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Red Peanut - Old fashioned heirloom variety that is delicious eaten as a snap when young or as a dry bean later on. The small seed is light red and resembles peanuts in color, hence the name. Very productive plants produce loads of pods that turn bright pink when ready to shell. (85 days for dried beans) Bush. |
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Red Swan - Very unique! The 4-5” long pods are a dusty red-rose color. This bean was developed by the late Robert Lobitz. Although a more recent development, I thought it would be an interesting addition to my collection due to the unique coloration of the pods. (55 days for snaps) Bush. |
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Red Valentine (pre-1817) - Originally grown by the Missouri River Indians, this bean was sent to Europe in 1817 and then sent back to America in 1837, where the Landreth Seed Co. first listed it. The Red Valentine bean was used as a snap bean and is best when picked young. The seed is pink mottled with cream to lighter pink and is about the size of a kidney bean. Fearing Burr (Field and Garden vegetables of America, 1865) stated that, “Few, if any, of the dwarfs harden their pods so slowly, or continue longer in condition for use, and few are more productive.” A very historic variety. (55 days for snaps) Bush. EXTREMELY RARE. |
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Refugee - A very old bean believed to have been brought to England by French Huguenots. This bean was also canned commercially in the early 1900’s in Ontario. The 1908 McKenzie Seed Catalog states that the Refugee bean is “An immense producer and valuable for pickling.” The green pods are striped and contain small pinkish beige seed mottled with black. Some dark seed among the others is normal. A very productive and early bush bean. Can be used as a very tasty snap bean when young or as a dried bean. Very dependable and disease resistant. One of the most productive beans available. (80 days for dry beans) Bush. |
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Roja de Seda - Originally from Central America. Roja de Seda is a productive bush plant with short vines. The pods ripen to a bright pink and the small pinkish red seed is great for refried beans. (95 days for dry beans) |
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Royalty Purple Pod - Developed by Professor Elwyn Meader at the University of New Hampshire and introduced in 1957. Productive plants produce 5” purple pods that blanch to green when cooked. (55 days) Bush. |
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Scarlet Beauty - Beautiful large kidney shaped burgundy seed mottled with pink. Yellowish pods are heavily streaked with red. An early bush bean that is excellent in chili and used in place of kidney beans in recipes. Quite disease resistant, very reliable, productive bush plant. (100 days for dry beans) |
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Soldat de la Beauce - An old strain of Soldier bean originally from Quebec, this hardy baking bean is early and productive. Produces large white elongated seed with a reddish brown blotch on the hilum resembling a soldier. |
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Steeves Caseknife - I am very excited to introduce this rare variety that I obtained from Jan Steeves-Cuvelier last winter. This bean originated in Albert County, New Brunswick and was grown by three generations of the Steeves Family since the early 1930’s at their home in Surrey, Albert County, New Brunswick. The house which came to be called Surrey House, was bought by Jan’s grandfather, Cedric Steeves, who fully restored it with the help of his wife, his sister and her husband. They continued to grow these beans in the back garden on metal frames until the death of Cedric in 1972, at which time the metal frames went to Jan’s fathers house in Cap Brule on the Northcumberland Strait. Jan’s father continued to grow these beans on the same metal frames until 1994 when he passed away. Jan then inherited a bag of the Steeves Caseknife Beans and put them aside until recently. The beans were 10 years old and not stored in optimum conditions but luckily the beans still germinated after all those years and I was given some to plant last summer. They grew beautifully and produced enough beans so I can now offer them to my customers. Jan remembers going up into the attic at Surrey House in the fall of 1964 to see the crop of beans drying. “There was newspaper all over the floor and beans spread over in their cases (none touching!) all over the whole attic.” The Steeves family would then have a huge family gathering to have a feast of dried beans and pork. An interesting fact is that “the beans are reconstituted cases and all and cooked with pork for hours”. The Steeves family loved these gatherings and the delicious beans that were served. An excellent early maturing variety that I am happy to be able to preserve. (100 days for dried beans) Pole. EXTREMELY RARE. (20 seeds/pkt.) |
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