Pea

Pisum sativum

Peas range from sweet shelling peas to crisp snap peas and starchy dried peas. They are all forms of the same cool-weather crop, but with very different textures.¹

Further notes

In Maine, peas are among the crops sown as soon as the ground can be worked, making them one of the first annual food plants into the garden.²

Footnotes

1. University of Maine Cooperative Extension, “Legumes: Dry Beans, Peas, and Lentils,” accessed July 17, 2026. ↩

2. University of Maine Cooperative Extension, “Maine Vegetable Gardening: Keep Your Garden Growing,” accessed July 17, 2026. ↩