weeks from sowing, and regular picking will encourage further cropping. Net against pigeons, which can be a problem in may areas, and cover with muslin just before flowering to avoid attack by pea moth