CLIMBING
FRENCH BEANS
(Pole Beans) |
£1.50
per packet (This
is to cover handling.
Postage is extra at £1.50 per total
order)
The varieties here are for Bean Club members.
You can become a member simply by requesting
any of these seeds. Thereafter we will send
you an annual members' newsletter to keep
you up to date with the varieties we are trialling
each season. We prefer to send this by email
so please put your email address on the order
form. Thank you.
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Our
Main Catalogue contains only Organic Seed. This
extra list shows beans that we are unable to
obtain as organically grown. These have been
grown without the use of artificial fertilisers
or pesticides, but have not been certified
as organic seed. Please contact us if you wish
to find out about the production of a particular
variety. Please request at the same time as
any requirements from the Main Catalogue using
the same Order Form. Some of the varieties on
offer below are available in limited quantities
so PLEASE GIVE US ALTERNATIVES YOU WOULD
BE HAPPY WITH. Growing intructions
are on each packet.
IF
WE HAVE SOLD OUT, WE WILL SEND YOU THE NEAREST
TO YOUR CHOICES, OR SEND YOU A CREDIT NOTE.
NB.
If you are looking for a particular variety
not mentioned here, please ask as we hold stock
of many more beans in small quantities.
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| What's
in a name? We
have noticed that some beans do not seem to have
particularly attractive names. Do not be put off
trying them - they have often proved to be the
tastiest of all! Examples are SABO, TUNG, CELINA'S
FLAT WIDE, MEUCH, BRITA'S FOOTLONG, SUGAR PEARL
PERFECTION, OSTERREICH LAND HELL !! |
ST.
ANNE
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Green
pencil bean. Really delicious flavour and very
good texture. Eat pods up to 10cm. Strong growing
bean. |
| BIRD'S
EGG HORTICULTURAL |
Extremely
prolific horticultural bean (for shelling out).
Eat fresh shelled or dry the large bean seeds
for later use. Attractive maroon mottling. |
BRITA'S
FOOTLONG
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Very
very long green bean, tender even when swelling
with seed. Very good yield. Large white seeds
delicious cooked from dry. Cook lightly –
longer and they mush so are then good for thickening
soups. |
| SUGAR
PEARL PERFECTION |
Medium-sized
pencil green bean, tender and of very good sweet
flavour. Pick small, then leave for dry seed for
winter use. Produces a great many pods. Good texture
for cold green beans in vinaigrette. |
CASEKNIFE
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Large,
flat, mid-green pods. Very good cropper for eating
as a fresh bean. Save for winter use too. Always
a reliable harvest. |
BLUE
QUEEN
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Very
tender bean. No strings even when quite large.
Pink flowers and flat, dark purple 18cm pods. |
| KEW
BLUE |
Delicious
dark purple pods and lots of them. Vigorous and
attractive. |
| SIGLINDE |
Pale
green pods and lots of them. Nice and tender.
White seeded variety. Bean donated to HDRA. |
| ORO
|
Superb
bean for all-round performance. Large mid green
pods slightly curved. Delicious with delicate
flavour eaten as a green bean, or large pink-tan
seeds for shelling out fresh and cooking, or for
leaving on the vine to dry. |
| BLUE
COCO |
Pick
young for tender blue beans. Vigorous climber. |
| BRIENZER |
Flat
green pods. Melt-in-the-mouth beany flavour. |
| RATTLESNAKE |
Slim
bean with stunning markings. Pick when young and
tender. |
| CELINA'S
FLAT WIDE |
Long
flat pods and lots of them. Very tender and succulent.
Average vigour. |
| DINAH'S
CLIMBING BLUE |
Crunchy
purple pods. Holds its shape well, so also good
cold in vinaigrette. Nice and tender. Decorative
bean, vigorous in growth . Good cropper. Bean
donated to HDRA. |
| RUTH
BIBLE |
Earthy
brown seeds for drying for winter survival (in
casseroles, soup, etc.). Quite small but loads
of them. Medium to vigorous growth. |
| MEUCH |
Green
pods with magenta markings. Very delicious bean.
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| JULY |
Lovely
flavour as a green bean. |
| TUNG |
Long
bean, 14cm, oval in cross section. Sweet flavour.
Vigorous growth. Beautiful long shiny brown seeds
and lots of them. |
| CHEROKEE
TRAIL OF TEARS |
Pods
need only light cooking. Eat when small. Smallish
black seed usually saved for winter use. Vine
survives well in a dry summer. Green pods turn
to purple. A landrace. |
MADEIRA
MAROON
|
Vigorous
bean with pale pink flowers. Large bean pods with
big mottled maroon seeds. A pleasure to shell
out. Eat freshly shelled seeds, or leave to dry
for a baking bean for winter. |
| OLD
HOMESTEAD |
Absolutely
delicious. Green pencil pods, slightly flattened.
