The Vegetable Seed Store
Traditional, Heirloom, Organic and Unusual Vegetable Varieties
Beans
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The Vegetable Seed Store Traditional, Heirloom, Organic and Unusual Vegetable Varieties |
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Bean
Climbing Mixed Colours |
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We have put together five of what we consider to be the
best selection of coloured climbing beans as a special pack for anyone
wishing to try more than one variety. Each packet contains 25 seeds of
each variety and separately labelled. More information on each variety
on this page. |
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Bean Dwarf
Mixed Colours |
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We have put together five of what we consider to be the
best selection of coloured dwarf beans as a special pack for anyone
wishing to try more than one variety. Each packet contains 25 seeds of
each variety and separately labelled. More information on each variety
on this page. |
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Beans Dried
Special Mix
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We have put together five varieties of dried bean for you
to try growing, apart from the pea bean they are all dwarf growing types
best started off under glass and planted out in June. The Pea Bean is a
climber so will need some support. Leave the beans to fully dry in the
sun before harvesting and you will have a very healthy crop of dried
beans. |
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Bean Runner Mixed
New for 2012!
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Our special collection of Runner Beans as a special pack
for anyone wishing to try more than one variety. Each packet contains 20
seeds of each variety and separately labelled. More information on each
variety on this page. |
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Bean
Asparagus Red Noodle & Mosaic
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This is a highly sought after red version of the yard long bean. The young delicious pods are dark red, tender and have a thick meaty but crisp texture with a very small seed cavity. The plants grow vigorously given enough heat and produce lots of long beans over a long period. We also have a mosaic variety which has a mottled red and green pattern - identical in habit to either the green or red form. |
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Bean
Asparagus - Orient Extra Long
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You can grow these tropical beans like runner beans starting off in small pots in late April before planting out after last frosts or grow in a greenhouse border. These tropical beans need heat to do well though and a hot sheltered spot or a greenhouse will give you the best results where they are very fast growing. This variety will produce pods from 15" to 36" long. Regular cropping required and pick the pods young. Please note that the plants do not like acid soil. |
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Bean
Barlotto Lingua Di Fuoco 2 |
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I have not grown runner beans for many years as I find the stringless climbing french bean superior in flavour and easier to prepare for cooking or for the freezer. We are offering you four excellent varieties to try. This one is sometimes called ‘Fire-Tongue’, a mid-early climbing french bean with long, inflated pod containing around 7 cream coloured beans with red ‘splodges’. Sow Apr-mid Jul. |
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Bean Cosse
Violette |
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An old Italian favourite of mine with deep purple pods that turn green when cooked. Tender and a good flavour keeping well on the plants without going over too quickly. |
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Bean
GoldField |
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A high quality stringless variety with flat yellow pods. Good vigour with a long harvest time. Pods are 26-28cm long and 25mm wide. |
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Bean
Neckargold |
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This truly unique French yellow climbing bean was bred in the Netherlands by savvy breeders who wisely concentrated on flavour and appearance. The crisp and flavourful deep-yellow pods are quite long and have an oval shape. Excellent yields. |
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Bean Neckarkonigin
ORGANIC SEED |
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Produces an abundance of extra long 9”, fleshy, stringless, oval green beans with the best taste of any in our trials. Performs well in poorer weather conditions and the slim, firm pods can also be used for French-style slicing. |
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Bean
Dalmatin |
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This heirloom Bean has a remarkable black and white colour pattern which gives them the appearance of the Yin Yang symbol of Chinese astrology; other people see it looking like the Orca Whale. They are smoothly textured with a good mild flavour and are great for baked dishes and stews and can add visual appeal to almost any recipe or salad. It is a dwarf Bush Bean to 15" high, producing compact and high yielding plants, the beans can be harvested as green beans when very young and tender like French beans, or they can be left on the plant until the pods are dry. These can then be shelled to reveal the quite fascinating beans that can be dried. |
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Dwarf
French Bean Barlotto Suprema |
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A high quality selection of dwarf barlotto beans. Produces a good yield of decorative pods containing highly colourful beans. Excellent flavour and adds real interest to meals. |
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Bean Dwarf
French Stanley |
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A white flowering, white seeded
variety that reliably delivers impressive yields of top quality beans.
