Peas Be With You Trivia Quiz

Answer: English peas

Green Arrow peas are shelling peas, meaning that they should be grown to maturity before being harvested, then shelled (peas removed)... the shell is not eaten.

Green Arrow pea plants grow in a vining style, up to between 24 to 28 inches high (61 to 71 cm). The pods themselves grow to about five inches long, with ten to eleven peas within.

Answer: Sugar snap peas

Like all sugar snap peas, Sugar Daddy snap peas are meant to be eaten whole, shell and all.

The Sugar Daddy pea plant grows to about 24 inches (61 cm) and is of the bush vine variety, so they could grow with or without a trellis to aid in standing. The curved pods are about three inches (7.6 cm) in length.

Answer: Sugar snap peas

Another type of sugar snap pea, Cascadia peas are a bush type of pea plant that range from 24 to 30 inches (61 to 76 cm) tall with slim, dark green pods that are two to three inches (5 to 7.6 cm) in length that contain six to nine peas.

Answer: English peas

Lincoln peas are another bush vine variety that can be grown using a trellis or not, depending on the space you have to work with. They grow to about 30 inches (76 cm) tall and yield many pods with six to nine extra large peas.

I think these are my favourite for eating fresh right off the plant.

Answer: Snow peas

Our first snow peas of the quiz. Snow peas are different from sugar snap peas in that they are generally flatter, with small, premature peas. Essentially, sugar snap peas are a cross between snow peas and English peas.

Golden Sweet peas grow on vines that can reach six feet (1.83 m) that need a strong trellis. The pods are yellowish in colour, three to three and a half inches (7.6 to 9 cm) long.

Answer: English peas

Also known as Alderman Tall peas, this yummy variety of shelling peas grow on vines up to five or six feet (1.5 to 1.8 m) tall, with eight to ten large peas in the pods.

Answer: Snow peas

Mammoth Melting Sugar pea plants are among the largest of the snow pea plants, growing up to four feet (1.2 m) tall and needing a trellis. And the pods are enormous, too, being on average four to five inches (10-13 cm) long.

Sorry if the name misled you, but even with 'sugar' in the name, Mammoth Melting Sugar peas are snow peas.

Answer: English peas

Maestro peas are another great shelling pea, with nine to twelve medium-sized peas in pods that grow to about four and a half inches (11 cm) long.

While technically a vining plant, Maestro pea plants are relatively small, reaching a height of 30 inches (76 cm), and thus do not need a trellis.

Answer: Sugar snap peas

Sugar Ann (sugar) snap peas are one of the earliest pea plants of the spring season. They only grow up to about 15 inches (38 cm) and produce bright green pods that are about three inches (7.6 cm) long.

Answer: Snow peas

Oregon Sugar Pod peas, even having the word sugar in the title, qualify as snow peas and not sugar snap peas (just like Mammoth Melting Sugar peas).

Orgeon Sugar Pod pea plants are bush peas, and not vines, so they do not require trellising. That, and they are relatively small, growing to between 36 to 48 inches (90-120 cm) tall. They yield flat vibrant green pods of about four inches (10 cm) in length.