CLIMBING
FRENCH BEANS
(Pole Beans) |
£1.75
per packet (This
is to cover handling.
Postage is extra at £1.75 per total
order)
Order
form
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. There are 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.
Please order only
one pack per variety and please save some of
your own seed for the following year!
See our webpages on growing beans and peas at
www.beansandherbs.co.uk/beanpeacultivate
and on saving your own seeds at www.beansandherbs.co.uk/beans
You may notice that we now grow mainly climbing
beans rather than dwarf varieties. So many people
have small gardens with limited space so we
advise growing a climber to get more beans for
the space taken up. It takes a bit longer to
harvest stage, but the reward is greater!
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| NOTE
Our harvest is ready in November each year. The
list below will change every November from one
year to the next depending on what varieties we
decide to grow out. We have to offer these on
a first-come-first- served basis as we ave limited
stock. If you put our website into your Favourites
and check the list as it changes in the autumn,
you can best ensure you obtain the beans seeds
you want. |
| BIRD'S
EGG HORTICULTURAL |
Extremely
prolific horticultural (shelling out) bean . Eat
fresh shelled or dry the large bean seeds for
later use. Also excellent to eat at pod stage.
So a good all-rounder. Withstands poor weather
conditions. Attractive maroon mottling. |
| RED
AND WHITE |
Similar
to above. |
| 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 the seeds for winter
use. |
| ITALIAN
SNAP |
Large
black and white stripey seed. Mottled pod. Good
crop of beans for pod or shelling. |
| SELMA
ZEBRA |
Zebra
coloured seed. Delicate beany flavour. |
| B
& B |
A
delicious bean. Pencil shaped lime green/translucent
yellow pods. |
| TRESNJEVAC |
Very
unusual grey striped seed. Excellent cropper with
good flavour. An heirloom bean from Croatia. |
| MANTRA |
Large
flat green pods. Not finest flavour but excellent
cropper for using a lot of beans for chutney or
soups, or green beans cut into casseroles, veg
pies, etc. |
| RYDER'S
BLUE COCO |
Pick
young for tender blue beans. Vigorous climber.
Prolific cropper. |
| TUNNY
BEAN |
Mother-Earth
kind of bean for shelling out like peas. |
| RYDER'S
TOP O' THE POLE |
Climbs
fast up the pole! Long fat pods and lots of them.
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| 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
eaten cold in vinaigrette. Nice and tender. Decorative
bean, vigorous in growth . Good cropper. Bean
donated to HDRA. |
| PURPLE
PRIZE |
Really
good purple type. Long attractive beans of good
flavour. |
| RUTH
BIBLE |
Earthy
brown seeds for drying for winter survival (in
casseroles, soup, etc.). Quite small but loads
of them. Medium to vigorous growth. |
MADEIRA
MAROON
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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. |
| 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 type with pencil pods 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. Pick young tender pods.
An excellent cropper with fine flavour. |
| ASPARAGUS
PEA |
Actually
a mangetout 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 gold 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. Half white,
half maroon seeds. |
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) |
£1.75
per packet
Growing instructions on each
packet
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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. |
HUTTERITE
SOUP
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Shelling
out type for soup. |
| 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. |
| RUNNER
BEANS |
£1.75
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. |
| PEAS |
£1.75
per packet
Growing instructions on
each packet |
| PURPLE
PODDED |
Very
attractive purple mangetout pea pods for
picking young and tender. Tall vine - up
to 2m. |
| CHAMPION
OF ENGLAND |
Old
variety of pea for shelling out. Tall pea
cropping over a long time. Prolific. |
| BROAD
BEAN |
£1.75
per packet
Growing instructions on
each packet |
| CRIMSON
FLOWERED |
Wonderful
crimson red flowers sweetly scented and
attractive to bees. Excellent bean crop. |
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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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