Soli Svaneti
Grown In ?
Pole Dry. From the Svaneti provence of northwestern part of the country of Georgia. A Joseph Simcox collected bean gifted to me by Karen Golden of Highland, Michigan in 2023.
Small Chocolate Paivte Tepary
Grown In 2019
Bush Dry. From Potter Valley, California seed donor in 2013. Karen Golden grew out all the teparies in 2019 that hadn't been grown since probably 2012 or '13.
Small Speckled Bunch
Grown In 2018
Semi Runner Dry. This bean name has been on the pages of SSE's yearbooks back into the 1980's. John Withee had a bean by this name. This one comes to me from Seed Dreams in Santa Cruz, California 2014.
Smilyan Kateritza
Grown In 2020
Pole Dry. From my seed donor in Marion, Iowa, 2017. One of the many Joseph Simcox collected beans. Country of Origin Bulgaria.
Snow Star
Grown In '19 & 2020
Pole Dry. An original bean from my Potter Valley, California seed donor 2013.
Soissons Large White
Grown In '17,'19,'23 & 2024
Pole Dry. Vines climbed neatly to 8 feet and produced white flowers. Pods were green, 5 inches long, flat, and slightly curved. The beautiful large white beans are originally from Soissons, Aisne, France and are famous throughout the country. Seed donor is Joseph Simcox 2013.
Soldat de la Beauce
Grown In ’13,’16,'20 & 2022
Bush Dry. Also called "St-Esprit a Oeil Rouge". An old strain of Soldier bean originally from Quebec, Canada. Acquired from Seeds Of Diversity Canada Member in Quebec 2014.
Solwezi
Grown In '16,'17,'19 & 2023
Pole Dry. My seed donor comes from Hercules, South Africa 2013. Country of origin is Zambia.
Solwezi Variant
Grown In 2016
Pole Dry There must be many variations in Africa as to what are called Solwezi. This one comes from South African seed donor (2013) in Hercules, South Africa and tells me the origin is Zambia.
Southern Soldier
Grown In 2016
Bush Dry. Seed Savers Exchange of Decorah, Iowa listed this bean in the 2015 yearbook from which I got it from. They don't list any history or even a source.
Speckled Algonquin
Grown In 2021
Bush Dry. Canadian in origin. Came to me with this name from Tara Clement of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 2021. Mandy’s Greenhouse lists the name of this bean as Speckled Bay (Algonquin). The bean likely referred too with either or name.
Spring Valley
Grown In '16 & 2020
Pole Dry. More Robert Lobitz beans in this long vining bean. I tried growing like a bush one year and it developed such a long vine I figured it must be a pole variety. Seed Savers Exchange listed it under bush dry beans in 2016 from which I got it from. Perhaps I made a mistake about it's growth habit and it was actually a nearby bean that put out all the vine. Perhaps another grow out will tell for sure.
Staley’s Surprise
Grown In '14 & 2016
Bush Snap. Australian variety that was bred by Arthur Staley an 1880's to early 1900's seed merchant from East Gippsland, Victoria. The bean comes to me via a Hobartville, New South Wales, Australia seed donor, 2013.
Star 2054
Grown In ’14,’16 & 2017
Bush Snap. Commercial snap variety originating in South Africa that had been droped by seed companies there. Hercules, South Africa seed donor sent this to me in 2013 in hopes that it will survive here.
Starlite
Grown In 2023
Pole Snap. Australian variety sent by Hobartville, New South Wales, Australia seed donor 2014.
Stephano Bird Egg
Grown In ?
Pole Dry. From Austria. Brought back into the states by Joseph Simcox.
Stayley's Star
Grown In '18 & 2023
Pole Snap. Acquired from Will Bonsall (Scattered Seed Project) of Industry, Maine in 2015.
Steuben Yellow Eye
Grown In ,’20,'21 & 2022
Bush Dry. A different looking Steuben Yellow eye than the one usually found online. The margins of the yellow patch are irregular compared to the smoother more evenly defined margins of the eye patch of online advertised Steuben Yellow Eye's. This one from a Ilukste, Latvia grower, 2020. The grower had acquired this bean once on a trip into Russia.
Stibitz
Grown In ?
Pole Snap. An outcross development from the gardens of Harriet Mella in Liebenfels, Austria. Plants are very productive with succulent green striped pods.
Striped Ijevan
Grown In ?
Pole Dry. Ijevan is a town in Armenia. This is where it is likely that Joeseph Simcox collected this bean. Gifted to me by Karen Golden at her home in Michigan.
Super Marconi
Grown In '18,'19 & 2022
Pole Snap. An Italian heirloom. Green Romano pods. It’s been said that the pods stay tender and sweet longer as the beans lengthen from six inches to eight and sometimes ten inches long. The seeds of this bean are good in dry use also. My seed donor is Peter Murphy of Kingston, Massachusetts. Peter says he acquired them from a Gordon Brown in California who states they came from a farmer in Italy.
Swedish Brown
Grown In '18,'19,'22 & 2024
Bush Dry. Not much is known about this bean except that I've seen it's name in SSE yearbooks for a very long time. Sent to me by Potter Valley, California seed donor in 2013.
Sy Maa
Grown In ?
Growth Habbit Unknown. From Kenya Africa. I will venture a guess that the bean is likely of dry useage. Joseph Simcox was the collector of this bean.
The entire seed inventory is shown in this photo.
Sycamore Mascara
Grown In 2016 & 2022
Bush Dry. An original named by Stephen Smith of Guthrie, Kentucky. Sent to me in 2016.
Sylvano's
Grown In '18 & 2022
Pole Snap. Very productive. Romano Type pods. Plants climb to about 8 feet. Italian in origin the bean has been grown in New Jersey for over 100 years. Donated to this bean collection by Brynn Paillet of Lebanon, Tennessee.
