Heirloom Bean Seed...
All beans samples contain 1 ounce of seed per sample (approximately 50 to 125 seed depending on variety). All beans are pole type beans unless otherwise noted in the description. We strive to preserve as many Appalachian beans as we can and offer them to others to enjoy. Please consider adopting one or more of these to help preserve their heritage and to pass on to others. U.S.A. sales only
July update: We are quite busy on the farm and currently shipping 2 times a week.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at alwest_83@yahoo.com
July update: We are quite busy on the farm and currently shipping 2 times a week.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at alwest_83@yahoo.com
Doyce Chambers Greasy
$5.00
Grown for many years by Doyce Chambers of Bethel, Haywood County, NC. This white-seeded bean is simply one of the best, very productive, very good quality.
Quentin Frazier Greasy Bean
$5.00
An excellent quality white seeded greasy bean. Pole type, very good production. Excellent for fresh green beans or canning. Originally from Wayne County, Kentucky via Juanita Herrington.
Fox Family Greasy Bean
$5.00
Originating in western North Carolina among the Fox and Banks families, this bean has been traced to the 1780's. Heavy production of medium to large sized green greasy looking pods with white seeds. Good quality for fresh use or canning. Cherokee origin.
Big Greasy
$5.00
Large greasy bean growing to over 5" long with white seeds, vines grow 6-8' tall, very good production, pods are slightly curved. Originally from Bert Caudill of Jackson County, Kentucky.
Chuckey Greasy Bean
$5.00
We have grown this greasy bean several times and it is a solid performer. Collected around Chuckey Tennessee where it is grown by several local gardeners, this pole type bean produces larger pod than the typical greasy bean on vines that easy reach 8' long.
Cherokee Greasy
$5.00
A very good quality white seeded greasy bean from the Cherokee of Western North Carolina. One of our best producers.
Pink Tip Greasy
$5.00
Out of stock
A very popular old Appalachian variety that gets it's name from the tip of the bean pod turning pink as they mature. Some pods will get a pink blush over the entire pod. Late season bean pods are more likely to develop the pink tip or blush. White seeded, very popular, from Haywood County, North Carolina.
Cut-short Greasy
$5.00
Small tan bean with brown stripes tightly packed into small 4" pods, very productive pole bean. LIMIT 1 PACK
Striped Hull Greasy Cut-short
$5.00
From Jackson County Kentucky. Tightly packed white seed in green pods with stripe and speckled markings. Markings develop as the pods fill and plump up. Great production.
Ross Creek Road Greasy Grit Cut-Short
$5.00
Out of stock
Heavy production of small (3" to 3-1/2") pods with small brown mottled cut-short seed tightly packed into pods. From Estill County, Kentucky.
Small Lazy Wife
$5.00
Very productive easy to pick white seeded greasy bean, pole type. This is a slightly smaller podded version of the more popular Lazy Wife.
Grandma Fultz Cornfield
$5.00
Only a few left!
Very good quality green bean, white seeded, vines not too tall, bushy at the base. Pods are fairly straight, averaging 5" long, average production. From the Tom Knoche collection, he obtained these from an elderly lady who was the granddaughter of Grandma Fultz, Ohio heirloom.
Robert Hazelwood Bean
$5.00
Nice half runner type bean. Can be grown as a bush bean or grown on a short trellis. Seeds are blue/black with a white frost. Good producer. Wonderful bean from Clay County, Kentucky. LIMIT 1 PACK
Old Joe Clark
$5.00 - $10.00
Small pods turn from green to red as they mature containing pink seed, true half runner growing to 3' to 4’ tall, good producer and early in the season. Pick from a 1 ounce pack or jumbo 4 ounce pack.
Ohio Cutshort
$5.00
Out of stock
Heavy producer on half runner plants growing to 5’ tall, tightly packed seed are cream with brown markings. From Tom Knoche collection. Limit 1 Pack
Hickory Stick
$5.00
Small brown cut short seeded, pole type bean, pods 3 1/2" to 4" turning reddish as they mature, very productive. From Letcher County, Kentucky.
Turkey Craw
$5.00
This is one of the best all purpose beans. Great as a green bean, shelly bean and as a dry bean. Very productive. Quite popular in the area surrounding the Cumberland gap still today. Pole bean growing to 6' tall, green pods, bean is tan with a white frost.
Aunt Lena
$5.00
Cream colored beans with brown speckling, medium sized pods, very productive. Similar to Red Striped Greasy Bean but this is not a greasy bean. Kentucky heirloom.
Cades Cove Stick Bean
$5.00
Cutshort type bean with 4" pods, seeds are light tan with dark mottling. Vines grow to 6' tall, very productive. Grown in the Cades Cove area of the great Smokey Mountains since the 1800s.
