Comtesse de Chambord

Comtesse de Chambord is a French bean from the early 1800’s and one of the parents of Blue Jay. It produces a heavy yield of short (4”) slim pods, and has small white to pale green seeds.

Keygold

Keygold, our earliest variety, has short plants covered with straight slender round pods.

Rocdor

Rodcor is also early with long yellow pods and black seeds.

Major

Major is an early short variety which produces a heavy yield of slim pods. It is probably French in origin.

Golden Rod

Golden Rod is a mid-season good yielding variety.

Indy Gold

Indy Gold is a modern mid-season bean with round yellow pods with small green tips.

Pencil Pod Black Wax

Pencil Pod Black Wax was introduced in 1900 and is still popular.

Brittle Wax

Brittle Wax (1901) has pale golden pods and white seeds with a black figure around the hilum.

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Dragon Tongue

You might call Dragon Tongue a wax horticultural bean as the flat yellow pods are streaked with purple. The pinto-like seeds are also fine eating either fresh or dried.

Northeaster

Northeaster gives a heavy yield of very long flat green beans and is early for a pole bean.

Purple Pole Bean

Purple Pole Bean has wide flat pods that turn green when cooked, and tan seeds.

Blauhilde

Blauhilde gives a heavy yield of long, fleshy, round to oval purple pods.

Goldmarie

Goldmarie is a wonderful wax bean similar to Northeaster. It has long flat yellow pods, is a heavy yielder, and is perhaps slightly earlier than Northeaster.

Fetterly

Fetterly did well in 2017, growing to about 8′ on a fence and had a heavy yield of long green round pods.

Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake is a good producer of long pods streaked with purple. Pick fairly young as the pods form strings. Seeds are tan with purple markings.

Cherokee Trail-of-Tears

Cherokee Trail-of-Tears is named for the forced migration, in the winter of 1838-39, of the Cherokee from Tennessee to Oklahoma in the course of which several thousand died. It has vigorous plants that give a heavy yield of slim pods somewhat shorter than the other varieties listed here. Green pods turning purple as they mature will develop strings if they are not picked promptly. Seeds are glossy black and can also be eaten as a dry bean.

Grandma Nellie’s

Grandma Nellie’s was brought from Russia to Western Canada early in the 20th century. The edible yellow pods are flat and the flat seeds are dark brown.

Oregon Giant

Oregon Giant has very long thick somewhat irregular flattened pods, streaked with purple. It is quite early and a good yielder which needs to be picked promptly as it develops strings. Seeds are large, kidney shaped, tan with purple markings. This approximately 100 year old bean is still very popular on the west coast.

Cascade Giant

Cascade Giant (1990) was developed by Dr. James Baggett from a cross between Oregon Giant and Oregon Trail (a bush Blue Lake type). It has longer round pods, smaller seeds and is stringless.

Stella

Stella is quite early, and has flat green pods and pale buff seeds.

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Snowcap

Snowcap has large flat pods and large somewhat flattened seeds.

Aunt Jean’s

Aunt Jean’s is a beautiful half-red and half-white bean that is almost round. It is good as a dry bean.

Odawa Soup

Odawa Soup is a tall, heavy yielding bean that comes from First Nations peoples. The pods are broad, and the seeds are large and oval, half white, half pinto coloured.

Mostoller Wild Goose

Mostoller Wild Goose has large, mainly white seeds with a large buff and brown patch around the hilum. The plants have short runners. This variety dates back over one hundred years.

McCormick’s Wonder

McCormick’s Wonder gives a good yield of flat almost square pinkish tan seeds with pinto markings.