Malawi Pinto

Pole Dry. One of the many beans brought back to the U.S. by Joseph Simcox "The Botanical Explorer". Coutry of orign Malawi.

Mala Zelena A Sedym Pupkem

Bush Dry. From Drevhostic, Czech Republic, 2019.

Mammoth Golden Cluster

Pole Wax. My seed from Hobartville, New South Wales, Australia. I believe the country of origin to be Australia.

Mangetout Pleine Le Panier

Semi Runner Dry. This French bean was donated to me by my Hobartville, New South Wales, Australia donor.

Mantecosa De Aragon

Pole Dry. One of the many beans from my Marion, Iowa seed donor, 2017. Another of the Joseph Simcox collected beans

Marfax

Bush Dry. My first enounter with this bean was John Withee's Wanigan Associates bean network in the late 1970's. John had grown up in the state of Maine and was familiar with Maine logging camps and this beans connection with them. Frederick Wiseman's Seeds of Renewal Project had identifed this bean also as having Abenaki roots in New England. Seed donor of this variety is Ben Levitt of Hardwick, Vermont.

Maria Amazilitei

Pole Snap. Wax variety from the Remy Orlowski collection (Sample Seed Shop). Originates in Romania. There is a tomato variety of the same name.

Marvel Of Nictaux

Pole. Sent to me by Owen Bridge of Annapolis Seeds, Nova Scotia, Canada in the spring of 2012. As he puts it, "I grew a row of McGrath’s Africa, a pole bean with big purple pods and cream coloured seeds. A single plant in that row wanted to be a non-conformist, and sent out eye-catching streaked pods and seeds".

Mary Ison's Little Brown Bunch

Semi Runner. This little bean has traded around Seed Savers Exchange as far back as the 1980's. Said to have a excellent buttery flavor as a dry bean. Mary Ison grew this bean for 40 years in Kentucky. My seed donor of this bean is from Alden, Michigan in 2019.

Mascarade De Briel

Pole Dry. My seed donor for this bean is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019

Maxidor

Bush Snap. French stringless wax bean. Plants are compact. Pods are straight and round.

Mayacoba

Bush Dry. Sent to me by a German bean grower in Jevenstedt, Germany. A bean traditionally grown in coastal places and in Andean Valleys of Peru.

Mayan Red

Semi Runner Dry. Plants grow to about two feet tall. They are very productive producing solid reddish pink pods as the seed matures then drying to the typical light tan color of a beans dry pod. My seed donor is Tamara Clement of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 2021.

Mbombo Green

Pole/Dry/Snap. This unique green colored seed can be used in soups or pods can be eaten as a green vegetable. The variety originates in Kenya Africa. To the people of the Kuba tribe Mbombo is associated with the Creator God. The bean itself is thought of as a sign of prosperity and bringing good fertility to the soil. Seed donor Stephen Smith originally from Guthrie, Kentucky.

Meerbarbe

Pole. My original seed donor is my bean frined from Liebenfels, Austria. I picked up a few more seeds of this bean up in a trade at the Central Michigan Seed Swap. February 23, 2019 Midland, Michigan. Bluish seeds can sometime produce tan seeds. Bean maybe soil sensitive with it's color swings.

Melungeon

Pole. Acquired from the Remy Orlowski seed collection (Sample Seed Shop) via Karen Golden after the Central Indiana seed swap in January 2022. Seed similar to Ohio Pole and Zona Upchurch. Similar in season of maturity. Large green pods that become wrinkled when dry.

Meraviglia di Venizia

Pole Wax. Vigorous plants produce up to 10 inch long fat tender yellow pods. Variety has been sold by Franchi Seeds, Italy's oldest family-owned seed company. My seed donor is from Potter Valley, California 2013.

Mestia Svaneti

Pole. One of the many beans that have been collected by Joseph Simcox in the country of Georgia. Upon growing out this seed it looks very much like Lilascheke. My seed donor is Karen Golden of Highland, Michigan 2019.

Migliorucci

Bush Snap. Italian snap bean. My seed donor is Manuelle Mangani of Cortona, Italy 2012.

Milk And Cider

Pole Dry. Similar looking seed as Turkey Craw. My seed donor is John Coykendall of Knoxville, Tennessee. John sourced this variety from a 90 year old gardener in Claiborne County, Tennessee.

Milky Way

Pole Dry. This bean is from my bean friend in Liebenfels, Austria in 2018. She pulled it out of a bean soup mix from the Sarconi Seed Company of Italy.

Millenium

Semi Runner Dry. I am calling this bean a semi runner but don’t really know if it is. The beans appear so similar to Black Turtle that I do suspect this bean will grow the same way. Sent to me by a bean farmer in Twin Falls, Idaho, 2020. He told me it was a very popular bean 20 years ago and now nobody seems to want them.

Milta Black Tepary

Bush Dry. From the same seed donor in Potter Valley, California who sent me all the tepary beans in this collection in 2013.

Missouri Wonder

Pole Snap. An old Missouri heirloom. This has been tradionally been planted in cornfields with the corn plants as support. The seeds that look much like a supermarket pinto can be used as a dry bean. My seed donor from Potter Valley, California 2013.

