CATALOGUE

Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Bush Beans = 40-50 seeds/packet
Pole Beans = 25 seeds/packet

Stringless Green Pod (1894) - (aka Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod) In 1894 Calvin Keeney who was known as the “Father of the Stringless Bean”, developed Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod which was then introduced by the Burpee Seed Company. It remained the most popular bean for years and was claimed to be the first stringless bean. An excellent snap bean with 5” pods and brown seed. Early, productive and tasty. One of the best! (45-50 days) Bush.

available in packet $3.00
or trade packet $4.75/ 100 seeds

Sweeney Family Heirloom - An exciting find given to me by Jim Sweeney. Jim’s family is originally from Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia and Jim’s father always planted these beans who he got from his father, so this is a very old bean that has bean passed down through the generations. Jim’s father called them American Mohawk Bean and they have similar coloration to Jesse Fisk or Red Valentine Bean but are definitely a different variety. The beans are kidney sized and are purplish red with lighter speckles or mottling. Jim has been growing this variety in Lloydminster, AB for the last 10 years and it does very well in Alberta as well. The pods of this variety usually dry on the plant and then the beans are used in their dry state for baking. Low quantity. (25 seeds/pkt)

$3.00

Thibodeau de Comte Beauce - Heirloom originally from Beauce County, Quebec. Straight green pods are splashed with purple and are very tasty when picked young. Very productive, disease free plants which are also early. (45 days for snaps) Bush.

*New variety
for 2008

$3.00

Topnotch Wax - Listed in my 1937 McFayden Seed Catalogue as being an improvement over Golden Wax. An excellent wax bean that has long pods and great taste. Good for freezing. The white seed has a brownish blotch around the hilum similar to soldier beans.

available in packet $3.00
or trade packet $4.75

True Cranberry - (a.k.a. Red Cranberry Pole, Cranberry) The True Cranberry Bean is a very old bean that has been grown since colonial times and prior to that time, by the Indians of Maine. The bean is excellent as a shell bean or as dried beans. The very dark red seeds have a white hilum and look like cranberries. They are delicious in chili or other recipes that call for dried beans. Very productive and one of my favorites. (100 days for dry beans) Pole.
Not available for 2009.

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Ukrainian Comrades - A rare snap bean that originates from the Ukraine. The healthy plants produce lots of good tasting edible pods that are best picked when young. The pods produce both black and dark orange-tan seeds which are fun to shell and look beautiful together. Very interesting variety.

$3.00

Vanderpol Six Weeks - A rare heirloom bean that is well over a hundred years old. This variety really impressed me this summer. It was planted in an area with poor soil and little moisture and it still produced an abundance of beans. The bushy plants send out short runners and are loaded with small flat pods that are very tasty when picked young. The small angular seed is tan in color and can also be used as a dry bean.

$3.95

White Caseknife (1700s) - (a.k.a Clapboard Bean, Scimitar Bean, Sword Bean) Historic bean that has been documented since the 1700’s. Thomas Jefferson grew it at Monticello and it was one of the most popular beans in early American gardens. The tall, vigorous cines can grow to 8-9 ft and the large flat green pods are produced in abundance. The pods should be harvested young before strings develop for use as snap beans and the flat white seed can be used as dry beans. (65 days for snaps, 90-100 days for dry beans)

$3.00

Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus)
Packet = 10 seeds

Black Coat - Mentioned as early as 1654 by German botanist Michael Titus in Catalogues Plantarum. A rare runner bean with scarlet orange flowers and large black seed. A very ornamental variety that is attractive to hummingbirds. (110 days for dry beans) Pole. Extremely rare. Low quantity. (10 seeds/pkt.)
Not available for 2009.

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