Artichoke,  Imperial Star (85 days) – Cynara scolymus  A green artichoke specifically bred for annual production and is an excellent variety for the Pacific Northwest, Imperial Star will produce well-developed artichokes the first year from seed. Plants become 1 1/2-3' tall and have an open-growth habit. Each typically produces 1-2 primary buds, which average 3-4" in diameter, and 5-7 smaller secondary buds. Perennial in Zone 7 and warmer; otherwise treat as an annual.   We are grateful to be offering artichoke seed, which came to us from Billy’s Gardens in California. Note that we have found gophers to be very fond of eating artichoke roots so we will routinely plant them in wire baskets / cages. Packet: 1 g(~25 seeds) ...

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Artichoke, Violetta (85 days) – Cynara scolymus  This is a beautiful perennial artichoke that is cold hardy and produces gorgeous purple tinged buds that are more elongated than green globe ball shaped buds.  Perennial in Zone 7 and warmer; otherwise treat as an annual. Plants grow to 3-4' tall and should be spaced at about the same.  Plants produce 2-5+ buds per plant once established. Note that we have found gophers to be very fond of eating artichoke roots so we will routinely plant them in wire baskets / cages. Packet: 1 g(~25 seeds) ...

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Arugula, Sputnik (30 days) Eruca vesicaria A unique find from a pickling spice bulk jar in Italy by plant breeder John Navazio.  Pleasantly piquant leaves contain a pleasing mix of lobed and strap shapes.  Selected for bolt resistance over multiple generations. A delicious basil substitute for “rocket pesto” early in the season, simply blend with garlic, olive oil, and nuts or sunflower seeds and enjoy. SSF Packet (1 g = 250 seeds) Bulk: 1/2 ounce  Bulk: Ounce...

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Arugula, Tuscan  (30 days) Eruca vesicaria Seed keeper Kayla Preece collected this variety from Agricultori Custodi, a seed preservation group in Tuscany, Italy. We obtained this seed from our friends at Adaptive Seeds. Compared to our Sputnik Arugula, Tuscan has a more pronounced spicy flavor with a similar blend of lobed and strap-type leaves. Packet (1 g ≈ 150 seeds) Bulk: 1/2 ounce Bulk: Ounce ...

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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, Appaloosa, Bush (95 days) - Phaseolus vulgaris   Although compact, 18-24", they frequently develop short runners. Green pods are flat, 5" long and 1/2" wide, and contain 4 to 6 kidney-shaped seeds mottled purple and white - like an Appaloosa pony. Can be snapped when young, but usually dried and shelled. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet: 1 Ounce ...

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Beans, Beefy Resiliant Grex (85-100 days) Dry bean From Carol Deppe, “Bred for organic systems. The most intensely beefy flavored bean I have ever eaten. Also the most productive dry bean I have ever grown by a factor of 2X or more. This is a segregating population of beans that represent the F3 and F4 of crosses between ‘Gaucho’ common bean X ‘Black Mitla’ tepary bean.) (Phaseolus vulgaris X Phaseolus acutifolius). ‘Gaucho’ is a very early, very delicious gold dry bean. ‘Black Mitla’ tepary is a widely adapted bean with a powerful delicious flavor as a dry bean. Both are small beans round in cross section and about twice as long as wide. Both are easy to thresh. Teparies are unusually heat resistant and drought hardy, and are resistant or tolerant to diseases common beans succumb to. Common bean varieties tend to yield more. In 2009 I was trying to do seed increases on the pure varieties, which shouldn’t have crossed since they are different species. Such crosses are “against the rules.” The beans were unruly. I got about 5% crosses from patches that were 12′ apart, as evidenced by about 5% black beans in the 2010 grow-out of what I thought was (and what looked like) pure (gold-seeded) ‘Gaucho’. I couldn’t think of any cross that has more potential for producing interesting and highly resilient dry bean varieties than this cross, though, however unintended. So I hand-sorted out several thousand black seeds representing those crosses and planted them in 2011 to produce Resilient Bean Breeder F3. These turned out to be the most productive dry beans I have ever seen. When I cooked up a pot of the mixed colors, the flavor blew me away. It tastes more beefy than beef does. The plants are mostly short-vined in type, and hold their pods up off the ground so can be handled like a bush type. To harvest I clip or pull plants and roll up the tangled row-shaped mat of beans. About ¾ of the beans are black; the rest are brown, tan, gold, or speckled. Maturity is a little later than ‘Gaucho’ but still quite early. (Presumably there will be continuing segregation for plant type, maturity, drought resistance, disease resistance, and bean color and flavor.) I am selecting gently for earliness (by eliminating any plants that are not dry along with the main crop) but not selecting otherwise. Save seed from the plants that do best for you and breed your own unique varieties adapted to your own needs and conditions.” Open Source Seed Initiative Packet: One Ounce ...

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Beans, Beurre du Rocquencourt (50 days) - Phaseolus vulgaris   Yellow wax beans came across the Mediterranean from Algeria in the early 1800’s. This variety became a mainstay in French Market gardens in Rocquencourt, which is a town near Versailles by 1840.  Abundant yields from bush plants of bright yellow pods are quick to mature and have a fine, tender flavor.  Its flavor is considered the best of the wax beans.  SSF.  Packet: One Ounce ...

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Beans,Black Coco, Bush (60 days snap, 90 days dry) Phaseolus vulgaris  These have long been one of our favorite dry black beans because of their beautiful plump round beans that are about twice as large as the Black Turtle beans that we sell.  They are a bit later, so should only be considered for longer season areas with plenty of heat.  Cook up into a delicious creamy, chocolaty flavor.  Can also be harvested as snap beans.  SSF Packet: One Ounce ...

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Black Pearl, Soya Bean (80-90 days) Glycine Max An early maturing, black seeded soy bean that is well suited for edamame (fresh shelling beans) or waiting for the pretty satin black seeds to mature (mid- August for us here in SW Oregon). Plants grow to 20-30” tall and produce their beans above the leaf canopy for easy harvest.  SSF. Packet: Half Ounce ...

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Beans, Black Turtle, Dry (85-100 days to dry beans) Phaseolus vulgaris  This is an excellent heirloom dry bean that is very productive and matures much earlier than other dry beans.  You'll be amazed at the incredible pod set that these plants put on.  Let the pods dry down naturally on the stalk, or you can clip the plants at the base once you see them drying down.  Thresh by pulling or cutting whole plants and whacking them into a trash can or large tub and the brittle pods should shatter easily.  Delicious in soup or Central American fare!  HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet: One Ounce Bulk: 1/4 Pound ...

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Beans, Blackcoat Runner Phaseolus coccineus (70 days to fresh beans, 100 days to dry) An heirloom that hails from Mexico, Blackcoat has vigorous 6-7’ vines with vivid scarlet flowers attractive to hummimgbirds and humans alike. Abundant yields of large pods that can be eaten as a fresh shelling bean or allowed to dry on the plant and used as a dry bean. Large shiny, jet black seeds are about 1” long and cook down into a very tasty creamy meal. HEIRLOOM, ERP packet: One Ounce    Bulk:         Quarter Pound ...

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Beans, Bolita  (100 days) Phaseolus vulgaris Spanish settlers to the northern New Mexican region initially presented the Bolita bean to North America, which is ironic considering that bush beans were originally domesticated in Mexico. This heirloom dry bush bean is the ancestor to the modern Pinto bean.  It is much revered and celebrated throughout the desert southwest and performs well for us here in SW Oregon, maturing early and reliably. The beans are deep, pinkish-beige—almost salmon in color—and boast a taste richer in flavor than the Pinto bean, to which it is often compared. Part of the Slow Food Ark of Taste collection.  SSF Packet: One Ounce ...

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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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EZ Pick Bush Beans (55 days) Phaseolus vulgaris A nice quick growing bush bean that matures all its beans in a compact window so hand harvesting is simplified and it's easier to plan successional plantings. Beans are semi-round and about 6" long with a nice dark green color and exceptional flavor. White seeds.  TRS  1 packet = 1 oz...

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Fava Beans, Andean Mix - Vicia Faba  This is an interbreeding mixture of all the varieties listed here and others for which we have more limited quantities that were sourced in the highlands of Ecuador and Peru in the Andean mountains. You can expect to see dry seeds with green, gold, brown, speckled, thumbprint, and red-spot patterns and colors. Typically picked when green and the beans are formed in the pods, then steamed in salt water, shelled and enjoyed! Packet: Half Ounce ...

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BEANS, Fava, Bolivian Purple Vicia faba (80 days) Beautiful purple Windsor-style beans. Plant in fall or early spring, flowers in April/May. Can be used dry, or boiled in salt water and eaten like edamame. HEIRLOOM (1/2 oz.). SSF Packet = 1/2 ounce...

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Fava, Brown Speckled, "Surcan" Vicia Faba This variety was originally obtained in the Amaru region near the Sacred Valley in the Andes of Peru from a traditional seed-keeping family, who call it "Surcan" in their native Quechua language.  We have been selecting this strain for a uniformly brown and cream speckled pattern akin to a quail egg.  Typically planted in fall or early in spring (February or March) it can easily handle cold temperatures down to the teens. It flowers in April and May producing abundant nectar-rich white flowers that bees and pollinators adore. Green pods can be harvested for fresh shelling, boiled in salt water and eaten like edamame soybeans or allowed to dry down and used like chickpeas for a delicious hummus. HEIRLOOM. SSF  Packet: 1/2 ounce...

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Fava Beans, Cambridge Scarlet (80-140 days) Vicia faba Highly unique and attractive on account of its bright red flowers that are really more a shade of magenta. Dry seeds are bright green and small to medium in size.  Produces tall plants with 4-8 large pods that make great shelling beans for fresh eating.  Seed obtained from seedsman Doug Gosling.  SSF. Packet: Half Ounce Bulk: 1/4 lb. ...

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Fava Beans, Copper (80-140 days)  Vicia faba A late maturing variety with medium-sized deep copper brown seeds that was shared with us at a seed swap on Orcas Island in Washington. Pods are upright containing 1 to 3 seeds, in bunches of 2 to 4 pods per cluster. Can be fall or spring planted.  SSF.   Packet: Half Ounce ...

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Beans, Fava, Midnight Black (80 days to green shelling beans)  Vicia faba This was a gift From Sierra seed-steward Rowen White. We are now excited to share these little onyx black gems with you too! Fava beans make an excellent staple crop that fills the gap before the summer crops come on, which is why they are popular among many subsistence farmers around the world particularly in the Middle East, Meso-America and the Mediterranean. Best planted in fall, or late winter ( February or March), they grow to about 30" tall and produce many 6" pods, which have pale green beans when harvested for fresh shelling (delicious steamed with salt like Edamame), or if left to dry on the stalk they turn to a shiny black. HEIRLOOM. SSF Packet: 1/2 oz ...

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Beans, Fava, Sweet Lorane - Vicia faba (80-140 days)   Sweet Lorane is a small-seeded, very productive fava bean bred for edibility, disease resistance and winter hardiness. It is also an excellent green manure crop.  It can be planted in the fall or early spring.  HOO Packet: 1/2 oz Bulk: 1/4 lb ...

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Beans, Fava, Ur Kupina Vicia Faba (80 days to green shelling beans)  A unique heirloom named after the city in Bolivia, this is a large seeded broad bean that can be fall or spring sown. Grows to 3 feet tall and produces 12-20 large pods with 1” beans. These can be shelled fresh and steamed for a delicious treat that has been enjoyed throughout the middle east and mediterranean regions, as well as central and south America. Easy to grow, favas are also a great nectar source for beneficial insects. Dry beans have beautiful tan and brown swirls on them like little mouse ears. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet: 1/2 oz...

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Fava Beans, Verde (80-140 days)  Vicia faba A very pretty, large seeded Windsor type fava from the highlands of Peru shared with us by an Amaru family.  Dry seeds are a pleasant medium green as opposed to the typical buff, pale green color.  We are adapting this variety to fall planting here in Oregon, but Spring planting may be wisest on account of its equatorial adaptation. SSF packet: 1/2 oz ...

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Beans, Gaucho (85 days) These early maturing bush beans are the consistently among the earliest to ripen for dry beans in the field in our trials.  Originally from Argentina, they are named after the legendary cowboys of the South American Pampas. The gaucho is a national symbol in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and are reputed to be brave and unruly. Well this bean may be tough, but it's far from being unruly! It dries down early and consistently in the field, ensuring that you'll have abundant meals of creamy golden dry beans.  Gauch shines where many other varieties have many pods that are still green when fall frost comes in the north.  Grow it and you will see why it's a legend in the North too!  HOO Packet: One Ounce 1/4 Pound  ...

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Beans, Indy Gold Wax Phaseolus vulgaris (55 days)  A delicious golden yellow wax bush bean with a mild and crisp flavor. Its bright color makes it easier to pick amidst the green canopy of leaves. As with other bush varieties, it produces concentrated sets of pods that are good for canning. Delightful with green and purple podded beans eaten fresh in summer salads.  LRF Packet: One Ounce ...

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Beans, Italian, Pole - Phaseolus vulgaris Heirloom traditional Romano-type thick, meaty, flat, green pole bean. This white-seeded tall climber is very productive over a long season. 7-8" long flat pods have excellent, rich flavor and a unique succulence. SRN Packet: 1/2 oz ...

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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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Beans, Kentucky Wonder, Pole (65 days) Phaseolus vulgaaris An heirloom pole bean that has been widely grown in gardens since the Civil War. Pods are 7-9” long, stringless, and possess superior flavor. Very vigorous and productive, pole beans take longer to produce, but yield over a much longer harvest window than bush types. Has good disease resistance. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet: BE16...

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Beans, Lima, Calico Cat (70 days fresh / 100 dry) Phaseolus lunatas There are two distinct types of Lima beans, one which originated in the Andes around 2000 BCE, has large seeds. The other, smaller-seeded, originated around 800 AD in Mexico. This type is often called butter beans. Limas can be grown in a wide variety of climates and can tolerate cool and hot temperatures. These pretty beans have small round flat seeds in a beautiful array of colors and patterns, as befits the name. Vining growth habit. packet: Half Ounce ...

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Beans, Lima, Dixie Speckled (70 days fresh / 100 dry) Phaseolus lunatas  There are two distinct types of Lima beans, one which originated in the Andes around 2000 BCE, has large seeds. The other, smaller-seeded, originated around 800 AD in Mexico. This type is often called butter beans. Limas can be grown in a wide variety of climates and can tolerate cool and hot temperatures. The bush plants produce small, round deep pink seeds with deep purple spotting and mottling. Bush growth habit. SSF packet: Half Ounce ...

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Beans, Meraviglia Venezia (55 days) - Phaseolus vulgaris   Climbing French Bean  Vigorous plant with white seeds, Meraviglia is a heavy producer of up to 10 inch meaty light yellow roma type beans. No strings & good flavor. Like all pole beans, keep picking to encourage continued production. very early for a pole bean. Vigorous climber needs support: use trellis.  SSF packet: 1/2 oz ...

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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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Musan, Soya Bean (120 days) Glycine Max We obtained this beautiful soy bean at a seed swap however it was collected in North Korea and contributed in 1998 by Randy Ireson, American Friends Service Committee (USDA Accession PI 612610.). Musan requires a fairly long season to mature but, if long enough, then it rewards growers with an abundance of pods for fresh shelling Edamame beans. Beans are bicolor blond and black. Flowers are white. Multi branched plants grow to about 36” tall. Very high in protein (from 53-61%). SSF. Packet: Half 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, Oregon Giant, Pole/ Snap (63-70 days) Phaseolus vulgaris A dual-purpose bean. Can be eaten as a snap bean when they are big, juicy, and tender. Also, great for shelling and/or dry beans. Can grow to 15-20 feet tall. Tolerant of shade as well as cold, wet weather as we have in the PNW. HEIRLOOM. SSF Packett: 1/2 oz...

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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, Pelligrini Pole (90 Days)  Phaseolus vulgaris Originally an Italian heirloom. In the 1950's, the winemaker Robert Mondavi gave renowned culinary expert and English professor (at the U. of Washington), Angelo Pellegrini a handful of family beans from the old country. "Monachine," as he called them, meant "Little Nuns." Pelligrini grew and saved seed year after year for 50 years in Seattle's climate, it has become perfectly adapted to the conditions of the Pacific Northwest.  Growing with a vining habit, it provides generous yields of smooth round seeds than are a pretty brown and white.  SSF packet: 1/2 Ounce ...

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Beans, Pepe de Rola, Pole (90 days)  Phaseolus vulgaris We originally received this seed from Tessa Gowans at the Abundant Life Seed Foundation in 1999. It is an heirloom brought to the USA from Portugal and is also known as "Dove's Breast". It produces bountiful sets of pods that dry down into round beans that are half white and half mottled brown and yellow. This is a very unique type of bean. Has performed well in 3 sisters plantings here in SW Oregon, wherein we plant flour corn, winter squash and pole dry beans. It’s best to wait until the corn is about 4 inches high before planting the beans or the quick growing vines will overtake the corn. My favorite pole bean. SSF Packet: 1/2 oz ...

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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.  BBF & SRF 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 Noodle / Yard Long Bean –90 days. Vigna unguiculata  Absolutely the most unusual and spectacular yard-long bean for the home garden. This standout plant is heat-tolerant and robust, producing astounding burgundy 18-inch long bean pods. Sweet and stringless, enjoy them steamed, stir-fried, or in soup. Brown seeds. SSF Packet: 1/2 OZ...

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