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Catalog Products: Beans: Dry or Shell Type
| About Dry,Shell Beans-Cultivation |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Plant the same as for bush beans. Pods are ready to pick when they are mature and brown in color. In damp weather, they may be dried in a warm oven or dehydrator. They may be shelled by hand. Some friends of ours put them in an old pillow case, tie up the case and run them in a warm drier. This both dries them and shells them! You may expect about a 8:1 ratio of yield per seed planted or about 10lbs. yield per 100 foot row. Approx. 1,600 seeds/LB. | | Return to top |
| AD Bean and Pea Inoculant |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Improves growth of plant and plant yields. A must if planting legumes in a new area where no beans have been grown. Each package treats up to 8lbs. of seed | | Return to top |
| AD Bean and Pea Inoculant-Shaker Can |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Inoculant in a shaker can! Easy to apply with no dirty, black hands to deal with. Each 8.7oz. can will treat 150' of row. Just plant seeds, then sprinkle inoculant and cover seeds. Easy and clean. | | Return to top |
| Black Turtle Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 100 days. This is the traditional black bean used for Turtle Bean Soup. Known in South America prior to 1806 and grown in the southern US since at least 1840. Semi-runner type bean best trellised. Excellent also as a snap or string bean when young. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Calypso Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | 85 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Great texture, used as a baking bean. The pods, borne of 15 inch strong plants, contain four to five seeds which are white and black with black dots. Harvest young as a snap bean and after about eighty days for dry use. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Coco Noir Starazogorski Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 60 days shell, 85 days dry. A triple treat bean. 2’ plants set abundant 5" round pods of plump shiny black seeds that resist shattering in the garden, yet are easy to shell. Coco can be harvested as a green bean or ten days later as a good shell bean, but really comes into its own as a refried or soup bean. Cooks quickly with a delicious aroma that promises a hearty robust soup. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Dark Red Kidney Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 95 days. The best good old fashioned baking bean and excellent chili bean. Produces large, flat pods filled with huge kidney shaped, dark red beans rich in flavor. Bush type plant. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Great Northern Shell Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 95 days. This is my favorite cornbread and beans bean! A very old variety grown by the Mandan Indians of the Dakotas, commercially available since 1907. Hardier, earlier, larger, more productive, and quicker cooking than the common navy bean. 3-4" pods are filled with flavorful, large white beans. Very nutritious. Bush type plant does very well in the Midwest and the North. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Light Red Kidney Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 80 days. Light Red Kidney Beans are medium size and elongated. Very popular beans largely because of their deep, full flavor and smooth texture. The Kidney is one of the most common beans in most kitchens; it is the basic standby for chili and baked beans. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Marrow Fat Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 100 days. Old-time heirloom variety that is a type of navy bean but is much larger, egg shaped and much better for baking than most other navy beans. The plant habit is half runner and the flat inedible pods each have 5 to 6 beans per pod. A white bean well-known as an old American standard as the farms dual purpose soup and baking bean from days long past. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Navy Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 95 days. Sturdy, robust plants produce mammoth yields of small, pure white beans. This is a great soup bean, absorbs flavors well in cooking. 16-18" tall bush plant. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Pinto Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 85 days. The other soup bean. Light buff, speckled beans are borne in huge amounts on vigorous, half runner type plants. Productive, easy bean. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Small Reds Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 80 days. Also known as: Habichuelas and Habas Paquenos Colorados, or Red Mexican. Small Red Beans are a plump, round bean with a deep brick red color. This bean is about 1/2 inch long with a mild flavor and firm texture. This is a bush bean rather than a vine bean. This is the bean famous in the Southern dish Red Beans and Rice. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Soldier Bean |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Phaseolus vulgaris. 100 days. Well known in New England, this heirloom bean is great as a baking or soup bean. The name comes from the markings on the side that resemble an 18th Century French soldier. White with reddish brown markings around the eye. In France, this bean is known as "Haricot St. Esprit a Oeil Rouge" or "Holy Spirit in Red Eye" bean. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
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