Vegetable
Oregon Sugar Pod
S tier
Oregon Sugar Pod is a disease-resistant snow pea from Oregon breeding—compact enough for many gardens with broad flat pods and reliable sweetness. Improved powdery mildew tolerance helped Northwest and humid growers. Flavour is clean sweet green. Pick flat; cook fast. A modern standard OP/hybrid-era garden snow pea. Excellent fresh market bunching.
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Characteristics
Preparations
BlanchMarket BunchQuick WokSaladSchool Garden
Traits
Broad Flat PodDisease ToughGarden StandardMildew TolerantOregon BreedingReliableStandardSweet Flat
History
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Oregon State breeding released Oregon Sugar Pod snow pea.
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Gardeners adopted it for mildew-prone climates.
Oregon Sugar Pod became a default catalogue snow pea.
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Updated Oregon Sugar Pod strains still led home snow pea sales.