Heirloom Bean Seed...
The 2019 crops did well even with this late start. We are currently updating as we get seed shelled and germination tested. We should have the catalog finished by late January. Check our Facebook page for updates and notes.
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Doyce Chambers Greasy
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. Approximately 100 seed per ounce.
Quentin Frazier Greasy Bean
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.Approximately 100 seed per ounce.
Small Lazy Wife Greasy Bean
Very productive easy to pick white seeded greasy bean, pole type. This is a slightly smaller podded version of the more popular Lazy Wife. Approximately 105 seed per ounce
Pink Tip Greasy
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. One of the highest production beans we grow. Approximately 125 seed per ounce.
Big Greasy
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. Approximately 105 seed per ounce.
Chuckey Greasy Bean
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. Approximately 95 seed per ounce.
Fox Family Greasy Bean
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. Approximately 140 seed per ounce.
Ross Creek Road Greasy Grit Cut-Short
Cut-short Greasy
Small tan bean with brown stripes tightly packed into small 4" pods, Very productive pole bean. Small seed, approximately 190 seed per ounce.
Striped Hull Greasy Cut-short
Tobacco Bed Bean
Very productive pole bean that came from eastern Kentucky. White seeded, slightly curved pods, vines easily growing over 10' long.
Turkey Craw
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. Approximately 65 seed per ounce.
Old Joe Clark
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. 1 ounce pack.
Ohio Cutshort
Heavy producer on half runner plants growing to 5’ tall, tightly packed seed are tan with brown markings. Old Ohio Heirloom from Southern Ohio.
Brown Bunch Bean
This brown seeded bunch bean comes from Jackson County, Kentucky. Bunch Beans are similar in growth like a 1/2 Runner. Heavy production lower on the plant with vines or runners growing to 5' long. We grow these on both our 6" trellis and on 3' two string supported rows.
Little Brown Bean
Dark mustard colored cut-short seeds tightly packed in nice plump green beans, fairly short season for a pole bean. Very good producer. From Wayne County, Kentucky.
Harlan Striped
Very productive pole bean with pods growing to 6-7" long. Pods are curved. Vines grow to 8-10'. From Harlan County Kentucky. Similar to Striped Creaseback but vine growth is different, pods are curved more and seed is shorter.
Aunt Lena
Faulkner's Cornfield Bean
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John D. White
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Hazel Gill
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Grandma Piercy
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Grandpa Bishop
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. Approximately 72 seed per ounce.
Kentucky Wonder Bush
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.
Red Speckled Fall Bean
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. Approximately 65 seed per ounce.
Letcher County Fall Bean
Collected originally in Letcher County and grown by several families, this solid dark red round bean is excellent for fresh shell or dried bean use. Pods are tough, not for green bean use. Limited availability. Approximately 65 seed per ounce.
Seneca Cornstalk Bean
Considered to be a very ancient Iroquois bean, this bean is quite productive and cab be used as a green bean, fresh shelled bean and a dry bean. 1 ounce sample pack.
Cherokee Trail of Tears
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. Approximately 120 seed per ounce.
Cornplanter Purple
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Seed is purple to black. Very productive pole bean. Can be used as a snap bean or as a dry bean. This is a much more pure strain than is typically found.
Giant Speckled Calico Lima
Huge Lima beans are white with dark burgundy splashed markings. Pole habit. Very good production. Used as a fresh shelled or "shelly" bean or as a dry bean. Can also be canned or frozen as a shelly bean. Full bodied, nutty flavored and sometimes called having a chestnut taste. Dates to the 1840's. Seed is very large, only 20+ seed per ounce.
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This page created on November 4, 2013, updated January 21, 2020
