Last year I grew a small line of Elisabeth mange tout peas, they have become a firm favourite here. I was surprised to see one had purple maroon coloured flowers. I'm fairly sure it was from seed sown and not a stray overlooked pea seed as the area had not been used for peas before and all the plants had been module grown and started indoors (though anything is possible). I was kindly given Elisabeth pea by Galina a few years ago and these were the last of the original seed. The off-type pea vine produced, I thought at the time, a lovely tasty Mange tout type pods. These were very similar tasting to Elisabeth, except the flower colour was so different. I did wonder if it were a stray seed or if there were any possibility that this one vine had reverted to it's original type -Weggiser.
Edit to add link to Elisabeth Pea http://www.growingfoodsavingseeds.co...elisabeth-peas
Edit to add link to Elisabeth Pea http://www.growingfoodsavingseeds.co...elisabeth-peas
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