Beans

75 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. California Blackeye No 5 Cowpeas. The plant produces heavy yields of 6 to 8" long pods. It is one of the most popular and widely grown varieties of cowpeas. The vines are upright and semi-spreading. One of the most dominant favorite varieties of all Southern peas. Used fresh or dried. Cream colored cowpeas with a black dot. Great fresh or dried. Cold Tolerant. Drought Resistant. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, market growers, open production, and commercial production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 663013. A variety from Georgia, USA. Disease Resistant: FW, N.

75 days. Phaseolus lunatus. Open Pollinated. Dixie Speckled Butterpea Bean. The plant produces good yields of delicious small brownish red oval beans speckled with darker brown markings. Pods are 4" long with 3 to 4 beans per pod. These baby lima beans are perfect for soups and baking. It grows well in all climates, hot dry regions, and drought conditions. Heat Tolerant. Drought Tolerant. Suitable for Southern parts of the United States. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 549522. A variety from the USA.

75 days. Phaseolus lunatus. Open Pollinated. Dixie White Butterpea Beans. The plant produces good yields of baby white oval beans. Podes are 4” long by ½” wide and have 3 to 4 beans per pod. It is a popular bush lima bean variety, especially favored in Southern U.S. gardening and cooking. These baby lima beans are excellent for soups and baking. Grows well in all climates, including high temperatures and drought conditions. Produces continuously until the first frost. Drought Tolerant. Heat Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 549462. A variety from the USA.

65 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Iron & Clay Cowpeas. This bush plant produces heavy yields of cowpeas. It is a popular variety of cowpea, similar to the blackeye cowpea. often described as a mix of "Iron" and "Clay" types (one more vining, one more bushy). They are widely used for food plots, especially for deer, quail, dove, and turkey, cover crops, forage/hay, soil improvement, and human consumption as black-eyed peas or similar field peas. Unlike other cowpea varieties, iron and clays continue to grow and produce forage after the seed has dropped. Excellent for baking, soups, dried beans, and canning. Hunters plant crops in fields to attract deer and game birds. Deer love these cowpeas. Quail & other game birds relish the seed if the plant is allowed to seed. Drought Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from the USA.

85 days. Vigna sesquipedalis. Open Pollinated. Orient Wonder Bean. The plant produces high yields of flavorful 18" long slender dark green beans. They can even grow as long as 30" long. These delicious stringless beans are among Asians’ favorites for their sweet, tender taste. Excellent for stir fry and Asian dishes. They are so highly desired by Asian cooks as they are slow to form seeds. The plant has beautiful purple flowers that open in the morning. They continue producing for a long period, even in cool, dry climates. Does well in different climates and conditions. Cold Tolerant. Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant. High Humidity Tolerant. It should be grown on a trellis. It is also known as Asparagus Beans, Batong Beans, Chinese Noodle Beans, Dau Gok Beans, Sitaw Beans, Snake Beans, and Yard Long Beans. Suitable for greenhouse production. An excellent choice for home gardens, specialty markets, and market growers. A variety from Japan.

85 days. Cajanus indicus. Open Pollinated. Pigeon Peas. The plant produces high yields of flavorful pigeon peas. They can be served in the same manner as green peas or cowpeas, combining them with other vegetables. Peas 'n' Rice is a dish made in the Bahamas. It includes onions, celery, tomatoes, rice, and pigeon peas. Pigeon peas are important commercially in India. Plant as you would in the same manner as cowpeas. Most pigeon peas are harvested in the dry stage and marketed as dried peas. This variety will succeed under hot growing conditions. Where intercropping is followed, we recommend Cotton and Pigeon Pea cultivation. A Cotton/Pigeon Pea crop combination allows the food legume to benefit from the insecticide spraying applied on the cotton crop and cotton takes advantage of the nitrogen fixing ability of pigeon pea. Pigeon peas are remarkably drought resistant, tolerating dry areas. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from India. Disease Resistant: FW.

60 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Rattlesnake Bean. This pole plant produces heavy yields of 8" long dark green beans with streaks of purple. Beans turn yellow when mature. The beans are light buff in color with dark brown markings resembling those of a rattlesnake. Excellent fresh, steamed, canned or frozen. Drought Resistant. Also known as Preacher Bean. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 550109. A variety from the USA.

70 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Red Ripper Cowpeas. The plant produces heavy yields of cowpeas even under very hot and very dry conditions. The pods are reddish green, and the peas are red. The plant produces 10" long pods that have 18 peas. It is popular in the Southern states as a table pea, forage crop, cover crop, and a source of wildlife food plots. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. An heirloom variety from North Carolina dating back to the 1850s. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 592363. A variety from the USA.

52 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. State Half Runner Bean. This semi-bush type plant produces excellent yields of 4” long by ½” wide light green beans. It is a popular green bean variety that produces short, semi-vining plants with limited climbing runners, often not requiring staking, making it space-efficient and suitable for smaller gardens. Beans are very flavorful and used in both green and dried forms. Vines are very short and do not require staking. Good freezing and canning variety. This variety thrives in adverse weather conditions. Heat Tolerant. Drought Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 549599. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: N.

65 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Texas Cream 40 Cowpeas. This semi bush plant produces high yields of 6 to 8" long pods. The plants are small and have light-colored peas. They are highly tolerant of drought and a wide variety of soil conditions, including heavy clay and sandy soils. White cowpeas. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 293577. A variety from the USA.

80 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Texas Cream 8 Cowpeas. This bush plant produces good yields of light colored cowpeas. The plants are small. They are highly tolerant of drought and a wide variety of soil conditions, including heavy clay and sandy soils. Cream cowpeas. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 699005. A variety from the USA.

55 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Qing Bian Romano Bean. This early-maturing plant produces high yields of 12" long by 1" wide stringless Romano beans. It is a popular heirloom pole bean variety, specifically a Romano-type bean favored in Asian cuisine. Beans are flat and are bright green. This Asian variety’s favorite has a sweet, tender taste. These delicate beans are great for fresh eating, cooking, stews, pastas, casseroles, salads, and gourmet dishes. Perfect for canning and freezing. Drought Tolerant. Easy to grow. A 1800s heirloom variety. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from China.

60 days. Phaseolus coccineus. Open Pollinated. White Half Runner Bean. This pole plant produces good yields of 4" long green beans. Beans are very flavorful and are used like green beans and dried beans. Vines are very short and do not require staking. Excellent freezing and canning variety. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 36478. A variety from the USA.

70 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. QuickPick Pinkeye Cowpeas. This non-vining bush plant produces high yields of dark purple pods. It is a popular bush-type Cowpea variety prized for its high yields, good disease resistance (including Cowpea Mosaic Virus/BICMV), and heat- and drought-tolerance. The plant produces 8" long pods that have 11 peas. The cream colored peas have a maroon eye and are very flavorful. Excellent drying and canning variety. Easily harvest by hand or machine. Drought Tolerant. It was developed around 1997 by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station for commercial production. Excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, open field production, and commercial production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 596576. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: BICMV.