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Dr. Blair Buckley continued efforts to develop bush type plants with top producing characteristics better suited for machine and hand harvesting.
Dr. Donn Lancaster of the Calhoun Research Station released ‘Royal Blackeye’, the first southern pea developed with both a purple pod and black eye.
In 1966, A.C. Miller released his second wilt resistant variety, “Calhoun Purplehull’.
Professor A.C. Miller took over the southern pea breeding program in 1958 and worked with his team to develop new wilt resistant varieties.
This variety is perfect for canning, freezing, or fresh market.
A southern pea breeding program was initiated by Dr. P. L. Hawthorne at the Calhoun Research Station in 1941.
