Beans
An ancient staple crop grown throughout North and South America. Sow bean seeds 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 beans 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. Be sure to save a few heirloom bean seeds from your garden to plant next year!
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BN104
55 days. Delicious, golden-yellow pods are stringless and are of good quality with extra- fine rich flavor....
$2.00
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BN133
This bean was one of the original varieties brought by
the Spanish as they settled New Mexico. It is still...
$2.50
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BN141
(Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco) Bush--Pale ivory pods are streaked a fiery red. Reputedly originated in Tierra del...
$2.50
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BN134
This heirloom was brought from Tennessee by the Cherokee people as they were marched to Oklahoma by the...
$2.75
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BN102
50 days. A superb bush bean, with huge yields of excellent quality pods. Earlier than most others & perfect...
$2.00
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BN128
A productive heirloom wax bean named for Rocquencourt, France, a town in France's rich farming country. Wax...
$2.75
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BN119
60 days. This dark-green bean has been a standard for over 40 years. The bush plants set heavy yields of...
$2.00
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BN126
This famous Dutch heirloom bean has an incomparable flavor. The tender and superbly delicious 7-inch pods...
$2.75
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BN139
New! Interesting new addition to the garden, supplied originally by our Portuguese friend, Joao Barroca. Bush...
$3.50
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BN103
53 days.
Introduced in 1897 by Peter Henderson & Co., this
excellent fresh snap bean has tasty pods. Also...
$2.00
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BN115
An old-time bean from the New England states, the white and maroon mottled beans have long been a staple for...
$2.50
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BN111
This is the bean that is said to have come to America with the Pilgrims in 1620. This old cutshort green bean...
$2.50
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BN108
62 days. This is a selection of the old McCaslan bean that had been grown by the McCaslan family of Georgia...
$2.00
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BN112
70 days. Old time cornfield type. Vines produce flavorful pods even under stress. The dry beans look like...
$2.50
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BN117
90 days. Also called "Dove's Breast". Plump, oval beans are half white and half beige, streaked with red. An...
$3.00
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BN140
New! (pole) The name means “Eye of the Goat” and the lengthwise brown stripes that some of the seeds...
$3.00
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BN105
65 days. This homesteaders’ heirloom was first mentioned
in The Country Gentleman magazine in 1864
under...
$2.00
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BN114
This delicious heirloom was discovered in the Ozark mountains by Henry Fields in the 1930's and is still...
$2.75
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BN109
NEW! This pole bean is easy to grow and produces lots of green pods that have purple streaks. Good flavor and...
$3.00
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BN107
55 days. This is an improved Romano, bush-type, green bean that produces loads of 6” to 7”-wide pods that...
$2.00
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BN101
56 days. Tender, bright purple pods turn green when cooked. Very ornamental, beautiful and tasty. A good home...
$2.00
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BN135
This unique dry bean name “Holy Spirit in Red Eye” is due
to its unique markings near the bean’s eye...
$2.75
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BN110
60 days. Short 3' semi-vining plants produce 4-inch pods that have a very strong, beany taste. Popular in...
$2.00
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BN116
An old heirloom that produces slender seeds that
are about 1/3 “ long. They are great in rice dishes...
$2.50
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BN138
100-110 days--Very pretty bush dry bean known prior to 1800. Plump yellow bean with a dark ring around the...
$2.75
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BN127
A popular old Appalachian and Mountain folk heirloom that used to be common in much of the Midwest and South,...
$2.75
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BN129
A favorite of the Mennonite grower Elvin Martin, who brought this bean to our attention. It produces lots of...
$2.75
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BN136
Wow, here is our most unique bean! The beans are shaped like a kernel of corn and are deep purple in color....
$2.75
