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BUSH BEANS For superior bean flavor, bush beans are the way to go. Each bean gets the maximum nutrition from the soil and passes it on to you. (growing tips)

Black Coco Dry Bush Bean - A great all-purpose bean. Makes 5 inch string beans or, if left unpicked, quickly becomes a shelling bean with beautiful jet black pearl beans. Grows 22-24 inches.
Cannellini Dry Bush Bean - Navy bean style Italian bean - great for soup and stew.
Dragon Langerie Wax Bean - Unique French Horticultural variety produces long creamy yellow pods with thin purple stripes. Delicious stringless snap bean holds well. Pods turn red for dry, shelling phase.
French Filet Snap Bush Bean (OP?) - A fine French delicacy, this "haricot vert" variety is deep green with subtle violet streaking. Straight, stringless and very tender. Harvest from 3" to 7" size.
Magpie Bush Bean organic seed - Unusual heirloom french snap bean is delicious raw or lightly steamed. If allowed to develop, the seeds have a beautiful black and white pattern.
Nickel French Filet Bean - This tastiest haricot vert was developed to be harvested small. Very productive 2 ft bush plant holds up in hot and cold temperatures. White seeds.

POLE BEANS The easiest, most productive way to grow beans! Easy to pick and high yielding, pole beans are also a beautiful garden feature. (growing tips)

Akasanjaku Yard Long Bean (OP?) - An extra long red seeded Asian bean. These tender long beans thrive on heat. Cut into 2 inch sections and stir-fry or add to soup.
Blue Lake Pole Bean - The garden standard for pole bean. With their abundant harvest, these are great beans for canning. They are also a fine freshly cooked addition to any meal. 7 ft vines.
Fortex French Pole Bean - 6 ft tall vine bears loads of 7 inch extra slender stringless filet beans. Gourmet treat for discerning snap bean eaters.
Orient Wonder Yard Long Bean (OP?) - Bright green long slender bean with red-brown seed. This variety also loves heat, but sets better in cool dry weather than others. Use in place of string beans in "dry-fried beans."
Purple Peacock Pole Bean (OP?) - Tender flat purple pole beans grow on very tall vines following purple and lilac flowers. Produces a bounty of beans that turn green when cooked.
Rolande French Filet Pole Beans (OP?) - A fine French delicacy, this "haricot vert" variety is deep green and very tender. Provides abundant harvests of 6-inch pods. The more you pick, the better they grow.

FAVA BEANS Favas make a great cover crop, producing beautiful flowers while enriching the soil with nitrogen. Favas are also a culinary favorite. (growing tips)

Aquadulce Fava Bean - Early fava that can be planted in spring or fall. 30 inch plants produce dark green 6 inch pods with 6-8 beans each. The light green slightly flattened beans can be used as lima beans. When dried they become buff brown. Territorial's best tasting, big seeded fava.

RUNNER BEANS These are great showy garden plants and good edible dry beans as well. (growing tips)

Scarlet Emperor Runner Bean - 6 ft tall vine bears bright red large flowers followed by prolific beans. Very showy. Use beans fresh or dried.

SOYBEANS These high protein beans are delicious boiled in the shell and then salted and popped out for a fresh appetizer. They taste similar to lima beans, but grow better here in the NW. Fresh soybeans can easily be frozen and enjoyed later. (growing tips)

Butterbean Edamame - Finest tasting of all green soybeans, this bright green soybean is designed for eating fresh. Productive well branched 2 ft bush will provide many edamame.