Cowpeas

Texas Cream 8 is a high yielding pea that is very popular in the garden. It has a high bushy plant with dark glossy leaves. It has a smooth seed coat and a white flower. Seeds are considered small with a smooth and wrinkled seed coat. Pods are above foliage making it easy to pick, green when mature and dark straw colored when dry. The pods have a medium to long size with slight constrictions and the curvature is intermediate.
Seed count is 2947 seeds/#

Texas Cream 12 has a high bushy plant habit with dark green leaves and a dull luster. The flower is white. The maturity is considered medium to late. Pods are about 5” long and .34” in width. They are at foliage level and scattered. Pods are greatly curved and have slight constrictions, are green at maturity and dark straw colored at dry stage. They set on the peduncle like fingers meaning they are angled toward the sky at first. The seed shape is oblong and is considered semi crowder shape. Testa is wrinkled and smooth and size is medium.
Seed count is 3555/#

Texas Cream 40 has an erect plant habit with dark green foliage with a dull luster. Flower color is white and maturity is late. Pod placement is at and above foliage and bunched. Pod length is about 6”long and 0.37” in width. Pod color at maturity is green and dark straw at dry stage. Constrictions are slight and curvature is slight. Seed shape is kidney; class is non crowder with a wrinkled and smooth seed coat or testa. There are about 13 seeds per pod.
Seed Count is 3294/#