Feltham First

A real heirloom, this is one of the earliest varieties. You can sow it in spring as usual, but it is also a very hardy plant and in milder areas it is also worth trying a November sowing for very early harvest at the start of the following year.

Originally from Mr A.W. Smith’s renowned seed company based in the fields of Feltham, in what was then rural Staines in the late 1800s. Now swallowed up by urban Hounslow, his fields and impressive glasshouses all along Feltham High Street are gone but his pea lives on and is still a favourite among home gardeners.