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Dry Beans

Dry Beans

- Phaseolus vulgaris - The common bean is among the very easiest of crops to grow. Snap bean varieties are tender and (mostly) stringless when young, while dry bean varieties are particularly productive when allowed to mature and fully dry. That said, any type of snap bean can also be used as a dry bean, and vice versa! 

A pretty incredible source of homegrown protein. In terms of farm-scale and community-scale food self-sufficiency, beans are hard to beat. 

Bush vs Pole: Beans can be broadly divided to these two categories based on growth habit. Bush beans are just that; they grow into self-supporting bushes. While pole beans need additional support; they'll twine up any trellis or stick they can get their vines on, often reaching 6-8' tall or more. Pole beans are undoubtedly more productive, but bush beans are less work and lend themselves better to scale. And then just to make matters less clear-cut; some varieties are semi-runners, with short vines and optional staking needs. 

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    I'm very excited to finally share these seeds! Developed here on the farm, from a purple off-type of Candy Bean that I spotted in 2010. Heavy yield...

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  • True Red Cranberry Bean

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    (Pole bean) Big round beans of the deepest dark red. A very old variety. It was recorded growing in 1700's Maine, although it's almost certainly a ...

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    (Bush Bean) Excellent eaten in the snap stage and also makes a beautiful dry bean (blue jay colours). Originally developed by Russ Crow in Michigan...

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  • Haudenosaunee Skunk Bean

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    (Pole Bean) Beautiful heirloom variety grown by Haudenosaunee farming communities for many centuries. Productive and vigorous vines that are well a...

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  • Blooming Prairie Bean

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    (Half-runner Bean) Extremely pretty purple blushed beans. Soft and fine and perfect for baking. Quite rare. Productive vining plants, staking is op...

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  • Eclipse Black Turtle Bean

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    Heavy yielding and hardy selection of the classic black turtle bean. Very productive bush plants. 60-70 seeds (15 g)-Grown by Broadfork Farm

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  • Winks' Jacob's Cattle Bean

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    (Bush Bean) A local Nova Scotia strain of the popular Jacob’s Cattle. Grown by Winks Gillis of West Dalhousie, Annapolis County, for decades. It di...

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  • Kahnawake Mohawk Bean

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    (Pole Bean) These are among the most beautiful of our dry beans. The large orb-shaped beans are painted with two-shades of earth tones, with a dark...

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  • Fort Portal Jade Bean

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    (Pole bean) Spectacular jade-green. These beauties caught the attention of everyone who saw them at harvest time. Productive climbing plants. Later...

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  • Candy Bean

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    (Semi-runner bean) Among my personal favourite dry beans. Large red striped beans, reminiscent of peppermint candies. Short vines, they sprawl a co...

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  • Saturday Night Special Bean

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    Wee little white pea-beans, ideal for baked beans. Compact bush plants produce a bounty, and dry down early and evenly. 40-50 seeds (10 g)Grown by ...

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  • Kodiak Pinto Bean

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    (Bush Bean) Medium sized round pinto beans on half-runner plants. Plants will vine a few feet, but I've found staking to be not needed. Productive ...

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  • Blue Speckled Tepary Bean

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    Phaseolus acutifolius - Tepary beans are a different species than the common bean (Phaseolus acutifolius, instead of Phaseolus vulgaris). An ancien...

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  • Tiger Eye Bean

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    (Bush) aka: Pepa de Zapallo. Beautiful large kidney shaped beans. Maroon streaks and swirls on a rich orange background. Among the most productive ...

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  • Mostoller Wild Goose Bean

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    (Pole) Beautiful round earth-toned beans. Tall and immensely productive vines. Their story goes that in 1865 the Mostoller boys (John and David) sh...

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  • Rattlesnake Bean

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    (Pole bean) Long, round and stringless green beans with purple striping. The finest fresh harvest bean at Twisted Brook, and also excels for freezi...

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  • King of the Early Bean

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    (Bush Bean) Early, dependable and productive. These large mottled red beans really swell up when soaked. The ideal baking bean. 20-30 seeds (15 g)-...

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  • Light Red Kidney Bean

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    Beautiful light red (nearly pink) beans, ideal for baking and soups. Large yields from bush plants. 20-30 seeds (15 g)-Grown by Broadfork Farm

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  • Succotash Bean

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    (Pole Bean) Beautiful deep-purple seeds resemble kernels of corn, totally unique. Grown for centuries by the Narragansett tribe of what is now Rhod...

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  • Ireland Creek Annie Bean

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    (Bush Bean) A very early and productive bush bean. The medium sized yellow beans are a favourite for soups. This bean was named after Ireland Creek...

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  • Low's Champion Bean

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    (Bush Bean) - Vibrant deep-red round beans. An heirloom bush bean from New England, offered by the Aaron Low Seed Company in 1884. However it's bel...

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  • Mitla Black Tepary Bean

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    Phaseolus acutifolius - Big yields of small shiny black beans. Vigourous semi-runner plants, with vines about 3’ long. I prefer to let the short vi...

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  • Black Nightfall Bean

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    (Pole bean) Beautiful black and grey speckled beans, produced on tall climbing vines. -Grown by Twisted Brook

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  • Mrociumere Bean

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    (Bush Bean) One of my favourites for both production and beauty. The speckled purple seeds of this variety are some of the most mesmerizing I’ve se...

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  • Long Lake Giant Bean

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    Flavourful 6” green pods produced heavily on bush plants. The large seeds are good as dry beans if left to mature. Introduced by seed saver Robert ...

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  • Amish Gnuttle Bean

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    (Bush Bean) These pretty, slightly block-shaped small beans are speckled grey and maroon. The plants send out a few short runners and staking is op...

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  • Faggidi Alta Con la Buccia Blu Pole Bean

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    Rare Italian variety from the Seeds of Diversity Seed Bank. Supremely vigorous tall vines with stripe-y purple pods and pretty striped beans. Delic...

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  • Rhodenizer Bean

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    (Bush bean) I've been growing and saving this bean for years now, so I'm happy to finally offer it in the catalogue! Plump, pearly-white beans. Per...

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  • Nez Perce Bean

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    (Bush Bean) Rich copper-orange beans. Among our earliest dry beans, dependable even in cool damp years. From the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho. 30-40 se...

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  • Malachite Bean

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    Also known as Malawi Bean. These 6 foot tall vines bear small pods filled with small green jewel-like beans. They dry down to crisp dry pods that a...

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  • Uncle Willie's Bean

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    This is one of the first dry beans I ever grew, when I first began saving seeds as a kid. They've been a farm mainstay ever since. Beautifully stre...

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  • Lakeville Jacob's Cattle Bean

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    (Bush Bean) - This selection of Jacob's Cattle has been grown by the Rockwell and Alders families for over 80 years in Lakeville, NS. A very produc...

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  • Gold Jacob's Cattle Bean

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    (Bush Bean) - A golden splashed strain of the classic maroon Jacob's Cattle. Early and dependable. 30-40 seeds (15 g) -Grown by Annapolis Seeds

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  • Chevrier Verte Bean

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    (Bush Bean) Unique beans are a beautiful hue of creamy white/green. Beloved as a dry bean, and good as a shelling bean too. I wasn't a fan of the f...

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    (Bush Bean) Bred in Alberta in the 1960s, as a short season alternative for Lima beans. Use them fresh when the seeds plump in their pods. 30-50 se...

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