Post by goldpearl on Mar 3, 2006 12:45:21 GMT -5
*Asteriks denotes beans that are not available at this time. If anyone has more of these beans to donate, we are in need of them for the seed bank.
Anassazi Beans
Genuine Cornfield Beans
(Scotia, Stiped Creaseback) 70 days
Shade tolerant, Heat tolerant
Use for snap or green shell, Straight pods 5-7"
Best variety for growing with corn
Mountaineer Beans
Pencil Pod Black
Heirloom Wax Bean
Yellow Stringbean
57 days
Tendergreen Garden Bush Bean
NK Organic 52 days
Meaty, stringless pods 5-6"
Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean
Large plump pods 8-9"
65 days
Kentucky Blue Pole Bean
stringless 58 days
Triumph De Farcy
Heirloom Garden Bean
Harvest when young 3-6"
Crunchy French Filet Beans
48 days
Blue Lake
Bush Garden Bean 55 days
Popular Bean meaty and stringless
Cranberry Bush Bean
53-58 days
Dragon's Tongue
Bush Wax Heirloom Bean
Dutch Wax Bean Snap, Shell or Dry
57-65 days
Monkey Tail Cowpea Bean (Rare)*
Baker's Creek
Seed Saving Project from Africa
Long, rambling, hardy vines, very long pods.
Dixie Speckled Butterpea Lima Bean
75 days, Bush type
Very productive, extra good Baby Lima
Chestnut Lima Bean
Snow on the Mountain Lima Bean
Christmas Pole Lima Bean
95 days, does well in heat
Heirloom, rich flavor, very long vines
Fordhook Heirloom Lima Bean
65 days Bush type
Sow 4 weeks prior to last frost
Wild Goose Heirloom Bean
90-95 days
Orca Heirloom Bean*
70-80 days
Magpie Heirloom Bean
90-100 days
Used mostly as string bean
Romano Heirloom Bean
55 days
Agate Pinto Heirloom Bean
90-95 days
Taylor Hort Bean
Romano Type French Heirloom
50-70 days
Little Black Monkeys Heirloom Bean
90 days
Scarlet Runner Heirloom Bean
65-95 days
Soldier Heirloom Bean
100 days
Jacob's Cattle Heirloom Bean
95-100 days
Dutch Brown Heirloom Bean
90 days to dry use
Hidatsa Red*
Heirloom Bean
Indian Woman Heirloom Bean (source: Aunt Ada)
75 days to green, 90 days dry use
Golden Brown colored bean
Reliable in cold and dry seasons
Short plants, spacing 4-6 inches, sow after frost
Aunt Alley's Heirloom Bean*
Aunt Emma's Heirloom Bean*
Pueblo Beans (source: Steve the Mushroom Man)
Oneida Heirloom Bean (source: Steve the Mushroom Man)
Odawa Heirloom Bean (source: Steve the Mushroom Man)
Speckled Cranberry (source: Seeds Savers)
Heirloom Bean
Chickasaw Heirloom Bean
Great Northern Heirloom Bean
John's Old Heirloom Bean*
California black eyed pea - 60-70 days, about 6-8 peas to a pod, white bloom, yellow pod, buff seed, black eye, bush plant, classic black eye pea taste.
Rice peas
(Southern-type crowder peas)
85 days, 10-15 tiny peas to a pod, white blooms, yellow pod,
cream pea, brown eye, mild flavor kinda like like northern or navy
beans, but sweeter, will climb to at least 4 feet, great in heat, said to go well with rice.
Texas Longhorn crowder peas
similar if not the same as red ripper - 85- 90
days, 15- 18 peas to a pod, maroon seeds, stems, and pods, purple blooms, only 8 pods to make a meal for 1. Very viney, climbs up to 8 feet, tastes like boiled peanuts.
purple stems, blooms and pods taste like boiled peanuts.
Mississippi Pink eye Purple Hull Peas
White Dixie Buttercup
Tendergreen Bush Snap 8-16 days to germinate, Seed spacing 3 inches, Days to Harvest 55-65, Stringless 6 inch pods, High yeilding even in hot, dry weather. Ideal for planting late in the season. Open Pollinated.
Cherokee Wax Yellow Snap Bean, 7-14 days to germination, Seed spacing 3 inches, Days to harvest 48, 5-6 inch long, stringless yellow wax beans, Productive, highly adaptable plants. Open pollinated.
