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BEANS
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
) 40-60 seeds per packet. An ancient staple crop grown throughout North and South America. Sow beans 1-2 inches deep in full sun, when danger of frost is past. Soaking for 1-2 hours before planting speeds germination. Beans will rot if soil is cold or very wet. Sow bush types 6-12 inches apart in beds; pole types 6 inches apart in rows. Provide support for pole types. Harvest for snaps when pods are good-sized; keep snaps well-picked, as production slows as seed matures. Strings will develop in over-mature pods in any variety. For dry beans leave pods on the plants until dry, or pick when leathery, and dry indoors.
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Beurre De Rocquencourt
New!
A productive heirloom wax bean named for Rocquencourt, France, a town in France's rich farming country. Wax beans were introduced to France in the 1840's from Algeria, and this variety is surely a descendent of those early beans. The bush plants set good yields early, and produce well in most climates. The beans are favored by cooks for their fine-flavored pods that are a bright waxy-yellow in color. This variety was listed in Mother Earth News as a favorite of well-known writer William Woys Weaver.
Item Code: BN128
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Blue Lake Bush 274
60 days.This dark-green bean has been a standard for over 40 years.
The bush plants set heavy yields of flavorful pods that are
tender and crisp. Developed in 1961 from the Pole Blue
Lake.
Item Code: BN119
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Contender (Buff Valentine)
50 days. A superb bush bean, with huge yields of excellent quality pods. Earlier than most others & perfect for market. Introduced in 1949.
Item Code: BN102
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Dragon Tongue
This famous Dutch heirloom
bean has an incomparable flavor.
The tender and superbly
delicious 7" pods are yellow,
with amazing purple streaks!
Also makes a tasty shelled
bean. Popular with chefs
and gourmets. Compact
plants set high yields.
Item Code: BN126
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Elvie
Given to us by a customer, this
heirloom makes a great green
or dry bean. The pods are
very tender and have a rich
old-time flavor; the beans
look like pintos. Bush
plants set good yields.
Item Code: BN123
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Golden Wax
55 days. Delicious, golden-yellow pods are stringless and are of good quality with extra- fine rich flavor. This old-time favorite has bush plants.
Item Code: BN104
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Greasy Grits
A popular old Appalachian
and Mountain folk
heirloom that used
to be common in
much of the Midwest
and South,
but now is very rare.
It gets the name
because its pods
are smoother and
shinier than other beans, giving it a "greasy" appearance. Pods
are harvested small and used like other green beans, or you can
allow to dry for a brown soup bean that is easy to shell. Highly
productive vines.
Item Code: BN127
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Henderson's Black Valentine
53 days. Introduced in 1897 by Peter Henderson & Co., this excellent
fresh snap bean has tasty pods. Also makes a fine dry soup
bean. Great yields! Any seed that has “Henderson’s” name on
it just has to be good—
that’s why we offer so many of his fine
varieties throughout our catalog. A perfect all-purpose pole
bean!
Item Code: BN103
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Hutterite Soup
70 days.This variety is revered for making fabulous soups,
having a great creamy texture and fine flavor. The
seeds are a creamy color and the bush plants are productive.
This variety was grown and preserved by the Hutterite Christian
group, who followed the teaching of Jacob Hutter, their Austrian
leader. They immigrated to North America 1870's, and still have
communities set up across America.
Item Code: BN121
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Jacob's Cattle
An old-time bean from the New England states, the white and
maroon-mottled beans have long been a staple for baking and
soups. This early, bush variety is also good as a snap bean.
Item Code: BN115
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Limelight
New!
Introduced in 1968 from Lethbridge Research Centre in Canada as a baby lima-type bean, but it is not a lima; it is a regular bean that can be grown much easier in the far North than true limas. These large, white beans have a sweet, buttery taste and produce on compact plants.
Item Code: BN130
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Mayflower
This is the bean that is said to have come to America with
the Pilgrims in 1620. This old cutshort green bean has great
flavor and the red/white beans are quite tasty. A long-time
staple in the Carolinas.
Item Code: BN111
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McCaslan 42 Pole
62 days.This is a selection of the old McCaslan bean
that was grown by the McCaslan family of
Georgia before 1900. This strain was selected
by the Corneli Seed Company of
Saint Louis in 1962. The dark-green pods
are stringless and full of flavor. The white
seeds are also great for a dry bean. Extra
productive and hardy.
Item Code: BN108
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Missouri Wonder
70 days.Old-time cornfield type. Vines produce flavorful pods even under
stress. The dry beans look like pintos. Introduced around 1931
and grown in corn fields, as corn stalks support them quite well.
Item Code: BN112
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Molly Frazier's White Cutshort
A favorite of a local family for several generations, the
green pods are richly flavored and much tastier than
many modern strains, dry beans are great for
soups and are bright white in color. The
short vines are very productive. A very
rare Ozark heirloom. 25 seeds.
Item Code: BN120
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Old Homestead (Kentucky Wonder Pole)
65 days. This homesteaders' heirloom was first mentioned in
The Country Gentleman magazine in 1864 under the name of
Texas Pole. It was not until 1877 that it was introduced as Kentucky
Wonder by James J.H. Gregory & Sons and has been popular
ever since. It is a pole bean with 6"- 8" green pods that are
very tender when cooked and have a great flavor. In 1896 Peter
Henderson & Co. said, "This we regard as far ahead of any other
green Pole Bean." They also said it was 10 days earlier.
Item Code: BN105
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Papa De Rola
90 days.Also called "Dove’s Breast." Plump, oval beans are half white and
half beige, streaked with red. An excellent soup bean
with good flavor; the 4' plants need some support.
Our grower reports this also makes a fantastic
green bean. A rare heirloom from Portugal.
Item Code: BN117
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Purple Podded Pole
This delicious heirloom was discovered in the Ozark mountains
by Henry Fields in the 193'’s, and is still requested by many oldtimers
of this region. The pods are bright purple, stringless, and
tender. Plants grow to 6’ and produce heavy yields.
Item Code: BN114
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Ram's Horn
A really rare, old-fashioned,
string bean with green pods,
the beans are beige with a
black swirl that resembles a
ram's horn, hence the name.
It makes a great soup bean.
A pole-type with dark green
foliage.
Item Code: BN124
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Rattlesnake Pole
This pole bean is easy to grow and produces
lots of green pods that have purple
streaks. Good flavor and very tender; the
speckled seeds are popular in soup. This
variety is great for hot, humid areas.
Item Code: BN109
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Roma II
55 days. This is an improved Romano, bush-type, green bean that produces loads of 6"-7" wide pods that are very flavorful.
Item Code: BN107
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Royalty Purple Pod
56 days. Tender, bright purple pods turn green when cooked. Very ornamental, beautiful and tasty. A good home garden variety. Bush plant.
Item Code: BN101
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Soldier Bush
New!
A favorite of the Mennonite grower Elvin Martin, who brought this bean to our attention. It produces lots of large kidney type beans, even in the far North. The name comes from the red markings that resemble a soldier. A staple bean for many in historic New England, and now a popular heritage soup bean.
Item Code: BN129
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State Half Runner
60 days.Short, 3' semi-vining plants produce 4" pods that have a very
strong, beany taste. Popular in many areas and high yielding;
bushy vines do not require staking. Selected by West Virginia
University.
Item Code: BN110
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Triomphe De Farcy
New!
French heirloom string bean that dates back to 1892. A good early producer; long thin pods have superior flavor. This is a rare heirloom bush bean.
Item Code: BN132
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