Medium green pods, 14cm x 10mm in size. Early maturity. Suitable for
early and late sowings. Resistant to Halo Blight, Anthracnose and Bean
Common Mosaic Virus. |
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Bean Dwarf
French Hildora |
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Bright yellow-podded dwarf bean,
producing high yields of 16cm long, straight pencil-podded beans. Very
popular variety for colourful box schemes. Some disease resistance |
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Dwarf
French Bean Purple Queen |
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Long slightly curved dark purple pods that turn dark green when cooked. excellent flavour and stringless but best picked when pods are young. Some disease resistance |
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Broad Bean Aquadulce n£ Hardy Broad Bean Aprx 50 seeds £1.49 JS2883 |
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Broad Bean Aquadulce is the BEST Broad bean for autumn planting. It establishes itself quickly and is able to produce a very early crop of large pods filled with good quality, tender white beans. Sow any time from early autumn to early winter when the ground is in a suitable condition. |
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Broad Bean
Imperial Green Longpod
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This Broad Bean is always popular with high yields of large pods containing 5 to 8 green beans. A fairly hardy bean that grows to about 3ft and can be sown from February to March but watch out for severe late winter weather. In cold areas try starting these beans off in pots in a greenhouse for planting out in early April for an earlier crop. |
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Broad Bean The Sutton Dwarf Broad
Bean n£ |
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A dwarf variety to 18" that we have been growing for many years. A hardy type suitable for an autumn or spring sowing and very useful for exposed positions. Good yields of 6 to 8 white beans per pod. |
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Bean Runner
Hestia |
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All the benefits of modern, stringless beans but on dwarf bushy plants, the pods are held above the ground to avoid disease and remain clean, perfect when no support is available. Suitable for container culture, roof top gardening, small gardens or growing in the flower border where the attractive bicoloured red and white flowers add to the attraction. |
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Bean Runner
Moonlight |
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A recent development in runner beans, this variety features all the benefits of a good quality, white flowered variety coupled with some attributes of French beans. The result is a runner bean with good flavour and texture, plus the potential for self pollination. The pods are normally 30cm long. |
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Bean Runner Scarlet Empire
Scarlet Flowered Runner Bean n£ |
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A modern and much improved version of Scarlet Emperor, that produces smooth, narrow, and stringless pods, which typically measure 30cm by 2.5cm. Excellent vigour with a long cropping period. Resistant to all relevant viruses. New varieties of Runner Bean have improved setting in hot conditions and with stringless forms these might even tempt me back to growing them again instead of climbing French Beans! |
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Bean Runner White Lady
White Flowered Runner Bean n£ |
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A new modern variety with white flowers and excellent flavour. The mid green pods are slender, smooth and fleshy reaching about 30cm long. Another stringless variety with improved setting in hot weather. |
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Bean Runner Enorma Organic
Runner Bean Enorma n£ |
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A reselected prize winner type with straight long pods 30cm or more. Red flowering with purple seeds and a good flavour and popular with competition growers! |
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Pea Bean
Heritage Climbing French Bean n£ |
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Another heirloom Bean with a striking brown and white colour pattern like the Orca Bean. This is a bean that has a long 400 year history in the UK, and although it was almost lost to cultivation for a long period, surviving only in out of the way places and gardens it is now becoming available again. It is a climbing French Bean that can be harvested as green beans when very young and tender like French beans, or they can be left on the plant until the pods and beans are dry. These can then be shelled to reveal the quite fascinating beans that can be kept dried. |
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Soya Bean
Black Jet |
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Cool, short summers don't suit most soya beans - they need heat, water and humidity to do well. But this new, hardier variety 'Black Jet' is one of the best to grow in the UK in a poor summer. The black beans can be eaten raw with drinks and have a deliciously creamy, pistachio-like taste. To cook the beans boil the pods in unsalted or salted water for 10 minutes and then shell the beans inside, simply by squeezing beans out of the pods, for eating. The cooked or uncooked pods can be stored in the freezer for later uses and cooked with meat or mixed with other vegetables for various dishes. Grows to 2ft with white flowers. |
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Soya Bean
Edamame |
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This edible soybean, called Edamame, is grown mainly to harvest the young green-shelled beans for vegetable uses, but not for the matured soybean crops. Plants grow best in warm climates but poorly in cold conditions so a warm position will be needed. Harvesting is like peas, all at the same time, so a staggered sowing can be an advantage. Expect only 2 to 3 beans per pod. To cook Edamame, boil the pods in unsalted or salted water for 10 minutes and then shell the beans inside, simply by squeezing beans out of the pods, for eating. This is the Japanese way to enjoy Edamame and excellent for snacks and appetizers. The cooked or uncooked pods can be stored in the freezer for later uses and cooked with meat or mixed with other vegetables for various dishes. |
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