World Cup PurpleHull Pea Shelling Competition

Intense concentration
is evident on the faces of
the athletes during the
World Cup PurpleHull Pea
Shelling Competition.

    PurpleHull Peas
    PurpleHull Reci-peas
    PurpleHull Pea Cook Off
    Growing PurpleHulls
    Deer Control
    PurpleHull Pea Seed
    For Sale

The World Cup PurpleHull Pea Shelling Competition

Purple thumbs. Aching, tender thumbnails. All are characteristics shared by those brave individuals willing to go up on stage, put pan in lap, and strive to prove to the world they are the fastest PurpleHull Pea Sheller on earth.

The event, sponsored by Lake Sue Nursery & Farm Supply, has always featured fierce competition. But now that the festival is entering its 14th year, rivalries have emerged.

Molene Bailey. Doeleta Weaver. Julia Easter. Janet Pitts. Etch those names into your memory. They're inevitably destined for the PurpleHull Pea Shelling Hall of Fame. In the last few years, they've pretty much taken turns winning the title.

During competition, the tension is palpable. World Cup Master of Ceremonies John Cary keeps the contestants and audience apprised of their progress. The audience collectively seems to hold its breath until one person is declared the victor.

In 2002, Patsy Baker took the title by shelling 32 ounces in 10 minutes. (To read more about the 2002 competition, see the news release.) Patsy also took the title again in 2003.

If you think you can take them on, it's simple to enter the competition. Just show up. We supply the peas.

If you're not planning to participate, attend anyway and cheer your favorite purplehull pea-shelling athlete on to victory.

Shelling time will be 11:00 a.m. The World Cup Competition is held in the Emerson School Cafetorium, which is the red brick building on the west side of the festival grounds.

PurpleHull Pea Festival &
World Championship Rotary Tiller Race
P.O. Box 1
Emerson, Arkansas 71740 USA
Phone: (870) 547-3500 or (501) 315-7373
Pea-Mail: purplehull@juno.com