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After getting Court Estate Gold from my first growout of 1 pod of F2 seeds right at the end of the season in 2004 (if I got my year right), I carried on with that variety and ignored its siblings, because I had got what I wanted.
I then grew the remaining F2s a few years later and selected for yellow pods, ate all the green ones and the shelling ones and just kept seeds of yellow mangetout peas. Without much further selection or even much study. I have finally dug out these seeds (from 2008) and this year I am growing them with a little better observation. Most are smaller, shorter yellow pods of not much interest, but this one stands out. I am naming it Court Estate Crescent. Not as wide as Court Estate Gold but a super curvy shape and longer than Golden Sweet. I think this is the prettiest out of the remaining yellows.
I then grew the remaining F2s a few years later and selected for yellow pods, ate all the green ones and the shelling ones and just kept seeds of yellow mangetout peas. Without much further selection or even much study. I have finally dug out these seeds (from 2008) and this year I am growing them with a little better observation. Most are smaller, shorter yellow pods of not much interest, but this one stands out. I am naming it Court Estate Crescent. Not as wide as Court Estate Gold but a super curvy shape and longer than Golden Sweet. I think this is the prettiest out of the remaining yellows.
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