Bush Beans Dry

EAR MOH

B267 EARLY MOHAWK

Medium size, 5" pods, high yields of large oval cream colored seeds with bright red streaks and flecks.

EST SWED

B167 Esther's Swedish

holds its shape when cooked and has great texture.

FRIJ

B221 FRIJOLES NEGROS VERACRUZANO

Highland bean brought back by soldiers from the Mexican War in 1846. Common black bean, good productivity.

B131 GOLDEN HEIRLOOM

Seeds have greenish golden color. Good, early production.

Goose Cran

B58 GOOSE CRANBERRY

Maroon/white mottled seeds. Cream and red streaked pods.

Goose egg

B20 GOOSE EGG

Very viney with white seeds.

B21 GRAY'S HORTICULTURE

Beautiful light red seeds with darker streaks.

B22 HIDATASA INDIAN RED

Short runners, bright red kidney shaped dry bean. Productive. Early, cold tolerant. Oscar Will reportedly got these seeds from Mandan, Hidasta and Arikara.

King early

B31 KING OF THE EARLY

Early dry bean, tan/maroon mottled seed, size of kidney bean. Did very well in dry summer of '95.

Koronis

B207 KORONIS BUSH

Developed and named by Robert Lobitz from Paynesville, Minnesota.

Lina Sisco

B10A14 LINA SISCO'S BIRD EGG

Large, tan streaked pod with red/pink blossoms. Brought to MO by covered wagon in 1880s by Lina's grandmother. Lina was one of the first SSE members.

B30 JOHN'S OLD BEAN

Pods evenly streaked, brown or purple mottle seeds. Grows very well.

B33 LAFAYETTE

Brought by Marquis de Lafayette to the Warwick, Rhode Island area in late 1700's. Shell or bake. Tan speckled red seed. SSE bean 3209.

Low's champ

B95 LOW'S CHAMPION

Believed to be of Indian origin. Medium sized, purple and shiny.

B34 LEVI ROBINSON

Small white kidney bean. Seed shared among local families since the 1950s. Named by W. Orff for Levi Robinson, who gave him the seeds. Good baker, texture and flavor.

ME pinto

B36 MAINE PINTO

Sprawling plant, pinto bean from Maine.

B35 LEWISTON OR FRENCH TWO-DOT

Two distinctive brown dots on a yellowish seed (on each side of the hilum). From Lewiston Maine in 1950s. Delicious baked bean. Lestyn Thompson has been growing for 18-20 years.

B37 MAINE SUNSET

Spotted, maroon "soldier" seed. O.S. WA AU D

B38 MAINE YELLOW EYE

Oval white seed with yellow eye, used for baked beans.

B39 MARFAX

Egg shaped yellow brown seed. 1' tall bush, Roosevelt flowers. Good producer.

Murdock

B226 MURDOCK

Plants to 18", some have twiners, very productive of beans that are light brown in color, 5-6 seeds per pod.

Oct Bush

B101 OCTOBER BUSH

85-90 days. Sprawling bush plant. Dating back to 1830s from Cherchei Nation in Tennessee. Great winter staple, prolific producer.

O'Dawa

B271 O'DAWA INDIAN

80 days. From the Odawa Indians in Harbor Spring, Michigan. Has been in the Wright family for 3 generations.

B1 NEZ PERCE

Small pods on small-leaved plant. 5-6 seeds per pod. Semi climber. Up to 3" white flowers, 5" pods with ocher colored seeds. Grown in Northern Idaho in 1930s. Originally from the Nez Perce Indians by Henry Marcus Purnell.

Seneca

B164 SENECA STRIPE

Geraldine Green (Seneca Faith keeper who lives on Catteragus Reservation in NY). Resembles (could be) early Mohawk as they came from the seed blessing ceremony. O.S. NY EG D 2005. Tan w/maroon stripes.

Small speckled bunch

B517 SMALL SPECKLED BUNCH

SSE B517. From SSE Decorah, Iowa. 90 days.

Soldier

B47 SOLDIER

White seed with reddish soldier marking around hilum. Probably an old Indian variety, recorded by Melvin Gilmore, 1914. Excellent New England baking bean. Sturdy, productive plants.

B46 SIX NATION Iroquois

Large white seed with red spots and markings. From Iroquois Indians. Very productive.