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The local grocer can’t sell the rich, classic flavor and crunchy texture of freshly harvested beans straight from your garden. One of the easiest crops to grow, beans need warm soil and will not germinate if soil is below 60°F. Inoculate with nitrogen (p. 28) for greatly increased yields. Sow seeds in well-prepared soil 1 to 2-in. deep and 2 to 4-in. apart in rows 18 to 36-in. apart. Many gardeners prefer to plant beans, particularly pole types, in hills about 3 to 5-ft. apart. Germination takes 10 to 15 days. Thinning is rarely needed. A packet of bush beans contains 2 ounces; a packet of filet beans 125 seeds, unless noted otherwise and plants 15 to 20 ft. of row or about 20 hills.
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    For bulk sizes, click here Most popular with both home gardeners and market growers for its distinctive beany flavor and season-long production. U...

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  • Stringless Blue Lake S-7 Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here 2003 AAS Winner. This bean is a completely stringless improvement on the old Blue Lake FM-1, with same rich, distinctive...

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  • Contender Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Our earliest green bean! Crop matures over a short time period to allow for quick completion of canning or freezing chor...

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  • Monte Gusto Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here A French-grown yellow wax pole type exploding with flavor and huge yields all season long. Superb beany flavor is better...

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    Fortex Pole Bean

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    For bulk sizes, click here SKU: 047 63 days. Our only French filet pole type has the characteristic rich, sweet flavor possessed by the finest gou...

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  • Jade Bean

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    SKU: 031 For bulk sizes, click here 53 days. Our most tender bean, with thin, stringless, long, 6 to 7-in. pods with an absolutely sweet, deliciou...

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  • Derby Snap Bean

    Derby Snap Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here 1990 AAS Winner. Viewed as the greatest bush bean ever! But the breeder, to prevent its unintended grow-out, placed it u...

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  • Kentucky Blue Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here 1991 AAS Winner. This extremely early bean is a major improvement on its Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake parents. Unbelie...

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  • Desperado Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Perhaps the best variety to combine superb heat tolerance with wide adaptability to conditions virtually anywhere. Makes...

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  • Strike Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Originally bred for international markets where its dramatic yields of mid-green, straight, crisp pods made it the favor...

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  • Provider Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Perhaps the best for adverse weather conditions where disease resistance is critical. Long, straight, tender pods with a...

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  • Maxibell Bush Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The first full-size, stringless, French filet bean, with very long, really thin, crisp, deep green, unusually tasty pods...

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  • Be Sweet Edamame Seeds

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  • Kentucky Wonder Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Also called "Old Homestead." Most popular pole variety famous for its distinctive tasty flavor. Tall, extremely producti...

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  • Roma II Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The same distinctive flavor as the famous Romano Pole, but much earlier and a true bush type. Long, broad, flat, string...

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    Improved Golden Wax (or Topnotch) Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The leading flat-podded wax bean is extremely early, meaty, stringless and rust-proof. Superb home-garden variety that c...

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  • Top Crop Bean

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    For bulk sizes, click here SKU: 041 49 days. AAS Winner in 1950, still unbeatable for canning and freezing. Strong, 16-in. plants produce heavy se...

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  • Pencil Pod Black Wax Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Easily the best round-podded wax bean. Long, straight pods are flavorful, tender, brittle, stringless and bright yellow...

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  • Lazy Housewife Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here One of the great heirlooms loved for its ease of shelling or snapping. All purpose variety can be used as a snap, shell...

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  • Fordhook 242 Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Also called Potato Lima. 1945 AAS Winner. The world’s most famous large seeded lima features gigantic yields from a com...

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  • Orient Wonder Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Also called "Asparagus Bean." Extremely popular in Asia and ideal in cool Northern climates, with very slender pods gro...

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  • Pinkeye Purple Hull Pea Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Best variety for insect and disease resistance, even bacterial virus which can plague this variety in the South where it...

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  • Royal Burgundy Bean

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    For bulk sizes, click here Unusual purple pods turn bright green after two minutes in boiling water to provide a built-in blanching indicator for ...

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  • Tenderette Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Old heirloom that many veterans consider the most productive, most flavorful of all varieties. Keep well picked to main...

