I have not heard the Term. Can you clarify whether it is an English pea (Pisum sativa) or a southern pea/cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata).

I know it's not an English pea, and it's not a Cow Pea. I also know it's not a Cream pea, or Crowder pea. Sadly, I just know what it's not! If you have any other ideas I sure would love to hear them, and thank you for replying.

Where did you get your seed?

We used to be able to buy them from the local feed store. When we moved back here after being gone for several years, the store said they had not been able to get them for three or more years. I never thought they might become "extinct".

How about asking the local feed store who the supplier was during that time, then contact that supplier.
Also, an ad in the local paper could be one way to find someone who may have saved some seed.

Two excellent ideas oldpea! Wish I had thought of them myself. I will go to the feed store tomorrow morning, and come Monday I will place an ad in the local paper. Thank you very much.

Linny

Linny,
But what are they, lol. Curious minds want to know. : )
Saving seed is easy. You just let the pods mature on the plant. The pods will become dry. Once dry, pick them and bring them inside and shell them all. Keep them in a paper bag in a cool dry place. You probably have weevils down where you are you may need to freeze them for a bit to kill them.
There is more info on the link,
Remy

Here is a link that might be useful: Saving Bean seed

Hi Remy,

I love curious minds! Cabbage peas are a small pale green pea. My mother says she always heard they were sort of a "gourmet" pea. They have a distinct taste that is very good. They do not however, taste like cabbage, so I don't know where the name comes from!

Thanks for the information and the link on saving the seed. I appreciate it and it does sound easy. You are right about the weevils, so I will freeze them for a bit. Would you think a day or two in the freezer would do it?

Linny

Could they be chickpeas (cici or garbonzos are the other names)? Although they are pale yellow when dried, they are green when fresh. I was curious about this because they do resemble little cabbages. Although not as popular as many beans grown here, they are very popular the world over.

Maypop, they aren't Garbanzos, but I love those too, and they have such a great flavor. And you are right, they do resemble little cabbages. The cabbage pea more resembles a miniature black-eyed pea, with the pea being pale green and the eye just a litte darker green than the pea.

Thanks for your input though. Now I'm thinking I will try to grow some Garbanzos too!

Based on your last description, It sounds like one of the greeneyed cowpeas. http://rareseeds.com/seeds/Cowpeas/Green-Eyed-Pea
http://www.labtechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?id=64898-black-eyed-pea-cowpea-color

Hello Linny i would be very interested in some of your cabbage pea seed if they produce for you this year. I have 2 varieties that you may be interested in as well both of which seem to have been lost 1 is called floricreme or floracreme which was developed for Florida many years ago so I'm told, the other is called red reggie, cannot tell you any history of this one other than my family has saved it for over 20 years the other has been saved by a former agriculture teacher for about 30 years. I just aquired the floricreme last fall and now have seed to share if you are interested thanks Mel

trying to find a few seed for the cabbage pea. I would give anything to get these seed again' Thanking you in advance if you can help me.
Have a blessed day
bamagene

Just a thought, but do you think 'cabbage' could be a corruption of the German 'Kapuziner' or the Dutch 'Capuzijner'?

Here is a link that might be useful: Capuzijner/ Kapuziner Peas.

The Cabbage Pea ( Bush White Acre ) http://www.smartgardener.com/plants/4495-cowpea-white-acre/overview

Here is a link that might be useful: Bush White Acre

Yes the cabbage pea is Bush White Acre Peas

My stepdad asked me to find some cabbage peas for him. He said they are different than white acre. Would anyone be willing to help me out ?

Linny57...... I hope you are still on this site. I have been looking for cabbage peas for years. When I was a little girl, my grandmother planted cabbage peas and we all loved them. I recently found some seed in the freezer and thought I had found some cabbage peas....planted them and they turned out to be a huge white pea....they are delicious too, but certainly not cabbage peas. I live in central Florida and would love to get a few seed as a start if you still have some. I do so hope you are still on here somewhere!!!!

The cabbage pea is often mistaken as a white acre, but rest assured it is not a white acre pea. When I was a young girl in Middle Georgia the cabbage pea and the white acre pea were often grown together by the same farmers/gardeners. There is a difference. We put them in the freezer every year by the bushels. About the mid 1970's we went to get them as we did every year, but this year would be different. We searched high and low for them. Every farm, every roadside stand and every farmer's market we knew of, heard of or could find, but to no avail. Every farmer, every gardner, every grower, all said the same thing, we could not find any seed this year! My family has not had a cabbage pea since. I'm so in hopes that w/ the broad reach of the internet someone somewhere will still have these seeds. Linny57 I so hope you've located them and visit this site again and share! I can find the white acre pea, but I'm still searching for the once popular and plentiful cabbage pea.

Anyone ever find any?

linny57 would you be willing to sell a dozen or so of the cabbage pea? Contact me by email if you would please. aneldab@bellsouth.net

Linny hasn't posted since 2008.

Cabbage peas ? Never heard of them

Hu from oklahoma