27 DECEMBER 1940, Page 11

Asparagus Peas A new pea, which appears to be an

improvement or variation of the sugar-pea, itself little grown in this country, makes its appearance in the current seed catalogues. The plant is semi- creeping, with spreading stems of about twelve inches, the flowers tinted red. The pods, rather odd-shaped, squarish, with winged ribs, are two or three inches long Gathered when young and tender, cooked and eaten whole, like those of the sugar-pea, they have a flavour of asparagus. Such a combination of the two most distinguished vegetable aristocrats of the English garden should be well worth trying.