Beans- green, wax, pole and dry
Beans – Pole (Phaseolus coccineus) – Prices are $3 per pkg. of 25 seeds, unless low quantities
101. Blue Lake – 60 days - White seeded beans, a great choice for northern gardeners, producing lots of beans. Traditionally producing pods days earlier than other varieties. Beans are 6-7”, stringless and slow to become coarse.
102. Green climbers – 65 Days (similar to Kentucky Wonder) Black seeds. Like the well known bean, these plants are heavy producers. A vigorous climber and very flavorful. Early.
103. Steve Caseknife Bean – 65-70 – days (from Heritage Harvest Seeds) We are pleased to offer this heritage variety of the Caseknife family originally kept in the New Brunswick area. Limited quantities, long blondish bean casings, dries well. Climbs to 8 feet.
104. Blauhilde – 65 days This stringless bean has long, fleshy deep purple pods up to 9” in length. Good yields and resistance to disease. Beans turn green when cooked. Not available.
105. Heritage Dore (also called Golden Heirloom) – Mustard colored seeds are used dried like baked beans. Can also use the pods for fresh use. Dries well, 100 days to dried beans. These are vining bushes rather than true pole beans.
106. Scarlet Runner beans – 7 seeds per pkg. The true type climbing bean with dark black and purple mottled beans and deep scarlet flowers. Fun to grow for the large pods and decorative flowers. Prefer warm sheltered location.
107. Kentucky Wonder – 20 seeds. The tried and true pole bean, producing good sized flat green pods with great flavor. Vigorous climbers, requiring fencing for support or trellises.
Beans – bush (P. vulgaris), av. 102 days to dried beans, 50-65 for green beans, prices $3 for 25 seeds
120. Annie Jackson – NEW! Similar to Mohave beans in coloring when dry, these round beans are half white and half burgundy. Fun to grow, prolific producer of flat, green beans. Can also be used in baking when dry.
121. Black Turtle – 90-100 Days for dry beans. Productive small black beans on bushes, Start indoors for earlier start. Full, rich flavor, great for soups and stews.
122. Red Kidney – 100 days. Medium sized kidney beans, full red color, earlier maturing for northern climates than regular larger kidney beans. Can also be eaten as bush bean, but save some seed for next year.
123. Swedish Brown – 100 days Hardy and plump, these beans make great additions to soups when you want it thickened. Also good for Boston brown bean recipes. Prolific and early.
124. Ukrainian – 100 Days Like Great Northern beans only more round. Use in soups and stews, salads and other areas where a firm bean is required. Good producer.
125. - Black Valentine – 110 days to dried beans – cute little black beans, similar to black turtle only larger kidney shaped. Not available this year.
126. Dragon’s Tongue – gorgeous striped red on yellow or lighter color pods, attractive plant. Beans can be used green or dried. Not available this year.
127. Jesse Fisk – limited quantities – good bean producer if used young, or kept for the large kidney shaped, maroon with tan splashed seeds. Quick cooker for soups, chili and stew. Earlier than other varieties.
128. Jessy’s Family Heirloom – (limited quantities) – early strain of Sulphur Beans popular in the pioneer days. The sulphur colored oval seed cooks down to a thick broth. Originally from Heritage Harvest seeds.
129. Limelight – Developed in Lethbridge in ’68, has a flavor and appearance similar to lima beans if used in green shell stage. Disease free. Ivory colored dry seeds, now considered rare variety.
130. John’s – From Heritage Harvest seeds as well, an early productive bean from the Maritimes. Beige with purple stripes or reverse markings, used as pinto beans. Limited quantities.
131. Montezuma Red – a wonderful red smaller version of the kidney bean more suitable to shorter climates. Profusion of pods and if left, kidney red beans used in soups, stews and chili.
132. Mohave – I love these beans. Similar in coloring to Orca only half white, half cranberry. Also called Cranberry beans (I think). Fun to grow, 4-5 plump round beans per pod.
133. Little White Rice – small navy type beans, quicker to cook and provides lots of beans per pod. Thin pods are somewhat harder to shell out. Try running over them with the wheelbarrow tire on a tarp lined surface. Very limited quantities.
134. Norwegian – brown med. sized beans, many to a pod, used in stews and navy bean type dishes. Bushy plants.
135. Orca – coloring similar to Mohave only black and white, like the animal it was named for. Fun, plump beans, 4-5 per pod. Not available.
136. Pepe de Zapallo (also known as Tiger Eye) – Originally from Chile, this bean is a flattened kidney shaped with ochre and maroon coloring. Good as refried beans or where creamy texture is called for. Early and disease free. Not available.
137. Pinks – Drought tolerant fun, small kidneys. Bright pink coloring, hard to miss if you drop one in the garden! Very low quantities.
138. Red Swan – These beans are very colorful in the garden as they are dusty red-rose. 4-5″ long pods.
139. Red Peanut – eaten young as snap bean or saved for the red seeds, colored for their namesake. Pods turn light pink when ready to shell. Low Quantities.
140. Red Valentine – Originally from the Missouri River Indians, this bean is used young or later. Grows smaller than kidney beans here in the short season. Low quantities.
141. Refugee – Very old bean thought to be brought by French Huguenots. Originally this huge producer was used for pickled beans. Green striped pods, ripen to produce small pink-beige seeds mottled with black. Dependable and disease resistant.
142. Yellow Arikara – Elongated tan beans from this variety are excellent for baking. Compact bushes, disease resistant, productive and early. From the Arikara tribe. Not available this year.
