Sharpe's Liberty

No, not a Bernard Cornwell novel featuring the dashing soldier fighting in the Napoleonic war, but a rare variety of pea from Sharpe & Co, Seed Merchants, based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire from 1913 to 1983. Growing up to 2m in height, this vigorous, hardy variety produces white flowers followed by a good crop of shortish, blunt pods containing 6-7 round peas in each.