Alaska Pea - 1 ounce - Heirloom, Open-Pollinated, non-Hybrid Victory Seeds®

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'Alaska' Peas

Alaska Pea

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Alaska (Earliest of All)
55 days — This variety was introduced in 1881 in England as 'Earliest of All,' by pea breeder Thomas Laxton. A cross of 'Ringleader' and 'Little Gem', it became the parent of many subsequent varieties. First offered in the United States in 1882 by James J. H. Gregory and was in several seed catalogs by 1883. It seems that it was renamed in 1884 by A. B. Cleveland of Cape Vincent, New York and given away as a premium for subscriptions to the periodical The Rural New Yorker. The name stuck.

The plants are twenty four to thirty six inches tall and grow well in cool soils. There are typically five to eight smooth peas in each round pod. Classically used for canning or freezing, also fine fresh or dry (in eighty days) for soups. Not a super sweet variety. Seeds are smooth. Each packet contains one ounce which is generally enough to plant a ten foot row.