Cow-pea "Pink Eyed Purple Hulled (200 Seeds) A.K.a Southern Peas ,Organic Cow-pea "Pink Eyed Purple Hulled (200 Seeds) A.K.a Southern Peas ,Organic Produces well even when it is too hot and humid for snap beans.  Pods are held on a short vine and mature in about the same time as okra.  May be eaten whole when young or shelled for their seeds when mature.  Vigorous vines 3 to 3 1/2 feet with runners. Cowpea is one of the most ancient crops known to man. Its origin and subsequent domestication is associated with pearl millet and sorghum in Africa. It is now a broadly adapted and highly variable crop, cultivated around the world primarily for seed, but also as a vegetable (for leafy greens, green pods, fresh shelled green peas, and shelled dried peas), a cover crop and for fodder. Cowpea has a number of common names, including crowder pea, black-eyed pea and southern pea. Heirloom Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Cowpea Seed. This early producing heirloom cowpea or Southern pea gives heavy yields of long purple pods. The pods contain creamy white peas with a dark pink eye. Southern Cowpeas are part of a traditional Southern meal. The first picture is of the Cowpeas mostly dry, ready to shell. The Cowpea can then finish drying completely out of the shell to store for later use. The second picture shows Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Cowpea at an early stage before it gets much color. The third picture is of Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Cowpea being bright purple ready for fresh shelling. The fourth picture is of the dried Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Cowpea ready for storage. Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Cowpea are quick, just 48 Days until harvest.