Disease-resistant pea varieties

  • Information is from seed catalogs for 2018, 2020, and 2022. Occasionally varieties are listed as resistant without the disease(s) or disorder(s) specified.
  • Follow links below to tables with more details about these varieties including seed companies marketing them and whether organic seed is available, as well as variety resistance to disorders.
  • Prefer to view disease-resistant variety information in spreadsheets? Download disease-resistant variety spreadsheets from this Box folder.

Shell Peas

  • Alderman/Tall Telephone: Common Wilt
  • Bistro: Fusarium Wilt
  • Bolero (garden): Fusarium Wilt
  • Cornet Cowpea: Yellow Bean Mosaic Virus
  • Dakota: Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Early Alaska: Common Wilt
  • Early Freezer 680: Fusarium Wilt
  • Early Frosty: Common Wilt
  • Feisty: Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Frosty: Fusarium Wilt
  • Green Arrow (heirloom): Curly Top Virus, Common Wilt, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Jumbo (garden): Fusarium Wilt
  • Jumpstart (garden): Fusarium Wilt
  • Knight (garden): Common Wilt, Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew, Yellow Bean Mosaic Virus
  • Laxton’s Process #9: Fusarium Wilt
  • Legacy (garden): Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Lincoln (heirloom): Common Wilt, Fusarium Wilt
  • Little Marvel: Common Wilt
  • Maestro: Common Wilt, Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew, Yellow Bean Mosaic Virus
  • Miragreen: Resistant to disorders
  • Mississippi Silver: Fusarium Wilt
  • Mr. Big (garden): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew, Yellow Bean Mosaic Virus
  • Olympia: Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew, Yellow Bean Mosaic Virus
  • Parsley Pea: Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Patio Pride: Disease resistance not specified
  • Penelope: Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Perfection 326: Common Wilt
  • PLS 14: Fusarium Wilt
  • PLS 534: Fusarium Wilt, Root Rot
  • PLS595 (garden): Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew, Root Rot
  • PLS 560: Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • PLS 566: Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Premium (garden): Fusarium Wilt
  • Sabre (garden): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew, Root Rot
  • Serge: Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enation Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Short Story: Root Rot
  • Sienna (garden): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Spring (garden): Common Wilt, Fusarium Wilt
  • Strike (garden): Fusarium Wilt, Pythium
  • SV0935QF (garden): Disease resistance not specified
  • Texas Cream 12: Fusarium Wilt
  • Texas Cream 40: Resistant to disorders
  • Top Pick Brown Crowder: Disease tolerance not specified
  • Top Pick Cream: Disease resistance not specified
  • Top Pick Pinkeye: Disease tolerance not specified
  • Topps: Fusarium Wilt
  • Utrillo PVP (garden): Fusarium Wilt
  • Wando (heirloom): Resistant to disorders

View pea details here. (Note there are two sheets in the spreadsheet.)

Snap/Snow Peas

  • Avalanche (snow): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Cascadia (snap): Common Wilt, Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Pea/Bean Leaf Roll Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Dwarf Grey Sugar (snow): Fusarium Wilt
  • Karina Organic Seed: Resistant to disorders
  • Little SnowPea Purple (snow): Resistant to disorders
  • Little SnowPea White (snow): Powdery Mildew
  • Little Sweetie (snow): Disease resistance not specified
  • Magnolia Blossom (snap): Resistant to disorders
  • Mammoth Melting Sugar (heirloom); (snow): Fusarium Wilt
  • Mega (snap): Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus
  • Mississippi Pinkeye 2:Blackeye Cowpea Mosaic Virus
  • Misissippi Purple Brown Crowder:Bacterial Blight, Fusarium Wilt
  • Nairobi: Powdery Mildew
  • Oregon Giant (snow): Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enation Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Oregon Sugar Pod II (oriental type); (snow): Common Wilt, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew, Pea Steak Virus, Western Pea Virus
  • Pea-ples Choice: Disease resistance not specified
  • Petite Snap-Greens (snap): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • PLS 141 (snap): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • SL3123 (snap):  Resistant to disorders
  • Snak Hero: Powdery Mildew
  • Snow Max: Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew
  • SS 141 (snap): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Sugar Ann (snap): Common Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Sugar Bon (snap): Powdery Mildew
  • Sugar Daddy PVP (snap): Fusarium Wilt, Pea/Bean Leaf Roll Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Sugar Flash: Powdery Mildew
  • Sugar Heart (snap): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Sugar Lace II (snap): Downy Mildew, Pea Enation Mosaic Virus, Pea/Bean Leaf Roll Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Sugar Lode: Resistant to disorders
  • Sugar Magnolia: Resistant to disorders
  • Sugar Prince: Disease Resistance not specified
  • Sugar Snap (snap): – Common Wilt, Fusarium Wilt
  • Sugar Sprint (snap): Pea Enatin Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Super Snappy (snap): Powdery Mildew
  • Super Sugar Snap (snap): Pea/Bean Leaf Roll Virus, Powdery Mildew
  • Sweet Gem (snap): Powdery Mildew
  • Sweet Horizon (snow): Ascochyta, Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew
  • Tender Sweet (snap): Fusarium Wilt, Powdery Mildew

View pea details here. (Note there are two sheets in the spreadsheet.)