I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

"Dave Hill" wrote
I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?

We used to grow "Time out of Mind", "Ne plus ultra" as well as "Alderman"
and others but with this area becoming more dry/hot each summer we started
to find they stopped cropping and started to die before they grew tall
enough. So we have given up with them and now only plant early short peas
like "Feltham First" and "Early Onward" that will have cropped before the
summer sets in.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

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I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries


I subscribe to the Garden Organic (HDRA) heritage seed library
and thereforegrow several heritage varieties of veg every year.
Because I grow veg on a crowded allotment I am not convinced that
I willbe able to save seed although if this years heritage onion
(Red Brunswick) is successful I might try with that because not many
people on the allotment allow their onions to go to seed which
should reduce the risk of cross pollination

Gill M

I have some blue colour flowered peas which grow to about 7" high

These have very tight pods and house about 7 of, very sweet peas

No name afraid as they came mixed with some normal variety 2 years ago


......................Leslie



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I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries


I subscribe to the Garden Organic (HDRA) heritage seed library
and thereforegrow several heritage varieties of veg every year.
Because I grow veg on a crowded allotment I am not convinced that
I willbe able to save seed although if this years heritage onion
(Red Brunswick) is successful I might try with that because not many
people on the allotment allow their onions to go to seed which
should reduce the risk of cross pollination

Gill M

On 3 Mar, 17:16, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Dave Hill" wrote

I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?

We used to grow "Time out of Mind", "Ne plus ultra" as well as "Alderman"
and others but with this area becoming more dry/hot each summer we started
to find they stopped cropping and started to die before they grew tall
enough. So we have given up with them and now only plant early short peas
like "Feltham First" and "Early Onward" that will have cropped before the
summer sets in.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I'm still growing 'Alderman' pea but we get a lot more rain than you
do, and the monsoon doesn't start here 'til late July/early August.
Also 'Caseknife' climbing french bean - one of those big flat podded
almost stringless CFBs, somebody gave me seeds some years ago and I've
always made a point of growing some in relative isoation to maintain
the stock. BTW if you want a nice early pea, have you tried 'Spring'?
a modern variety - not sure if it's exclusive to Marshalls. It is a
wrinkled seeded variety and gives us really good quality crops.

On 3 Mar, 16:32, "Dave Hill" wrote:
I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?

I've grown Serpette d'Auvergne, Caractacus, Express à longue cosse,
Sénateur, Roi des halles ... this year I'm doing ambassadeur. For
leeks I'm doing Monstrueux de Carentan, like my grand dad used to do.
And it's 'heritage' ;o)

On 3 Mar, 18:36, "Rod" wrote:
On 3 Mar, 17:16, "Bob Hobden" wrote:



"Dave Hill" wrote

I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?

We used to grow "Time out of Mind", "Ne plus ultra" as well as "Alderman"
and others but with this area becoming more dry/hot each summer we started
to find they stopped cropping and started to die before they grew tall
enough. So we have given up with them and now only plant early short peas
like "Feltham First" and "Early Onward" that will have cropped before the
summer sets in.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I'm still growing 'Alderman' pea but we get a lot more rain than you
do, and the monsoon doesn't start here 'til late July/early August.
Also 'Caseknife' climbing french bean - one of those big flat podded
almost stringless CFBs, somebody gave me seeds some years ago and I've
always made a point of growing some in relative isoation to maintain
the stock. BTW if you want a nice early pea, have you tried 'Spring'?
a modern variety - not sure if it's exclusive to Marshalls. It is a
wrinkled seeded variety and gives us really good quality crops.

I would question your comment about having more rain than us.
We have been having around 80 inches a year for the last 6 years now,
ans since Xmas we have had just short of 20, (Twenty) inches of rain.
(Anyone want to but some mud?}
Havn't grow Alderman for many years.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

On 3 Mar, 19:07, "Dave Hill" wrote:
On 3 Mar, 18:36, "Rod" wrote:





On 3 Mar, 17:16, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

"Dave Hill" wrote

I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?

We used to grow "Time out of Mind", "Ne plus ultra" as well as "Alderman"
and others but with this area becoming more dry/hot each summer we started
to find they stopped cropping and started to die before they grew tall
enough. So we have given up with them and now only plant early short peas
like "Feltham First" and "Early Onward" that will have cropped before the
summer sets in.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I'm still growing 'Alderman' pea but we get a lot more rain than you
do, and the monsoon doesn't start here 'til late July/early August.
Also 'Caseknife' climbing french bean - one of those big flat podded
almost stringless CFBs, somebody gave me seeds some years ago and I've
always made a point of growing some in relative isoation to maintain
the stock. BTW if you want a nice early pea, have you tried 'Spring'?
a modern variety - not sure if it's exclusive to Marshalls. It is a
wrinkled seeded variety and gives us really good quality crops.

I would question your comment about having more rain than us.
We have been having around 80 inches a year for the last 6 years now,
ans since Xmas we have had just short of 20, (Twenty) inches of rain.
(Anyone want to but some mud?}
Havn't grow Alderman for many years.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries- Hide quoted text -

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Sorry David, I was aiming that remark about rain at Bob but I didn't
make that clear. I know you've had a helluva lot of rain down there
the last few years. We're just in the rainshadow of Snowdonia here so
we average around 36 inches a year.

In article , Bob Hobden
writes

"Dave Hill" wrote
I have been growing Epicure for a few years now, a lovely pea, crops
over quite a time and I have had it up to 7ft.
Does anyone else grow any heratage peas or other Veg?

We used to grow "Time out of Mind", "Ne plus ultra" as well as "Alderman"
and others but with this area becoming more dry/hot each summer we started
to find they stopped cropping and started to die before they grew tall
enough. So we have given up with them and now only plant early short peas
like "Feltham First" and "Early Onward" that will have cropped before the
summer sets in.

I grew trail of tears beans but they were terrible, not surprised the
poor Indians starved if they lived on those. Plus several tomatoes but
again they just weren't worth it. One was "Broad yellow ripple currant"
- I liked the name
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk