Beans, Anasazi, Bush (90-110 days to dry beans)  Phaseolus vulgaris These beautiful dry beans are also known as Jacob’s Cattle, so named for their beautiful mottled maroon and white coloring. They are vigorous growing plants with a bush habit that tend to do well in cooler climates such as the Pacific NW. They are a reliable producer for drying down before the fall rains for us here in SW Oregon. They cook up easily into a creamy mild texture that goes well in soups, also for making refried beans.  HEIRLOOM, SRF Packet: One Ounce  Bulk: 1/4 Pound ...

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Beans, Cannellini - Phaseolus vulgaris A medium sized white kidney bean that is a staple in numerous Italian dishes, most notably minestrone soup. plants grow with a bush habit to about 24" and produce ample sets of 6-8" beans that will mature early and are easy to harvest once dry. Beans hold their shape well when cooked and impart a rich, meaty flavor. HEIRLOOM. SSF Packet - 1 oz...

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Beans, Cranberry Bush (Phaseolus vulgaris)  85 days to dry An old-time New England heirloom dating back to the 1800's. Self-supporting bush plants stand about 16" tall with heavy sets of fine round pods that can be harvested fresh or left to dry for an excellent quality horticultural dry bean. Seeds per ounce: 42. The cranberry bean, also known as the Borlotti bean in Italy, is fairly difficult to find unless your community has a large Italian population or farmer’s markets. Read more at Gardening Know How: What Are Cranberry Beans: Planting Cranberry Bean Seeds https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/what-are-cranberry-beans.htm The cranberry bean, also known as the Borlotti bean in Italy, is fairly difficult to find unless your community has a large Italian population or farmer’s markets. Read more at Gardening Know How: What Are Cranberry Beans: Planting Cranberry Bean Seeds https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/what-are-cranberry-beans.htm The cranberry bean, also known as the Borlotti bean in Italy, is fairly difficult to find unless your community has a large Italian population or farmer’s markets. Read more at Gardening Know How: What Are Cranberry Beans: Planting Cranberry Bean Seeds https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/what-are-cranberry-beans.htm Pkt.: One Ounce Packet            Quarter Pound Half Pound Pound  ...

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Beans, Cupidon Fillet (60 days fresh) BUSH Phaseolus vulgaris Beautiful,  brown speckled seeds grow to become compact yet productive bushes with heavy sets of slender pods that make for  tasty fillet fresh beans to be used raw, steamed, or sauteed.  Can also be sliced lengthwise for French style haricots verts. Must be harvested young for best flavor.  Heirloom. SSF. BE71: Packet (1 ounce)...

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Beans, Dragon Tongue Wax (65 days to snap, 90 to dry) Phaseolus vulgaris Originally hailing from Holland, this variety of wax bean produces 6-8" flat, stringless, French type beans.  Dragon Tongue Wax Bean is yellow, striped with purple, has an excellent, sweet, and juicy flavor.  High yielding, the pods keep their quality for a long period in the field after maturity.  Dragon Tongue beans have a wonderful buttery taste. They can be grown for fresh cooking , freezing, or let mature to the dry stage for winter use in soups and stews. SSF Packet: One Ounce...

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Beans, Jackson Wonder Lima (70-80 days to green beans & 90-100 days to dry beans) - Phaseolus lunatus - Medium sized flat tan seeds with black and purple splashes. Bush growth habit. Can reliably grow and produce in shorter season areas such as the PNW. SRN Packet = 1/2oz...

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Beans, Kebarika Bush (80-90 days) Phaseolus vulgaris Large and absolutely beautiful heirloom bean from Kenya that grows well in hot climates. While it can be grown as a snap bean its dried seeds are so gorgeous that you’ll want to allow it to mature as a dry bean to enjoy its brilliant mottled purple diversity.  It makes a good kidney bean substitute or baking bean. HEIRLOOM. HOO. Packet: One Ounce ...

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Beans, Kenearly Yellow Eye, Bush -95 days Phaseolus vulgaris   One of the best early baking beans. Developed in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Healthy plants produce excellent yields of white beans with yellow-brown eyes. Easy to shell. Bush habit. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet: One Ounce ...

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Midori Giant Soya Bean (68 days) Glycine Max Plants average 16-17", are well branched, tall and sturdy. Abundant with a sweet, buttery flavor and large seeds. Early to mature. TRS Packet (1/2 oz) 1/4 lb ...

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Beans, Mitla Black Tepary (80 days) - Phaseolus acutifolius - Drought adapted landrace variety native to northern Mexico with 18” tall, semi-vining plants that produce pink flowers and then green pods that dry to a buff color. Pods dry down too reveal 5-6 small black beans. Leaves of this species are smaller than typical P.vulgaris species leaves which may contribute to it’s drought adaptation.  We tend to irrigate them as we have found that dryland yields are substantially less than irrigated.  They cook up into a rich tasty meal of black beans that remain firm. SSF Packet: One Ounce ...

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Orcabean (90-100 days for dry shelling beans) Phaseolus vulgaris   A beautiful, early maturing and reliable producer of 6-8” pods filled with pretty white seeds with black speckling that holds up even when cooked. Named after their resemblance to a Killer whale, white with black spots. A wonderful chili bean with a mild potato like flavor that yields a rich and delicious sauce. SSF. Packet: One Ounce   ...