Molley's Zebra

Pole Snap. My seed donor from South Africa is actually a Australian citizen who travels to and from SA to his homeland from time to time. This bean is an Australian variety. I highly suspect that the developers of the bean might have named the bean after Australian Bill Mollison who developed and promoted the theory and practice of permaculture".

Monachelle Di Norcia

Pole-Dry. One of several bean varieties cultivated from the area around Norcia in Central Italy. Seed donor is Joseph Simcox "The Botanical Explorer" 2015.

Monachelle Rossa

Pole Dry. My seed donor for this bean is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Monachine

Pole Wax. Grown for nearly half a century in his Seatle garden by Angelo Pellegrini who was a renowned English Professor and great voices of American culinary literature. Author of “The Unprejudiced Palate” (1948), “The Food Lovers Garden” (1970), “Lean Years, Happy Years” (1983). After his death in 1991 his son Brent cultivates the Pellegrini family heirloom. The bean is not about genetics, but culture and the connection it has all the way back to the little villages in Italy.

Montezuma Red

Semi Runner Dry. Originally from South and Central America the bean has been popular in California since the mid-1800's. My seed donor from Potter Valley, California 2013.

Mooriemer Suppenbohne

Bush. The variety has been known in Europe before 1940. Country of origin is Switzerland. My seed donor is from Willich, Germany, 2019.

Mother Earth

Pole Dry. Seed about the size of a navy bean. Sent to me by native American Stephen McComber in 2017. Authentic native bean.

Mountain White Half Runner

Half Runner. Said to be bushy with vigorous vines and has short runners. Produces good yeilds of 4 inch pods.Also reistant to mosaic virus I would probably grow it on my hog panels like I do other semi runner beans. In Kentucky at seed swaps I have had people asking if I had this bean with me. I think this is a variety that someone probably gave me at the Livingston, Tennesse seed swap in October 2018.

Mpumalanga Boonjies

Semi Runner. My seed donor is from Hercules, South Africa, 2013. The variety is an Ndebele tribal bean.

Mr. Tung

Pole Snap. Brought to Canada in the early 1900’s by a Mr. Tung who was a Chinese immigrant. My seed donor of this bean is Brynn Pailett of Lebanon, Tennessee 2018. In the summer of 2023 this bean has become another of my all time favorite snap beans. I picked Mr. Tung pods up to 8 inches delicious and stringless. One of our Canadian network growers on Victoria Island Annette Barley in years past has given this bean glowing praise also. Dry pods are not the easiest or the hardest to hand shell but they shell quite cleanly. The dry pods don't produce much chaff.

Mrs. Keeny's Pink

Bush. My seed donor was from Potter Valley, California, 2013. My seed donor never let on what his source was or any history of the bean.

Mrs. Martin’s Heir

Pole Lima. One of the limas that was bred by Curt Burroughs, my lima collector contact in Iowa. Sent seed to me in 2019.

Mt. Pima Plum

Pole Dry. Variety comes originally from Yecora, Sonora. It is a traditional variety of the Mountain Pima people. My seed donor is from Potter Valley, California. 2013

Muffet

Pole Snap. My seed donor of this bean is from Hobartville, New South Wales, Australia. The bean orgininates from Goulburn, Australia region around 1827.

Mugungi

Semi Runner Dry. A bean From the travels of Joseph Simcox. Not known what country he brought this back from but the name seems African. Photo does not do justice this bean justice. It's a beautiful gray base with a black eye ring.

Munachedda Nera

Pole Dry. An Italian variety from a grower in Groningen, The Netherlands, 2019.

Munachedda Nera Cross

Pole Dry. Sent to me by Bronwen Heinrich of Blyth Ontario, Canada after she did a grow out of Munachedda Nera in 2020.

Munachedda Pale

Pole Dry. An Italian variety purchased from Backer Creek seeds in Mansfield, Missouri.

Munachedda Rossa

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Musanti

Pole Dry. Collected by Joseph Simcox in the country of Rwanda.

Muschio Giallo

Bush Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Mutazione Tuvagliedda

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Mutazione Tuvagliedda Rossa

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Nagafzura

Bush Dry. Country of origin Columbia. Used mainly as a shell bean. Listed in the 1988 SSE yearbook by Will Bonsall. My seed donor is from Hardwick, Vermont 2015.

Nagorni Karabak

Pole Dry. Origin of this bean is Nagorno-Karabakh which is a disputed territorial region in a mountainous area along the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Given to me by Karen Golden of Highland, Michigan 2020. Another of the overseas bean collections of Joseph Simcox.

Nasieddu

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Nasieddu Giallo

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Nasieddu Marrone

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Nasieddu Pansaredda

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Nasieddu Rosso

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Nasieddu Viola

Pole Dry. My seed donor is from Valpiano, Italy, 2019.

Natal Coffee

Bush Dry. Variety was sent to me by Stephen Smith originally of Guthrie, Kentucky. Donated to this collection in 2015. Bean is from Transvaal, South Africa.