Edible podded varieties of vegetable pea

Edible podded variety (snow pea or sugar pea or snap pea)

Whole pods of this type can be eaten as the pod walls contain less fibre and high sugar.

1. Sylvia

• It is an introduced variety from Sweden.
• Plants are tall; first blossom appears at 14^th to 16^th node after 60 days of sowing.
• Pods are borne singly, yellowish in colour, long (12 cm) and curved without parchment type pericarp.
• Pods are sweet and have general appearance of a medium sized French bean pod.

2. UN 53 (3)

• Developed at IIHR, Banglore which gives 8-9 t pod yield per hectare in crop duration of 90 days.

3. Mithi Phali

•  Developed at PAU, Ludhiana.
•  Plants are dwarf, gives high green edible pod yield.