Sugar Ann Snap Pea

1983 Silver All-America winner bred by Calvin Lamborn and named for one of his daughters. Very popular both with home gardeners and commercial growers. The earliest snap pea, ripening in Central Maine around June 20, earlier in warmer areas, when customers are still excited about peas and greedy to purchase them in quantity. Alan LePage says good timing is crucial for optimal root development early in the season, the key to high yields. If you sow early into cool soil with good organic matter and your soil doesn’t heat up too fast, they produce bushels and bushels well into July. He has sown as early as Mar. 18 in a warm spring, Apr. 11 this past cool year. Very good quality, sweetest of the dwarf snap peas. Not as heavy-yielding as tall Sugarsnap. Use the 2' vines to start the season. Allow extra space between rows if you do not stake. Still has a small percentage of off-types.