Yorkshire Hero Pea

This variety originated around 1862. The DM Ferry catalogue (USA) of 1881 states, “A fine, white, wrinkled pea, very prolific, quite early and of delicious flavor; grows to about 2½ feet high and keeps a long time in season. In fact, it never becomes hard. The seed, when ripe, is of a creamy-white color, much shrivelled and indented, and in its green state is unsurpassed in sweetness and delicate flavor.” Let us know what you think.

This variety is particularly valued for features described in the DM Ferry catalogue (USA) of 1881: “A fine, white, wrinkled pea, very prolific, quite early and of delicious flavor; grows to about 2½ feet high and keeps a long time in season. In fact, it never becomes hard. The seed, when ripe, is of a creamy-white color, much shrivelled and indented, and in its green state is unsurpassed in sweetness and delicate flavor.” Sold by Suttons in the UK in the 1930s, but seems to have disappeared within the same decade.
 

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