Dry Bush Beans

Phaseolus vulgaris. Bush beans grow without trellising and grow 12-18” tall. Yields are less than pole beans but they mature earlier and require no infrastructure. Packets are 1 ounce and generally contain between 50-80 seeds, depending on variety.

Dry Bush Beans - Black Coco
Large black bean that is early to mature and rich in flavor. The most promising black bush bean we have tried. 

$
3.50    
Dry Pole Bean - Octarora Cornfield

We've been looking for a suitable bean to grow with the Three Sisters method (interplanting corn, beans and squash) for awhile now. The corn that grows well in our short season climate doesn't get very tall or strong, and can't support a regular pole bean (the vines just topple the corn plants). This little bean is a fun one! It just keeps on producing late into the fall, on a similar schedule as our slow and steady harvest of the maturing grain corn. We've grown it on popcorn, flour corn, and a later planting of sweet corn with success. It's especially handy in times when you end up with gaps between your corn plants and need to fill in the gaps. You can also plant it right next to the corn plants themselves. It's best to get your corn in early so you can give it a little bit of a head start so that it can support the growing bean vines.


Currently we can't find this bean for sale anywhere else so there isn't a lot of info to find about this bean. According to Tim Springsteen at Oxbow Farm in upstate New York, who originally shared this bean with us: "Octarora Cornfield is from Pennsylvania and is supposedly a Quaker heirloom which usually means it was originally a Lenape or Susquehannock variety if its a bean or corn. It grew really nicely on my Cascade Series flints 'three sisters' style without pulling them down."


We hope you will try this bean out if you're trying to grow something on your corn stalks, it feels like a special "bonus" harvest at the end of the season, requiring no extra space or attention.

$
3.75    
Dry Bush Beans - Calypso
An earlier-maturing variety reminiscent of Orca and Yin-Yang, this beautiful two-toned black and white bean is beautiful, plump, and tasty.
$3.75 $3.00
Dry Bush Beans - Early Refuge

Heirloom grown by the Leibrant Family in Whatcom County (in Northwest Washington State) for a century. Early, productive, and easy to harvest and shell. Creamy, moist texture; makes great soup, baked beans, and refried. Grown organically but not certified.

$
3.75    
Dry Bush Beans - Ken Early Yellow Eye
One of our long time favorite bush beans - all purpose, early, and productive. This is a traditional Nova Scotia bean popular in the northeast for Boston Baked Beans. A pretty little yellow and white bean.
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3.75    
Dry Bush Beans - Mayo Coba
An oval-shaped dried bean common in Latin American cooking. Medium in size and ivory-yellow in color, the Mayo coba Bean is similar to a pinto bean in appearance and flavor. The Mayo Coba bean originated in Mexico and is also referred to as Peruano bean.
$
3.50    
Dry Bush Beans - Montezuma Red

Sprawling small, deep red bean From South and Central America. Very productive and tolerates a wide range of soils and weather conditions, great flavor. A bit later to mature than others but well worth the effort in a good year. Grown organically but not certified.

$
3.75    
Dry Bush Bean - Nodak Pinto (Certified Organic)

Sprawling bush bean obtained from Oxbow Farm in New York. Matures earlier than other pinto beans in NW Washington. Great yields for us.

$
3.50    
Dry Bush Bean - Red Hawk Kidney
A high-yielding, dark red kidney bean bred at Michigan State University for disease resistance. Early maturity, good canning quality, and excellent flavor. Our favorite chili bean.
$3.50 $2.62
Dry Bush Bean - Rockwell
Heirloom from Whidbey Island, well-suited for cassoulets, stews, and baking. Small white bean with pink markings. Consistently the earliest to mature in our trials.
$
3.75    
Dry Bush Bean - Six Nations (Certified Organic)

Heirloom from the Six Nations of the Iroquois Tribe; good as a dry bean or shelly. One of the earliest cranberry-type beans we havetrialed.

$
3.50