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Beans, OS Blues Snap Bush (55 days)  Phaseolus vulgaris   A nice determinate green snap bush bean that is early maturing with very long, straight pods that are exceptionally tender and sweet.  Originally developed at Oregon State University by breeder Jim Meyers specifically for fresh market growers.  Pods are about 4" long and hold their eating quality on the plant for a nice wide picking window.  ERP  Packet (1oz) 1/4 pound...

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Beans, Provider, Bush (55-70 days) Phaseolus vulgaris   An old workhorse variety that grows vigorously even amidst cooler conditions, as it has good resistance to viruses and mildew.  Produces heavy, concentrated sets of uniform green beans that lend themselves well to fresh market use or canning.  Succession plantings sustain yield over the summer.  Handsome purple dry beans can be used as a soup bean, too. packet:  One Ounce            Quarter Pound ...

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Beans, Purple Dove, Bush (50-60 days) Phaseolus vulgaris   We originally received this seed from Alan Adesse, who had gathered it from the collection of bean purveyor extraordinaire, Bob Lobitz. Lovely purple/gray seeds grow compact bushes with a heavy set of 4-5” long flattish burgundy/purple pods with excellent flavor for fresh eating. Compared to Royal Burgundy the pods are flatter, more reddish purple, and possibly more tender. SRF Packet: One Ounce Bulk: 1/4 pound ...

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Beans, Red Kidney Heirloom (90-110 days to dry beans)  Phaseolus vulgaris   Rare bush variety is similar to Red Kidney a little larger. Plants have a very upright growth habit and grow 2-3 feet tall. Pods are held high on the plant and tend to mature early and uniformly, which makes them a dependable producer of dry beans. Beans are a deep red oblong kidney shape. The large beans are great in soups or cooked whole. HEIRLOOM, MCF. Packet: One Ounce  Bulk:    Quarter Pound ...

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Beans, Red Swan Snap - 52-58 days. Phaseolus vulgaris -  A unique snap bean developed by the late Robert Lobitz (1941-2006), a man with a lifelong passion for bean breeding. A cross between a purple snap bean and a pinto, the color is dusty red-rose; stringless pods are 4-5" long and delicious. Bush habit.  HOO Packet: One Ounce Bulk: 1/4 lb...

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Beans, Rockwell Dry (85 days to dry)  Phaseolus vulgaris - A Slow Food “Ark of Taste” variety descended from a very old German-Hungarian bean known as the Rote Von Paris and brought by settlers to Whidbey Island in Washington.  A “cassoulet” type bean that holds its shape when cooked.  White seeds with purple mottling. Well adapted to produce and mature reliably in cool summer climates.  SSF.  Packet: One Ounce ...

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Beans, Roma II, Bush (60-65 days) Phaseolus vulgaris - Bright green, extra-long pods with rich, bean flavor. While the beans are normally picked at 5-7", they are still stringless at over 10". Seeds are white. Excellent for eating fresh or preserving. White seeds   Packet: One Ounce Bulk: Quarter Pound ...

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Beans, Royal Burgundy, Bush (60 days)  Phaseolus vulgaris Purple snap beans are so beautiful with their deep violet pods, stems, flowers and leaf venation that they are worth growing simply for their eye appeal! Fortunately, they are tasty lightly steamed as a wonderfully colorful and flavorful compliment to summer meals. Plants grow easily and have fairly good cold soil emergence in our trials. Very good disease resistance which improves success in organic conditions. They are easier to pick because the pods stand out against the foliage better than green beans. LRF Packet: One Ounce ...

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Beans, Tiger's Eye/Pepe de Zapallo, Bush (85 days)  Phaseolus vulgaris Originally from Chile.  Vigorous growing bush dry bean a favorite for filling jars in our pantry with their gorgeous golden beans with maroon swirls on them.  One of the earliest dry beans in our trials over the last decade.  Beans are fairly large, 50/ounce.  Very nice cooking characteristics as the rich tasting beans hold their shape after cooking. Easy and rewarding to grow!  HEIRLOOM. Packet: 1 oz  Bulk: Quarter Pound  ...

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Beans, Whipple, Bush  (90-110 days) Phaselous vulgaris This is a real standout from our production in 2016 where it charmed its way into everyone's hearts on the crew. Vigorous growing bushy plants with short runners that make prolific sets of 6-8" pods that yield plump beans of deep purple with darker purple splotches. We received this bean from our friend and seed keeper, Marjory House who named the beans after Lee and Dana Whipple who retired to Oregon with several other families from the longest running family co-op outside of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Whipple was a minister, and started the church of the Brethren in Springfield, but also guest spoke at many other churches. He also traveled around to, local schools to talk about equality for all races. He had marched and worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 60's in Chicago.This Pacific Northwest variety has been a stand-out performer in 2017-2020 Dry Farming Collaborative Trials, and in tastings. Large, richly flavored beans are particularly good in slow-cooked chili. The Whipple Family, for which this bean is named, worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. before moving to Douglas County, Oregon, in the 1970s. HEIRLOOM. SSF. Packet - 1 oz ...

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