Ohio Pole
$5.00
This once was a very popular bean here in Ohio, very large green bean growing up to 8" long. Seed is very large blue/purple with a white frost. Plants grow to 10 feet tall or more. Good as a green bean or as a dry bean. Also known as Buckeye Pole. Originated among the Miami Indians. Limit 1 Pack
Edward's Bean
$5.00
Out of stock
Good sized cornfield type green bean with striped cream colored beans. Used as a green bean and as a dry bean. From southern Jackson County, Kentucky near Tyner. LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Faulkner's Cornfield Bean
$5.00
A multicolored bean with 4" pods on 6' tall pole beans. Nice variation of colors and patterns. Collected by Brook Elliott from Louise Bennett who inherited them from her mother, Mildie Faulkner, who was given them as a wedding gift in 1931.
John D. White
$5.00
White seeded cornfield type pole bean, good bean, good producer. Originally from the Holmes Mill area of Harlan County, Kentucky. I got this from Juanita Herrington, from her "Uncle Jim".
Limit 1 Pack
Limit 1 Pack
Hazel Gill
$5.00
Brown seeded cornfield type bean, growing to 5' or a little higher. From Jackson County, Kentucky.
Limit 1 Pack
Limit 1 Pack
Grandma Piercy
$5.00
This is a very good cornfield type bean. Green pods develop pink flecks as they mature, dry seed is pinto like. Family heirloom from Ron Piercy, from Duncan Valley, Wayne County, Ky. Limit 1 Pack
Grandpa Bishop
$5.00
Only a few left!
Nice plump podded cornfield type bean, heavy bearing vines 6' to 8' tall, 5-7" tender string bean, large white seeds, hearty flavor, family heirloom of Sheila Truett, since 1800s, original beans found in bottomland of Salt River, Bullitt County, KY.
Kentucky Cornfield
$5.00
Out of stock
One of the biggest green beans we have seen (along with Ohio Pole and Edwards beans). Beans are 8" long and up to an inch across. Tender pods, light tan seed with dark brown stripes also make good dry beans. Originally from Powell County. Do not confuse this with Striped Cornfield or Genuine Cornfield, this is much larger. Limited availability.
Kentucky Wonder Bush
$5.00
A bush version of the popular Kentucky Wonder. This is an old bush variety, very productive, large green beans, red-brown seed. Large sprawling bush. Excellent for canning or farmers markets.
Cherokee Trail of Tears
$5.00
Pole type bean growing to 8' producing heavy yields of dark green pods that turn purple as they mature containing shiny black seeds. Good snap beans when young. Originally from John Wyche of Hugo, OK whose ancestors carried in on the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee Cornfield
$5.00
Pole bean growing to 12' tall, wide range of seed and pod colors, both white and pink flowers. Tradition says like a family it is stronger when the mixed colors are grown together. From eastern Tennessee. Drought tolerant, the last bean each season to be attacked by Japanese Beetles. Very productive.
Cornplanter Purple
$5.00
Seed is purple to black with some speckled, pods show three types, round and flatter types, mostly purple pods. I received these from Doug Egeland many years ago. Originally from a Cornplanter Seneca named Blacksnake via Theodore Hetzel who worked with the group. Good as a snap as well as a dry or shelly bean. Very productive pole bean.
Black Shakamaxon
$5.00
Out of stock
Lenape/Delaware pole bean growing to 6' tall. Good variety to grow on corn. Seeds are a blue color when first shelled out then dry to black. Good producer. Occasional white seed. Quite rare Native variety. Limited availability.
Allegheny Pinto
$5.00
Multi purpose bean, good as a green bean, shelly bean or dry bean. Very similar to Ga Ga Hut pinto bean but in side by side grow-outs, there is a difference. Good producer, pole bean.
Bill Wheatly Fall Bean
$5.00
Pole bean used as a shelly bean or dry bean. Good producer. From Bill Wheatly of Silas, Virginia. Originally from Harlan County, Kentucky.
Hazard Fall Bean
$5.00
Out of stock
Fall type bean with pole habit. Very good producer of quality dry beans. Also used as a shelly bean. From Hazard Kentucky. LIMIT 1
Gilbert's Fall Bean
$5.00
Out of stock
Small cream colored beans with maroon markings, horticultural type bean, pole type, good production. From Juanita Herrington from her "Uncle Jim" in Harlan County Kentucky. LIMIT 1 PACK
Red Speckled Fall Bean
$5.00
Very common in southern Kentucky, this bean is a great dry bean. Pole type growing to 6-8' tall vines, average production, very pretty white and burgundy seed. LIMIT 1
Heavy Duty Seed Saving Zipper Bags
$7.00
We are constantly being asked about our seed packets so here you go. These high quality bags are the same that we have used for years, 3" x 4", puncture resistant 4 mil thick with hang hole. 100 bags per pack.
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This page created on November 4, 2013, updated April 1, 2018
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