Introduced in 1897, a 6 ½-7” flat-podded, stringless variety.  Know as a vigorous plant with a bountiful harvest this very early producer is ready for picking in only 42 days.  The prolific plant bears continuously for several weeks producing tender meaty beans with a delicious flavour. Very hardy and quite rust and mildew proof.

Developed in 1976 this is a very early bean reliably producing heavy crops on 18” tall plants. Clusters of medium green 6” succulent pods with purple seeds. This excellent freezer and canner withstands drought, shows resistance to disease and shows high yields even under adverse conditions. Rich bean flavour and reliable Provider is a popular bean.

Aka ‘Orca’ ‘Yin Yang’. This short, sturdy 15” plant produces an abundance of plump pods containing a beautiful bean, one of the best beans for baking and soup making. Each bean is half-black/ half-white with a contrasting eye looking like the yin yang symbols or indeed an Orca whale. Once cooked the colour changes to tan and ecru. This eye-catching bean is a fine textured baking bean with a potato-like taste. Harvest young for a snap bean and leave some on the bush to harvest later as a dried bean. Highly disease resistant.

68 days.  Introduced into England in 1633 the only runner bean with bicoloured, Red and white, flowers that are very ornamental and are very attractive to hummingbirds and hummingbird moths! A truly beautiful plant.  This is a Rare plant.

65-90 days.  Oldest cultivar of runner beans from the 16th century. Grown in North America since 1750. Good small snap bean, sliced pods or green shell.  Large plants: 12-18’ tall. Highly ornamental loaded with scarlet flowers before mottled purple/red seed in rich foliage. Good plant to hide a fence.