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Succotash climbing french bean. Phaseolus vulgaris. Harvested Illogan, Cornwall, 2024. Heritage seed library Quote from 'rareseeds' (Phaseolus vulgaris) Pole bean. A rare, ancient bean from the Narragansett tribe of Rhode Island. This uniquely shaped, dime-sized bean closely resembles a kernel of corn. This variety was used for succotash - the iconic indigenous northeastern dish of corn and beans that historians believe was served at the first Thanksgiving.
November 29, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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Angel climbing french bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Harvested Illogan, Cornwall, 2024. Quote from Heritage seed library.. Angel Climbing French Bean gets its name from the pattern around the hilum of the seeds, which resembles an angel with wings spread. The pattern is so intricate you’d be forgiven for thinking each bean had been hand-painted. Its interest doesn’t stop at its appearance, however. Our donor was given seeds of this variety as a gift from a friend in Germany, where it's also known as the Monstrance Bean, as the markings also bear some similarity to the shape of the sacred vessels used by the Roman Catholic church. The legend suggests that, during World War One, a French pastor planted beans above his buried artefacts to prevent their discovery. The beans produced by these plants bore the marks we now see. We took Angel Climbing French Bean into our collection in 2014 and it’s been a firm favourite ever since. The plants produce beautiful orange-red flowers followed by flat, green pods packed with the pretty beans, which are perfect for use dried.
November 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Ernie's big eye.

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This is "Ernie's Big Eye". Harvested Illogan, Cornwall in 2024. Phaseolus vulgaris, It's a dry bush bean that grows without runners. once acquired from John Withee's "Wanigan Associates" bean network in 1978. The variety was an original bean of Ernest B. Dana of Etna, New Hampshire. You can see where it got it's name.donated in 1980 to "The Henry Doubleday Research Association" in England (now known today as "Garden Organic"). "Garden Organic" has the bean in their Heritage Seed Library which is where I got it in 2023.
November 29, 2024 at 5:29 PM