"David Hill" wrote

I've noticed that a lot of the seed companies don't show the height of the
peas on the packets now

Virtually all the peas commercially available are short these days, you may
still find Alderman available but that isn't the tallest pea there ever was.
I remember growing peas that grew to 7ft or more, much easier to pick but
you have to provide something for them to climb up.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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