King Tut Dry Pea Seeds

Very tall, climbing vines 6ft+. Productive pea variety produces dark purple pods that can be eaten as snow peas when very young, and also as a soup pea when dried. Purple podded peas tend to be more fibrous than green podded peas and thus it is imperative to pick them young. Less chewing. A very dependable variety that can double as an ornamental because the magenta and light pink pastel flowers are so lovely. There is a very long and serpentine story in the Baker Creek catalogue about the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb, and the possible shocking origin of these peas.  2020 seed.