Bean

Anasazi Bush Bean The Anasazi Bean is a beautiful maroon and white bean, similar to Jacob's cattle bean. Identified as one of the few cultivated crops grown by the Anasazi cliff dwellers. Sweet flavor, meaty and nutty. Our favorite cooking...

Asparagus Green Podded Pole Bean - "The Long Bean" A vigorous climber that begins to produce its trademark string-less long pods about 60 days after planting. Produces light-green pods in pairs, smaller diameter than black-seeded type, has red or maroon...

Black Valentine Bush Bean - "Fall in Love with this Heirloom" Prolific, string-less in all stages, the young snap beans are slender, almost round, and richly flavorful. A pre-1850's heirloom that germinates in cool soil, making it a good, early...

Blue Ribbon Bush Bean - "Take Home the Ribbon this Year From Your Garden" Heavy producer of uniform, wide 5 - 6 inch green pods splashed with purplish mottling and are a superb flat pod. Ideal for fresh snap beans and excellent for canning, cooking...

Broad Windsor Fava Bean An ancient legume that has been under cultivation for thousands of years. Fava beans are primarily grown for the edible seeds, which are eaten immature, as shelled beans, and mature, as dry beans. Fava beans are also a great...

Brown Tepary Bush Bean An ancient variety of bush bean, possibly originating around the Mexican states of Jalisco and Sinaloa, with recent studies indicating the earliest domestication and cultivation in the Tehuacán Valley, southeast of Mexico...

Dragon’s Tongue Wax Bush Bean - "A Beautiful Bean" Long, creamy-yellow pods splashed with purple on compact, stock bushes, a unique heirloom butter bean from the Netherlands.  Remarkably good flavor, crisp, juicy, string-less flesh makes...

Four Sisters Garden Seed Collection Native American agriculture is well-known for the “Three Sisters” approach of corn, beans and squash supporting, protecting and nourishing each other. Several other crops were very important in Native...

French White Garden Bush Bean - "The Caviar of Beans" A famous heirloom bean variety originally from the south of France, developed in the 1800s as a dwarf cultivar and originally known as 'Nain Hatif de Laon', or Early Dwarf Laon. There are several...

Golden Wax Bush Bean - "A Home Gardener's Favorite Bean" A highly productive compact 15-20" tall plant with clusters of entirely string-less five inch golden-yellow somewhat flat pods having white seeds with a purple/brown eye. Delicious rich buttery...

Henderson's Baby Lima Bush Bean According to legend, the Henderson Baby Bush Lima was found growing along a Virginia roadside by a soldier returning home from the Civil War. This buttery-flavored, baby lima produces 3 to 4, excellent-tasting flat beans...

Kala Chana Garbanzo/Chickpea This chickpea is excellent for home gardens, especially in dry, short-season areas. Originally from India, the mature seeds are often parched and eaten as a snack. The fresh or dried seed is cooked in soups, stews and is a...

Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean  - "Best Known Pole Bean since 1864" High yielding, extended season bean with a distinctive flavor and good firmness. Pods are fleshy 7-10 in. that grow in clusters with brown seeded beans. Plants grow 5-7 ft. tall with...

King of the Garden Lima Pole Bean  Introduced in 1883, this beloved heirloom garden favorite produces huge crops until stopped by frost, with clusters of 4-6 1 1/4 in. long flat medium-green pods having 4-6 large creamy-white seeds in each pod...

Lazy Housewife Pole Bean  Completely string-less beans. Brought to America by German immigrants and first listed in W. Atlee Burpee’s 1888 catalog. These beans were so-named because they were the first beans to not require...

Purple Queen Bush Bean Loads of easy-to-spot slim purple pods that turn green in cooking. Rated as the best flavored of all beans. Tried and true and a great experience for new gardeners. High yields. Unusual and appealing in both garden and kitchen...