Hello Bean Gardeners!
Did you know that beans are one of the
oldest cultivated plants on our planet?
People have been farming beans for
thousands of years!
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Did you know that there are over 40,000
different varieties of beans?
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Did you know that you can save the
seeds from the plants you grow and then
plant them again next year?
I hope you will try this!
By planting these beans
and saving their seeds,
you are a part of this history!
HAVE FUN!
Provider
This is a bush variety of green
bean. It was introduced in 1965
by the United States Department
of Agriculture and it is still one of
the most popular green beans
today.
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Cannellini
This bush bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used
as a dried bean. This variety
dates back before 1900. It is
also known as Cannelone.
Black Valentine
This is a bush variety of green
bean. It gets it's name from the
seeds which are black in color.
It was introuced in 1897 by
Peter Henderson and Company.
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Greencrop
This is a bush variety of green
bean. It has a flat pod which is
called a “Romano” type of bean.
It was introduced in 1957 and
was bred at the University of
New Hampshire by Albert F.
Yaeger and Elwyn Meader.
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Hutterite
This bean variety was
grown and passed on by
Hutterite Christians. These
are Christians who follow
the teachings of their leader
Jakob Hutter. They
emigrated to North America
in the 1870s and brought
the beans with them.There
are still Hutterites living in
parts of Canada and
northern United States.
Royal Burgundy
This is a bush variety of bean.
The pods are purple, but they
will turn green after a couple
minutes of cooking!
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Tiger Eye
This bush bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used
as a dried bean. It is known as
Pepa de Zapallo in Spanish.
This variety is originally from
Argentina and Chile.
Concador Yellow
This is a bush style “haricot” or
French bean. The pods are
yellow in color.
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Kenearly
This bean was developed
at a research station in
Kentville, Nova Scotia.
The date is uncertain but it
was before 1989.
It is similar to a bean
called Yellow Eye, due to
the spot on the seed.
Golden Rocky
This is a bush style wax bean.
Wax beans were first developed
in the 1830s. Golden Rocky is
an heirloom variety from France
where it is called Beurre de
Rocquencourt.
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Bush Blue Lake 274
This is a bush variety of green
bean. It was introduced in 1961
and was developed from a pole
bean of the same name.
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Jacob's Cattle
This bush bean is a shell bean which
means it is generally used as a dried
bean. This is a popular heirloom
variety in New England and from
Prince Edward Island. A legend says
that it was a gift from the
Passamaquoddy Indians in Maine to
Joseph Clark, the first white child
born in Lubec, Maine. It may have
originally come from Native
Americans in the Southwest United
States. The name is based on the
biblical story of Jacob and the spotted
cattle because the markings on the
bean seed are thought to
resemble cattle.
Black Coco
This bush bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used
as a dried bean. It can also be
picked as a fresh green bean.
Black Coco gets it's name from
the color of the dried bean.
Velour
This is a bush style “haricot” or
French bean. It gets it's name
from the texture of the pods
which are silky.
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Northeaster
This is a romano
style (flat pod) green
bean. It may also go
by the name of
Kwintus.
Dragon Langerie
This is a bush style wax bean.
Wax beans were first developed
in the 1830s. This bean, which
is also known as Dragon's
Tongue, dates back to the
1800s. It was introduced first in
the Netherlands. The pods will
become more colorful if they
have enough sun so be sure to
give this plant some room to
grow!
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Kentucky Wonder
This is a pole style bean. Kentucky
Wonder is also known by the name
Old Homestead. It received it's
current name in 1877 from James J. H.
Gregory who was a seed grower in
Marblehead, Massachusetts. The
bean has a nutty flavor.
True Red Cranberry
This pole bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used as
a dried bean. It can be challenging
to grow but it is considered one of
the best beans for baking.
It was described in a 1700s
gardening book and is probably
one of our oldest bean varieties! It
was most likely a Native American
bean. True Red Cranberry is listed
on Slow Foods' Ark of Taste which
is a list of historically important
foods.
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Soldier
This bean has been grown for
generations. The name comes
from the red markings on the
seed which some people think
look like a tiny toy soldier.
Rattlesnake
This is a pole style bean. The
name comes from the pods
which have purple streaks and
are thought to resemble a
rattlesnake. The beans are also
striped.
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Blue Coco
This is a pole style bean which
dates back earlier than 1775.
It is a French heirloom.
Scarlet Runner
This is a climbing bean that can be
eaten, but it is also sometimes grown
just for the flowers. The flowers are
red in color and often attract
butterflies and hummingbirds. This
variety was grown as early as 1750
by the colonists. President Thomas
Jefferson was also reported to have
grown this bean in 1791.
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Red Noodle
Yard Long
This is a pole style bean that can
grow up to 18 inches in length.
First grown in Asia, this bean
really likes warm temperatures.
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Jackson Wonder
This variety is a Lima Bean.
Lima beans were first cultivated
in Peru over 6,000 years ago.
This variety, Jackson Wonder,
was introduced in 1888 by an
Atlanta, Georgia farmer named
Thomas Jackson. The flowers
on this bean are sweet smelling
and attract butterflies.
Vermont Cranberry
This bush bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used
as a dried bean. This bean has
been a traditionally grown bean
in Vermont and dates back to at
least 1800.
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Taylor
Dwarf Horticultural
This bush bean is a shell
bean which means it is
generally used as a dried
bean. This variety is also
known as Speckled Bays.
It dates back to the 1700s
and has cream colored
pods that will get red
splashes on them when
they are ripe.
Calypso
This bush bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used
as a dried bean. This variety is
also called Orca or Yin-Yang
bean because of the black and
white coloring on the bean seed.
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Ireland Creek Annie
This bush bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used
as a dried bean. It was
introduced to Canada in the
1920s from England. It's name,
Ireland Creek Annie, comes
from the place it was grown in
British Columbia during the
1930s.
Red Kidney
This bush bean is a shell bean
which means it is generally used
as a dried bean. This variety
was developed at Cornell
University.
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Midnight
Black Turtle
This bush bean is a shell bean which
means it is generally used as a dried
bean. This variety was introduced by
Cornell University. They developed it
from the original Black Turtle bean
which was first offered in 1832 by
Grant M. Thorburn. This variety
doesn't sprawl out as much as the
original.