Not Beans, but also available:
Birdhouse Gourd
Amarillo yellow carrot
Honeydew Tam Dew
Honeydew Orange
Clemson Okra
Spinach Mustard tendergreen
Anassazi Beans
Genuine Cornfield Beans
(Scotia, Stiped Creaseback) 70 days
Shade tolerant, Heat tolerant
Use for snap or green shell, Straight pods 5-7"
Best variety for growing with corn
Mountaineer Beans
Pencil Pod Black
Heirloom Wax Bean
Yellow Stringbean
57 days
Tendergreen Garden Bush Bean
NK Organic 52 days
Meaty, stringless pods 5-6"
Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean
Large plump pods 8-9"
65 days
Kentucky Blue Pole Bean
stringless 58 days
Triumph De Farcy
Heirloom Garden Bean
Harvest when young 3-6"
Crunchy French Filet Beans
48 days
Blue Lake
Bush Garden Bean 55 days
Popular Bean meaty and stringless
Cranberry Bush Bean
53-58 days
Dragon's Tongue
Bush Wax Heirloom Bean
Dutch Wax Bean Snap, Shell or Dry
57-65 days
Monkey Tail Cowpea Bean (Rare)*
Baker's Creek
Seed Saving Project from Africa
Long, rambling, hardy vines, very long pods.
Dixie Speckled Butterpea Lima Bean
75 days, Bush type
Very productive, extra good Baby Lima
Chestnut Lima Bean
Snow on the Mountain Lima Bean
Christmas Pole Lima Bean
95 days, does well in heat
Heirloom, rich flavor, very long vines
Fordhook Heirloom Lima Bean
65 days Bush type
Sow 4 weeks prior to last frost
Wild Goose Heirloom Bean
90-95 days
Orca Heirloom Bean*
70-80 days
Magpie Heirloom Bean
90-100 days
Used mostly as string bean
Romano Heirloom Bean
55 days
Agate Pinto Heirloom Bean
90-95 days
Taylor Hort Bean
Romano Type French Heirloom
50-70 days
Little Black Monkeys Heirloom Bean
90 days
Scarlet Runner Heirloom Bean
65-95 days
Soldier Heirloom Bean
100 days
Jacob's Cattle Heirloom Bean
95-100 days
Dutch Brown Heirloom Bean
90 days to dry use
Hidatsa Red*
Heirloom Bean
Indian Woman Heirloom Bean (source: Aunt Ada)
75 days to green, 90 days dry use
Golden Brown colored bean
Reliable in cold and dry seasons
Short plants, spacing 4-6 inches, sow after frost
Aunt Alley's Heirloom Bean*
Aunt Emma's Heirloom Bean*
Pueblo Beans (source: Steve the Mushroom Man)
Oneida Heirloom Bean (source: Steve the Mushroom Man)
Odawa Heirloom Bean (source: Steve the Mushroom Man)
Speckled Cranberry (source: Seeds Savers)
Heirloom Bean
Chickasaw Heirloom Bean
Great Northern Heirloom Bean
John's Old Heirloom Bean*
California black eyed pea - 60-70 days, about 6-8 peas to a pod, white bloom, yellow pod, buff seed, black eye, bush plant, classic black eye pea taste.
Rice peas
(Southern-type crowder peas)
85 days, 10-15 tiny peas to a pod, white blooms, yellow pod,
cream pea, brown eye, mild flavor kinda like like northern or navy
beans, but sweeter, will climb to at least 4 feet, great in heat, said to go well with rice.
Texas Longhorn crowder peas
similar if not the same as red ripper - 85- 90
days, 15- 18 peas to a pod, maroon seeds, stems, and pods, purple blooms, only 8 pods to make a meal for 1. Very viney, climbs up to 8 feet, tastes like boiled peanuts.
purple stems, blooms and pods taste like boiled peanuts.
Mississippi Pink eye Purple Hull Peas
White Dixie Buttercup
Tendergreen Bush Snap 8-16 days to germinate, Seed spacing 3 inches, Days to Harvest 55-65, Stringless 6 inch pods, High yeilding even in hot, dry weather. Ideal for planting late in the season. Open Pollinated.
Cherokee Wax Yellow Snap Bean, 7-14 days to germination, Seed spacing 3 inches, Days to harvest 48, 5-6 inch long, stringless yellow wax beans, Productive, highly adaptable plants. Open pollinated.
Not Beans, but also available:
Birdhouse Gourd
Amarillo yellow carrot
Honeydew Tam Dew
Honeydew Orange
Clemson Okra
Spinach Mustard tendergreen