Mississippi Silver Southern Pea

Mississippi Silver
Southern Pea (Cowpea)

60 to 90 days — Also known as ‘Mississippi Silverskin’, ‘Mississippi Silver Crowder’, ‘Mississippi Silverhull’ and similar to ‘Newton Silverskin’. The plants are bush-type setting six to seven inch long pods that are silvery-green in color and fill with large, meaty, brown seeds. Resistant to Fusarium wilt and root knot nematodes^[1] as well as being tolerant to other viruses.

‘Mississippi Silver’ cowpea was bred by Mississippi State University and released in 1965. USDA accession number NSL 43517. Each ounce is approximately 150 seeds.