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A child holding an edible pod pea in Kenya. Snow peas, along with snap peas and unlike field and garden peas, are notable for having edible pods that lack inedible fiber [11] (in the form of "parchment", a fibrous layer found in the inner pod rich in lignin [12]) in the pod walls. Snow peas have the thinner walls of the two edible pod variants.
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The snap pea is a cool season legume. It may be planted in spring as early as the soil can be worked. Seeds should be planted 25–40 mm (1– 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) apart and 15–25 mm (1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) deep in a 75 mm (3 in) band. [6]
Snow peas have flat pods with thin pod walls. Pods and seeds are eaten when they are very young. Snap peas or sugar snap peas have rounded pods with thick pod walls. Pods and seeds are eaten before maturity. The name sugar pea can include both types [24] or be synonymous with either snow peas or snap peas in different dictionaries. [26]
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The fruit is a typical legume fruit, being a flat and smooth pea-like pod 5.1–10.2 cm (2–4 in) long and 1.3 cm (1 ⁄ 2 in) broad. The fruit usually contains 4–8 seeds. [9] The seeds are dark orange brown with irregular markings. They ripen late in autumn and hang on the branches until early spring. [11]
Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. [2] It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in) tall. [ 2 ] It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, [ 3 ] with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.
What are snow grains? The Met Office describe snow grains as “a very small form of solid precipitation” similar to a grain of rice. Snow grains appear as very small white and opaque grains of ice.