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Climbing green beans, gives 6 to 7 very small beans per pod. They are a nice pink, and are delicious as dry beans. Just as delicious as green beans, and produces a lot.
This bean was given during a Seedy Saturday to René Paquet, then volunteer representative at the Canada Seeds of Diversity booth, by Marie-Jeanne Disant, from Quebec City. René then shared a couple with me, and it didn't take long before charmed by their high-yields and color!
Marie-Jeanne Disant: "I am so glad to find other enthusiasts for my grandma's bean. I have been saving them since the 70s, sharing them with whomever wants them, telling myself how important it is to save this heritage!"
"I did indeed get those beans from my grandma. She was living in France and had never left her Ile-de-France community, unlike these beans which have crossed the ocean! She had received them from her Swiss neighbor, who made her this gift between the two wars. How did the bean initially get to Europe, and Switzerland, I have no idea! But when I moved to Quebec in the 90s, I brought some in my shoes. I thought I wasn't infringing on the law that much, since I was simply bringing them back to their original continent. [...] One more thing, they can eaten as green beans even when the small seeds are forming inside, since they are so tender."
We later on learned that Mrs. Disant carried the beans in the shoes in her suitcase, not the ones she was wearing.
Package: 30 seeds
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Ancient variety with late maturity.
The pods are long, around 15 cm, and green with purple strikes. The beans are small, with grey-brown marks, and have a subtle hazelnut taste.
This bean comes from the Old Continent, where it was widely grown, but has since adapted to Quebec's growing conditions.
Package: 30 seeds
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Well-appreciated for its ornemental value with its immaculate white flowers. These flowers also attract hummingbirds, just like scarlett runner beans. The very large bean can be eaten once removed from the pods; it is used to make cassoulet. Rumor has it that there might even be a 'Soisson Bean Companion Brotherhood' in France.
Rare.
Package: 15 large seeds
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This bean was allegedly found in a wild goose's gullet, and then cultivated. It's an Acadian heirloom variety, but was shared with us by an Indigenous person.
The bean is grey, with black spots. It is however a landrace and the pattern can therefore vary.
For more informations, visit (in French): le haricot acadien Wild Goose
Package: 25 seeds
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This variety was brought by the Cherokees during their journey on the Trail of Tears. Following the Treaty of New Echota, the American government decided to enforce the Indian Removal Act and to strip Native Americans from their land to offer it to white colonizers. Ensued imprisonment and tribe deportation to other territories, to the West of the Mississipi.
Most of the deportees were displaced by boat, but 18,000 of them walked over 3,000 km. They started their journey in October 1838 and arrived to Fort Gibson in March 1839. Thorough the trip, 4,000 died because of winter's hardships. This is where the name Trail of Tears, or The Trail where they cried, comes form.
Package: 25 seeds
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The Ferland Family bean is a yellow, flat, climbing heirloom bean, saved by René Paquet of Seeds of Diversity.
Originating from Saints-Anges, they were handed to Mr. Gérard Parent in 2001 by Mrs. Carmelle Boily Ferland (1916-2015), who received them from her parents, Cleophas Boily et Demerise Turmel. According to Mrs. Paquet, who then received them from Mrs. Parent, they date back to before 1900.
The pods can be harvested fresh, even when pretty ripe, or as dry beans.
For more informations, visit (in French): https://potagersdantan.com/2016/05/13/le-haricot-ferland/
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While sorting the beans, Geneviève slipped and spilled them all! We are now happy to introduce you our best climbing bean varieties, of all colors and tastes: Skunk, True Red Cranberry, Kahnawake Mohawk, Turkey craw, Goose, Mennonite, Mayflower, Lazy Housewife, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Paysannes, Grand-mère, Héritage Doré and many more!
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Rare, hardy and high-yielding variety. Once grown by Iroquoian people. The plant can reach up to 2 m in height, and has white and purple flowers. The pods can be eaten when still young as green beans.
Its name, skunk, refers to the gorgeous black and white marks characteristic of the beans. They can also, although more rarely, be entirely black. Their flat-shape is reminiscent of lima beans. Once fully ripe, they are ideal for soups. We have tried them for baked beans (fèves au lard) and they are delicious mixed with some Kahnawake Mohawk beans.
This bean was rediscovered by Chester in Vermont and saved by Gail Flagg from Fort Kent, Maine (U.S.).
Ideal for the Three Sisters, to be grown with the Canada Crookneck squash.
Package: 25 seeds
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Climbing green bean, American heritage. It can eaten fresh as a green bean, or dry in soups and stews. We use it to make 'em good ol' maple syrup beans. This bean is part of the Ark of Taste of SlowFood USA.
As the story goes, the bean was retrieved from the, you guessed it, craw of a wild turkey. The said bird had been hunted down by an Afro-American slave in the 1800s. However, little additional information about the turkey remains.
Rich taste, creamy texture.
Package: 25 seeds
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This bean comes from Romania. It was given to me by an old gardener from a community garden. He emigrated to Canada after the war and brought this bean with him, more than 50 years ago.
He prefers to eat the Fideluta half-dry, as shell beans, when the seeds are still young but already big in size.
Delicious in cassoulet stew.
Pkt : 25 seeds.
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Climbing bean, ornamental and edible. Kids love to open up the green pods and find the big bicolored beans. Covers up lattices, fences, and gazebos with pretty white and scarlet red flowers. Hummingbirds can't resist to them. In the garden, beans fix nitrogen in the soil, thus helping the growth of other vegetables.
Package: 20 seeds
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