The processor will prescribe or recommend the varieties you should grow for processing. For fresh market, select consumer acceptable varieties with high yield and disease resistance, if possible. Fresh market peas are classified into cream, crowder, and blackeyed types. Pods may be either green or purple in color at maturity. Crowder peas are generally brown in color and the shape distorted because of crowding in the pod.
Creams have white seed at maturity and are generally small.
A variation on the blackeye is the pinkeye type. Pinkeye types are particularly popular for fresh market. Knuckle Purple Hull,' and 'Hercules' are crowder types. Those with purple hulls or pods are particularly desirable for fresh market in the pod sales. Nematodes Genegreen Nonvining 1 Disease resistance is a relative term based on specific test conditions, to specific races.