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Bush Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris | Pkt. $3.00 | pkt.= 100 seeds unless specified otherwise
Black Valentine, Heirloom
55 days fresh, 70 days dry. Produces bright green snaps and jet black dry soup beans. 15 cm slender pods are very tasty. Large plants are productive growing to 1 metre in height. Shows resistance to white mold and does well in drought conditions. Very productive main season snap.
Cherokee Wax
55 days. This heirloom produces heavy yields of 15 cm. stringless, yellow beans on vigorous plants. The flavour is great fresh and they can be canned or frozen. Black seeds tolerate cool soil and can be planted a little earlier than beans with light-coloured seed. This is a very dependable and productive bean.
Golden Wax
50 days. This old-time favourite bears a heavy crop of slightly flattened golden yellow stringless beans. Meaty pods have good flavour. They reach 12 - 14 cm. but we like to eat them at about 8 cm. when they are extra tender. Good fresh or canned.
Janet's Select Dutch Brown Bean
Tasty beans are the essential ingredient in traditional Dutch brown bean soup. Heavy yields of rich, delicious, golden brown beans are borne on sturdy plants. Our original seed came from Janet Gleeson via her sister Yvonne. Janet has been growing and selecting this bean for many years. She started with plants that produced 3 - 4 seeds per pod and selected for 6 seeds per pod. We continue to select for 6 seeds per pod in our grow-outs to ensure heavy yields.
Maxibel
62 days. Classic French filet bean. Maxibel is tender, straight, sweet and stringless, perfect for the gourmet market. Rich green beans are exceptionally long and thin reaching 15-20 cm. in length and .6 cm. in width. For best quality, pick young, slender beans frequently. Tiny, perfect, and delicious.
Orca
90 days dry. Stunningly beautiful black and white beans resemble the yin & yang symbol of harmony. Kids call them Free Willie beans after the Orca whale in the movie of the same name. Strong, disease-resistant plants produce heavy yields of 15cm green beans which can be eaten young or allowed to ripen for use dry beans. Baked dry beans have exceptional flavour and texture. Also know as Ying Yang or Calypso. ~ 50 seeds
Provider
50 days. The most reliable bush snap bean we have grown. Provider does just what its name suggests, it provides, no matter what the weather throws at it. Heavy yields of uniform, round green beans have a rich beany taste and are the first to ripen in our fields. Purple seed can tolerate cool soil for earlier sowing and plants are resistant to downy mildew and several bean viruses. You just can't go wrong with this one.
Purple Teepee
51 days. Beautiful purple-black beans follow pretty mauve flowers on prolific, upright plants. Beans are produced at the top of the plant so harvesting is easy. Purple Teepee is cold tolerant and can be planted approximately 2 weeks before most other beans. Purple beans have an excellent flavour and turn green when cooked.
Royal Burgundy
55 days. Snap. Beautiful deep purple pods have a contrasting bright green interior and rich flavor. When cooked, the purple turns to green indicating they are perfectly blanched. Wonderful raw, with dip, or in salad. Tolerates cool conditions so you can sow them a little earlier than most beans.
Tanya's Pink Pod
Sold out 54 days pink, 80 dry. I tried this bean because I had never seen a pink snap bean before—visions of little baskets full of pink, purple, yellow and green snap beans danced in my head. The snaps are indeed dark pink, the colour fades somewhat as they enlarge. Pick snaps when young for best quality or allow seeds to develop and use as a tasty dry bean. Originally from Salt Spring Seeds where Tanya, a farm apprentice, found it growing in a row of Sequoia beans.Please note that Tanya's Pink Pod bean will not be available in 2012.
