Cowpeas

SEED COUNT - 2560 / #
Mississippi Purple was released by the Mississippi Agri. Experiment Station in 1973. Mississippi Purple, MSPL has less vine then most of the other heirloom varieties of brown crowders. The peduncles are clustered more to the center of the plant. The habit is semi-erect with semi compact foliage and a lavender flower. The first bloom will appear in 38 days. Pod placement is at foliage level and is bunched together. The pods are 18 cm long and 9 cm wide, are slightly curved and at green shell maturity are light purple. At the dry stage they are purple. Each pod will have about 14 seeds in it. MSPL is resistant to Fusarium wilt and to root-knot nematoades. MSPL will produce sheller pods in about 65days.

SEED COUNT -2113 / #
Mississippi Silver, MSSL, was released by the Mississippi Agri. Experiment Station in 1966. This pea has beautiful silvery – colored pods at the green mature stage. It was originally planned as a disease-resistant replacement for the Silverskin Crowders on the fresh market. The vine on the MSSL is similar to the MSPL. The crop of MSSL is set early and is concentrated over the top of the row slightly above the vines. The green shell maturity was reached in about 64 days. The green pods are smooth, silvery color occasionally touched with streaks or spots of light rose. They average 7.13 inches long and .35 inches wide. The pods open easily making it a very popular pea. The green peas of MSSL are typical of the brown crowder group. They are large, light green to cream in color at green shell maturity, and flattened or crowded on the ends. Like MSPL, MSSL is resistant to all three races of Fusarium Wilt and the four out of five types of root-knot nematodes common in the U.S.