July 2, 2008
For Immediate Release - Contact person:  Bill Dailey, Cell (501) 416-4657

Email: purplehull@juno.com
Web site: www.purplehull.com

 

Russell wins Pea Guessing Contest


   Terry Russell of Little Rock, Ark., won the “Pea-Guessing” contest at the Emerson PurpleHull Pea Festival Saturday.

 

   The annual contest consists of a decorative jar full of purple hull pea seed.  The person who comes closest to guessing the correct number of individual seeds wins $100.

 

   This year there were 7,717 peas in the jar.  Russell’s guess of 7,500 was closest.

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