Beans

80 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Asparagus Yard Long Black Bean. The plant produces high yields of flavorful very long stringless green beans. This variety is Asian’s favorite because of its sweet and tender taste. Heat Tolerant. Suitable for greenhouse production. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. Also known as Kurosanjaku Yard Long Beans. (Black Seeds)

85 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Asparagus Yard Long Red Noodle Bean. It is a striking pole bean that produces 22" long, slender, deep red-to-purple pods. These beans are also called yard-long or snake beans due to their impressive length, though they’re typically harvested younger for best tenderness. The plant produces high yields of flavorful, very long stringless purple-red beans. The bean is stringless, sweet, and tender. Great for soups, stir-fry, or steamed. Heat Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from China.

100 days. Phaseolus lunatus. Open Pollinated. Christmas Lima Bean. The plant produces excellent yields of large lima beans. This plant produces attractive Christmas colored beans - large wide seeds marked in streaks of white and dark maroon. The heavy vines tolerate heat. Heat Tolerant. Also known as Large Speckled Calico Beans. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety dating back to the 1840s. United States Department of Agriculture, W6 51281. An heirloom variety from the USA.

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.

68 days. Phaseolus lunatus. Open Pollinated. Jackson Wonder Lima Bean. The plant produces good yields of medium-sized lima beans with purple speckles. Pods are 3 ½" long and have 3 to 4 beans. It originated in the 1880s on the farm of Thomas Jackson near Atlanta, Georgia, and became widely known in Southern seed catalogs by the early 1890s. This variety is very popular in the South. The plant sets pods even in hot weather. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 549467. An heirloom variety from the USA.

56 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Jade II Bean. This early maturing bush plant produces high yields of 7" long, deep green beans. It is a highly regarded variety of green snap bean known for its excellent flavor, productivity, and disease resistance. It is one of the best-tasting beans ever grown. Remarkably flavorful. Great variety for freezing or canning. This variety does well even under high temperatures. Very sweet and tender. The upright plant keeps the pods clean, straight, and off the ground. The seeds need warmer soil to sprout, so delay planting until well after the last frost date, and the soil warms. The plant produces beans later in the season than other varieties and is excellent as a second-harvest crop. Plants continuously keep bearing over a long period during the season. Heat Tolerant. Excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, market growers, open field production, and commercial production. United States Department of Agriculture, W6 26701. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: BCMV (NY 15), BCTV.

60 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Lady Cowpeas. This bush plant produces heavy yields of tiny creamy white cowpeas. Excellent fresh, frozen, or dried. It thrives in hot Southern regions. Heat Tolerant. Also known as Lady Finger Cowpeas. Cream colored cowpeas. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 17359. A variety from the USA.

55 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Landreth Stringless Green Bean. The bush plant produces heavy yields of 5" long green beans. The beans are very flavorful, stringless, and tender. It is a very popular stringless green bean that is very similar to the Burpee Stringless Green Bean. Superb canning variety. A very dependable producer, even under adverse conditions. Heat Tolerant. Always a great seller at Farmer’s Markets. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 549834. An 1885 heirloom 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.

55 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Petite Filet French Bean. This early-maturing, semi-bush-type, compact plant produces heavy yields of 4" long by ½" wide, deep green beans. It is a popular gourmet bush bean variety prized in high-end restaurants for its delicate flavor and crisp texture. The seeds inside develop slowly, keeping the pods tender longer. These classic French beans have stringless pods, and their seeds develop slowly. One of the best-tasting and most popular French beans in Europe. They are a classic in French cuisine that are excellent for steaming, sautéing, or eating fresh. Also known as Haricot Vert Bean or French Filet Bean. This bush plant makes it easy to pick. It does well in hot and cold growing conditions. Cold Tolerant. Heat Tolerant. Excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 474218. A variety from France. Disease Resistance: A, BCMV.

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.

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.

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.

70 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Sa Dandy Cowpeas. This bush plant produces high yields of 8" long pods with small-sized cream colored peas. The Sa Dandy is similar to the Texas Cream Cowpea, but the peas are slightly smaller. The plant thrives in hotter weather making it suitable for Southern climates. Heat Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 666258. 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. 

55 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Tenderette Bean. This bush plant produces heavy yields of 6" long, delicious, stringless dark green beans. It is a popular heirloom bush bean variety known for its high yields of tender, stringless, dark green pods. It was released around 1962 and remains a reliable choice for home gardeners and market growers. It is considered one of the best green beans on the market. Excellent canning and freezing variety. Machine harvestable. Heat Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 549833. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: BCMV.

80 days. Vigna unguiculata. Open Pollinated. Asparagus Yard Long Red Bean. This pole plant produces high yields of flavorful, very long stringless green beans. It is a vigorous, heat-loving pole bean variety that produces exceptionally long, slender pods, often 14 to 22" that has a sweet, tender, nutty flavor reminiscent of asparagus or green beans. The pods often fade to a darker or greenish tone when cooked. They are highly productive in warm weather, making them ideal for trellises, fences, or vertical gardening. This variety is Asian’s favorite because of its sweet and tender taste. Great steamed, stir-fried, or sauteed. Also known as Asparagus Beans or Snake Beans. Heat Tolerant. Easy to grow. Suitable for greenhouse production. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 22648. A heirloom variety from Zhejiang Sheng.  (Red Seeds)

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.