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 Kentucky Wonder
65 Days (to green stage) — A green pole bean with long,
fleshy, and stringless pods. Very reliable, early
maturing, and productive. An old favorite enjoyed fresh, canned, dried, or frozen.
The seeds can also be used dry as an excellent baking bean. About 75 seeds per ounce. |
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Rattlesnake
Bean
100 days
— Their name comes from the way
their pods twist and snake around the vines and
poles. These beans are great in chili or baked
dishes. About 95 seeds per ounce.
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Scarlet
Runner
60 to 90 Days
— Heirloom variety grown as
early as 1750. A very vigorous grower and good producer. The
vines can grow to eighteen feet. Often planted for its ornamental
beauty and hummingbird attractor, it is good young as a snap bean or mature as a shelled or
dry bean. The seeds are large, purple but sometimes
lavender, mottled with black. About 25 to 30 seeds per ounce.
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 Snowcap
100 days
— These larger reddish, tan and white beans are
named for their apparent "cap of snow" on the markings.
Many consider them to be the creamiest and best flavored bean.
Enlarges 2½ times and remains markings when cooked. About 30
seeds per ounce. |
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 Valena
Italian (Kanawake Mohawk)
75 to 90 days — This bean is a family heirloom handed down to us from
my wife's Grandfather who is first generation
American. Relatives in Italy are still growing this
variety. It appears to have a diverse history.Along
with our personal history, a friend in Canada contacted us
with another story about this variety. It was said
to also be called 'Kanawake Mohawk' bean and supposed to
have arrived in la Nouvelle-France with the Jesuits.
It
is a dual-purpose
variety that can be used young as a green bean or
dried. The beans are flat and green when young
turning tan with maroon streaks as they mature. The
seeds are large, egg-shaped and tan with darker brown
streaks. The image on the right shows the bean at various
stages of development. About 35 seeds per ounce.
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