Table 3 – Pea Vines
Table 3. Summary of pea vine visual evaluations, where 1 is highest and 12 is lowest, on June 16 by a panel of chefs, and July 16 by a small group of WSU Extension Agents who work with Indochinese farmers.
| Variety & Type | Date | Comments |
|
| Snowflake
snow |
6/16 | compact form | 3 |
| 7/16 | good large leaves, all the way to the terminals; tops look tender; tender stems (may be hard to bunch if stems break); fewer tendrils | 1 | |
| Super Sugar Snap snap | 6/16 | too leggy | 10 |
| 7/16 | too leggy | unacceptable | |
| HN 412
yellow split |
6/16 | light, sweet, woody stem | 7 |
| 7/16 | too leggy; tough; no flowers | unacceptable | |
| Tom Laxton
shell |
6/16 | none | 12 |
| 7/16 | small leaves; looks overmature; could be acceptable if harvested earlier | 6 | |
| Oregon Sugar Pod II
snow |
6/16 | wilts quickly | 9 |
| 7/16 | big leaves; leafy; tender looking; blooms look attractive; pea pods also a market (dual crop?) | 2 | |
| Oregon Giant
snow |
6/16 | grassy flavor | 11 |
| 7/16 | a little leggy; nice leaves, compact and large; tendrils (garnish); tender stems, but a little tough | 3/4 | |
| Aladdin
AF, yellow split |
6/16 | earthy flavor; many tendrils (garnish) | 2 |
| 7/16 | too many tendrils | unacceptable | |
| Rex
yellow split |
6/16 | none | 5 |
| 7/16 | small leaves, short; wilts | unacceptable | |
| Cascadia
snap |
6/16 | too leggy; woody; beautiful leaves and shape | 6 |
| 7/16 | big leaves; vines and pods look tender longer; more tendrils (garnish); could be 3 due to pods (dual purpose) | 3/4 | |
| Phantom AF, marrowfats |
6/16 | tough | 4 |
| 7/16 | tendrils (garnish) | garnish | |
| PRO 2100 shell |
6/16 | Strong; almost unpleasant aftertaste; fibrous and tough; small leaves; scraggly | 8 |
| 7/16 | very leggy; small leaves; does not look as good as others; bundles well | 5 | |
| General Comments | Remove tendrils before cooking/preparing pea vines as a vegetable; Taiwanese saying: "tendrils tie your tongue" | ||