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  • King of the Garden Pole Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Our most popular pole lima is reliable and extremely productive, yielding dark green pods, each filled with 4 to 6 large...

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  • Vermont Cranberry Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here This 300-year-old New England heirloom is probably the most beautiful of all dried beans, whether used as a fresh shell ...

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  • Rattlesnake Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Hundred-year-old heirloom features snake-like markings on the purple-streaked, round, dark green pods that possess an ol...

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  • Blue Lake FM-1 Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The classic canning variety bred in Oregon’s Willamette Valley 50 years ago. Pods are long, stringless when young, tende...

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  • Bush Kentucky Wonder 125 Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here A bush version of the popular Kentucky Wonder Pole, with similar exceptional flavor and gigantic yields. Perhaps the lar...

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  • Christmas Bean (also called Large Speckled Lima)

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    SKU: 080 For bulk sizes, click here 80 days. Extremely productive, even during the hottest days of summer. Huge seeds – nearly the size of a quar...

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  • Henderson's Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Our best “baby lima” is early enough for Northern climates, with 3 to 4 extra-sweet beans. Its reliability, high yields ...

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  • Improved Tendergreen Bean

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    SKU: 037 For bulk sizes, click here 52 days. Best variety to plant late since it yields huge crops even during hot, dry weather. Vigorous, 16 to 2...

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  • Black Turtle Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The best dried variety for Latin American and Caribbean cuisine. Dwarf, compact plants with semi-runners bear profuse yi...

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  • Painted Lady Runner Bean

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    For bulk sizes, click here SKU: 057 85 days. Lovely sprays of bi-colored, scarlet and white edible blooms loved by hummingbirds and butterflies. Y...

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  • Pinto Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The original re-fried bean in Mexican cooking, in tacos and in chili. Most pods are borne near the top of short, half-ru...

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  • Dark Red Kidney

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    SKU: 085 For bulk sizes, click here 95 days. The traditional baking bean for chili is also the largest of all dried beans. Produces big, flat, gree...

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    Nickel Bush Bean

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    SKU: 050 For bulk sizes, click here 56 days. Our only baby French filet is remarkably tolerant of extreme temperatures and better resists disease ...

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  • Scarlet Runner Bean

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    Packet Size For bulk sizes, click here SKU: 062 75 days. Equally outstanding for its sensational eating quality or its classic ornamental value. G...

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    Trilogy Bush Bean Blend

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    For bulk sizes, click here SKU: 043 50 to 53 days. A dramatic mix of green, yellow and purple bush beans ideal for gardeners with limited space. M...

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  • Jacob's Cattle Bean

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    SKU: 095 For bulk sizes, click here Also called Trout Bean or Coach Dog Bean. 85 days. An exceptionally old heirloom that's our best New England ba...

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  • Mountaineer White Half Runner Bean

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    SKU: 056 For bulk sizes, click here 60 days. Said to have originated by German settlers of the Dutch Fork section of South Carolina, only 60 miles...

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  • Stringless Green Pod Bean

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    For bulk sizes, click here SKU: 044 Also called “Burpee’s Stringless.” 50 days. Ancient heirloom from 1894 with round, brittle, 5 to 6-in. pods wit...

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    Dragon Tongue Bean

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    SKU: 054 For bulk sizes, click here Also called “Dragon Langerie.” 57 days. Perhaps our best multipurpose variety. Use its breathtaking 6-in. pods...

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    For single packets, click here Most popular with both home gardeners and market growers for its distinctive beany flavor and season-long production...

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  • Mississippi Silver Brown Crowder Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Easiest crowded to pick and shell, with smooth, well-filled pods loaded with uniform, creamy green colored seeds of a de...

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  • Jackson Wonder Bean

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    SKU: 078 For bulk sizes, click here At only 60 days it’s as early as Henderson’s and is the South’s “colored butterbean,” sporting light to dark br...

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  • Cannellini

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    SKU: 094 For bulk sizes, click here 85 days. Our best dried bean for Italian cuisine, particularly in minestrone soups. Bushy, 22-in. plants produc...

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  • Early Thorogreen Bean (or Cangreen) Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The classic butterbean of the South, but early enough to mature by mid-summer in the North. Compact plants are rugged an...

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