Very prolific. Vigorous growth. |
| MARVEL
OF VENICE |
For
the warmer counties of the UK. Vigorous late crop.
Harvest September and October. Broad, flat yellow
pods for eating whole as snap beans. Delicious
and worth waiting for.
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| COSSE
VIOLETTE |
Strong
growing purple podded type that can be harvested
over many weeks. Good flavour. Pods 26cm in length. |
YARD
LONG OR
ASPARAGUS
BEAN |
Very
vigorous. Best for polytunnels. Long thin beans
like green spaghetti. Very tasty and stringless.
Mid to late season. Pick at 30cm for best flavour
and texture. |
| CORONA
D'ORO |
Golden
yellow pencil podded type,and virtually stringless.
An excellent cropper with fine flavour. |
| ASPARAGUS
PEA |
Actually
a pea, rather than a bean, with very attractive
winged pods. Pick young and tender pods for eating
whole. |
| GOLDFIELD |
Much
sought-after bean. Lots of people talk about it
and have not been able to find a supplier. Now
we have it! High quality bean with tender stringless
flat yellow pods, 27cm in length. Long harvest
period. |
| PEA
BEAN |
Shell
out and eat as ‘peas’ or leave to
dry for winter casseroles or soup. |
HYACINTH
OR
LABLAB BEAN |
Very
decorative bean. Start under glass end April/beginning
May and plant out as soon as no danger of frost.
Can grow up to 2m. Pods flat, blunt and slightly
curved, about 10cm long. Young pods are cooked
and eaten whole, or left for shelling out fresh,
or dry. |
DWARF
FRENCH BEANS
(Bush Beans) |
£1.50
per packet.
Growing instructions on each
pkt.
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| MR.
BROOK'S BLUE BEAN |
Pink
flowers and dark leaves. Flat dark purple 18cm
pods. Very tender bean. No strings even when quite
large. Delicious flavour. |
| BLACK
CANTERBURY |
Delicious
green bean. Tender 16cm pods. Quite large shiny
black seeds. Plants nearly one metre in height.
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| SABO |
Really
tasty bean with green cylindrical pods. Well worth
growing. |
EMPEROR
OF
RUSSIA |
Eat
small, then leave for seed for winter use. Lots
of very beautiful mottled oval red seeds.
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| SHROKOSTRUCZKOVNIA |
Many
flat mid green pods for eating fresh. Early maturing. |
| IRELAND
CREEK ANNIE |
Lots
of medium sized beans for winter soups or casseroles.
Seed colour is unusual - light brown/lime green.
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| BLACK
TURTLE |
For
dry shelling. Black shiny beans that look good
in casseroles. Very prolific. Crops quite late
so perhaps better for south UK. Small seeds with
unique taste, great for soup. |
YING
AND YANG
|
Known
also as Staragorsky or Orca. A shelling haricot
bean possibly from Greece with beautiful half
black/dark maroon and half white seeds. |
| PINTO |
Classic
drying bean with mottled seeds. Big harvest. Good
flavour and texture for baking. |
| PURPLE
TEPEE |
This
variety of Dwarf French Bean is an intermediate
type - it produces its purple pods at the top
of each plant, above the foliage. Pods keep clean
as they are well above soil level. Suitable for
later plantings. Superb flavour. |
WE
HAVE THE FOLLOWING IN SMALLER QUANTITIES
BUSH
VARIETIES for dry beans -
RED KIDNEY, BRIGHSTONE, WILD PIGEON, PROVIDER,
EARLY WARWICK, SNAKE, CONTENDER, JERSEY,
BUSH
VARIETIES for green pods - PINK
PIONEER
CLIMBING VARIETIES for dry
beans - GRAMMA WALTERS
CLIMBING
VARIETIES for green pods - B &
B, BLACK CROATIAN
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| RUNNER
BEANS |
£1.50
per packet
Growing instructions on
each packet |
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| Painted
Lady |
Old
variety with top quality beans. Attractive
red and white flowers. |
| Czar |
Fine
old white-flowered variety. Long tender
beans over a long period. Seeds can be left
to swell as 'butter beans', or dried for
winter. |
| Hestia |
A
dwarf variety suitable for open planting
or in containers. Attractive red and white
flowers . Slim stringless 20cm runner beans.
Early cropping. |
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NOTE
If there is a bean variety you are looking
for, please feel free to ask us as we have
a large number of varieties in our collection
and will try to help.
Bean
Recipes!
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