East Texas Purple Hull

“My earliest memory of this variety is from the 1950s, East Texas has always grown the East Texas Purple Hull Peas.” shared Karen Boldt of Tyler, Texas who donated this community heirloom to SSE in 2010. This celebrated variety even has a Festival in its honor in the Freedmen town of Shankleville, Texas. This variety has deep ties to Black culture, foodways, history in East Texas. SSE Accession # 129493