Big Boy Purple Hull Cowpea Seeds

75 days. Phaseolus lunatus. Open Pollinated. Burpee's Improved Bush Lima Bean. This compact bush plant produces high yields of delicious 5" long lima beans. A popular heirloom lima bean variety was originally introduced around 1907. Each pod contains 4 or 5 large beans. They are larger and thicker than many other limas. The beans have a creamy, buttery flavor when cooked. Great for fresh eating, freezing, canning, and drying. Easy to shell. Also known as Burpee's Bush Lima Bean and Burpee Improved Bush Lima Bean. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 549483. An heirloom variety from the USA.

76 days. Solanum lycopersicum. (F1) La Roma IV Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 5 to 8 oz bright red Roma tomatoes. They have thick walls, are meaty, and are very flavorful. Cooking intensifies flavor, too. One of the very best Italian type tomatoes on the market. Perfect for making tomato puree, paste, and sauce. The flesh is thick and drier, so it will cook down into a thick sauce. The tomato freezes well too for later cooking. One of the most disease resistant tomato varieties. Always a great seller at Farmer’s Markets. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: V, FF, N, A, St, ToMV. Determinate.

1951 All-America Selections Winner! 85 days. Brassica oleracea. (F1) OS Cross Improved Cabbage. This variety produces large heads of green cabbage. Sturdy, short-stemmed plants with blue outside leaves and light green inner leaves. It is a popular cabbage variety prized for its yield, holding ability, heat tolerance, and large heads that do not burst easily. The heads average 24 to 36 inches in diameter and weigh 10 to 50 lbs. It often attains 70 pounds or more when grown under Alaska's long summer days. Great for salads, soups, and coleslaw. Heat Tolerant. Impress your neighbors and grow a giant Cabbage. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from the USA.

70 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. QuickPick Pinkeye Cowpeas. This non-vining bush plant produces high yields of dark purple pods. It is a popular bush-type Cowpea variety prized for its high yields, good disease resistance (including Cowpea Mosaic Virus/BICMV), and heat- and drought-tolerance. The plant produces 8" long pods that have 11 peas. The cream colored peas have a maroon eye and are very flavorful. Excellent drying and canning variety. Easily harvest by hand or machine. Drought Tolerant. It was developed around 1997 by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station for commercial production. Excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, open field production, and commercial production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 596576. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: BICMV.

10 days. Arachis hypogaea. Open Pollinated. Tennessee Red Valencia Peanut. This bush-type plant produces high yields of large peanuts. Each shell contains 2 to 5 red-skinned peanuts. It is known for its sweeter taste than the Jumbo Virginia Peanut or the Early Spanish Peanut. Perfect boiled, roasted, made into peanut butter, or pressed for oil. This variety can grow in different types of soil. This variety does not need to be hilled, as most peanuts do; it will produce even in clay soils. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. An heirloom variety dating back to the 1930s. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 262119. A variety from the USA.

60 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Mississippi Pinkeye 2 Cowpeas. This bush plant produces high yields of reddish-purple pods. Very delicious, large brown peas. The pods turn from green to purple. This variety has fewer vines and more pods over the plant. Very easy to shell pods. This is an improved Mississippi Pinkeye Purple Hull Cowpea with stronger germination and better seedling survival. Cold Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 663149. A variety from Mississippi, USA. Disease Resistant: FW, N.