Vegetable
Mammoth Melting
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Mammoth Melting Sugar is a classic tall snow pea with large, sweet flat pods that “melt” tender when cooked briefly—an heirloom favourite for home gardens. Vines need tall support. Flavour is full sweet pea when pods are picked flat. String if needed, then stir-fry or steam. Heavy yields for peasecod lovers. A benchmark OP snow pea.
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Preparations
Blanch FreezeHome Stir FryRaw YoungSteam TenderTrellis Harvest
Traits
HeirloomLarge Flat Sweet PodLarge PodNeeds TrellisSweetTall HeirloomTall VineTender Cooked
History
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Mammoth Melting Sugar snow pea was listed in American seed catalogues.
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Home gardens grew Mammoth Melting on tall trellises.
Heirloom savers kept Mammoth Melting in circulation.
Mammoth Melting remained a top named snow pea for gardeners.