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.
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