Syrian Fire
Grown In '16,'21,'22 & 2023
Bush Dry. Seed From Stephen Smith originally from Guthrie, Kentucky 2016.
Taisho Kintoki
Grown In '16,’17 & 2021
Bush Dry. Seed donor is from Hobartville, New South Wales, Australia 2014. Japanese bean has been grown successfully in Ontario, Canada.
Tan Six Weeks
Grown In '20 & 2023
Pole Dry. Seed donor Karen Golden, Highland, Michigan 2018.
Tanyas Pink Pod
Grown In '18,’19,'21 & 2022
Bush Snap. The pods develop more deeply pink shades in direct sun, while the pods shaded under foliage are more blushed. Pods Borne in clusters near the top of 24 inch tall plants. Introduced by Dan Jason of Salt Spring Seeds. An apprentice named Tanya discovered the original pink podded plant while working in a row of purple Sequoia beans. Can also be used as a dry bean. Purchased from Annapolis Seeds Novia Scotia, Canada 2012.
Tara
Grown In 2018
Pole Dry. From my bean farmer friend in Twin Falls, Idaho, 2018.
Tarahumara Purple Ojos
Grown In 2019
Pole - Daylength Sensitive. Seed Donor from Potter Valley, California 2013. Iowa grower in 2019 barely got a few seeds of this bean. Better grown much further South or California.
Tarahumara Purple
Grown In 2013
Pole Dry. The name would definitely suggest a bean grown by the Tarahumara people of northern Mexico. Seed donor from Potter Valley, California 2013.
Tarbais
Grown In '13,‘19,'20 & 2023
Pole Dry. Very Productive, vigorous. Flattened glossy white seeds, late maturity, high quality beans with virtually no culls, shelly skin stays firm when cooked. Seed donor Joseph Simcox 2013. Country of origin France.
Tarpieta
Grown In ?
Pole Dry. Collected by Joseph Simcox. Seed Sample was marked with both Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
Tennessee Cutshort
Grown In ?
Pole. From The Remy Orlowski Sample Seed Shop bean collection. This is not a true cutshort. Beans do not have flattened ends like a true cutshort. This variety might even be a snap bean and also have dry use. No indication on Remy’s packaging as to what was her source for this bean.
Tennessee Greenpod
Grown In '18 & 2021
Bush Snap. Introduces by D.M. Ferry And Company in 1904, and Henry Fields in 1907, but had been grown in the south earlier. Pods ready to pick in 47 days making it one of earliest snap beans. Pods borne above the foliage. Said to be distinct from most North American beans. Probably brought to this country by an immigrant. Seed donor from Potter Valley, California 2013.
Tennessee Mountain Climber
Grown In '23 & 2024
Pole Snap. Seed was given to me at the 2022 Appalachian Seed Swap in Pikeville, Kentucky. It is said to be the best green bean you can grow and disease resistant.
Theresa’s Pink Portugal
Grown In 2016
Bush Dry. Seed donor is from Nanaimo, BC, Canda 2014.
Thibodeau Compte Beauce
Grown In '17,'20 & 2021
Bush Dry Snap. Bush Dry Snap. From Beauce county Quebec, Canada. Said to be 45 days for snap use. 60 days for dry. Purchased this seed from Terra Edibles, Foxboro, Ontario, Canada 2011.
Tierra Gold Tepary
Grown In '13,'18 & 2019
Bush Dry. Teparies are adapted to the southwest U.S. deserts. Growing in a climate with sometimes only 2 inches a rain in a year. Maturing plants will show some stress and pods and seed develop. All the teparies that I have come from a Potter Valley, California seed donor. All tepary varieties except Blue Speckled were grown out in 2019 by Karen Golden of Highland, Michigan.
Tierra Tan Bolitas
Grown In '13 & 2019
Pole Dry. Tierra meaning land. So probably the beans name is tan like earth or soil. Maybe from where it came. Mexico or South America. The seed donor from Potter, Valley, California did not divulge the origin of this bean 2013.
Tierra White Tepary
Grown In '13 & 2019
Bush Dry. Teparies are adapted to the southwest U.S. deserts. Growing in a climate with sometimes only 2 inches a rain in a year. Maturing plants will show some stress and pods and seed develop. All the teparies that I have come from a Potter Valley, California seed donor. All tepary varieties except Blue Speckled were grown out in 2019 by Karen Golden of Highland, Michigan.
Timbavati
Grown In 2014
Bush Snap. South African commercial snap bean that has been droped by African seed companies. Could have derived it's name from the Timbavati nature reserve that borders the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Seed donor from Hercules, South Africa 2013.
Tjana Special
Grown In ’20,'21 & 2022
Bush Dry. From a seed donor in Ilukste, Latvia, 2020.
Tom’s Divide
Grown In 2022
Pole Lima. When Former long time SSE member Tom Knoche of Sardinia, Ohio passed away in 2013. His wife gave away his freezer bean collection to Glen Drowns of Sandhill Preservation Center. When the collection was picked up and gone through this lima was found. Perhaps it didn’t have a name and since the bean is about half red and white. Glen probably named it Tom’s Divde and I bought a packet of the bean in 2018.
Tonawanda Strawberry
Grown In '16’19,'20,'22 & 2024
Pole Dry. Very productive Tonawanda Seneca people's bean of what is now New York state. Seed donor is Karen Golden at the Livingston, Tennessee seed swap the first Saturday of October 2018.
Tonello
Grown In 2019
Pole. From one of my Network growers in Warwick, New York, 2019. Pods are wide Romano type pale yellow that develop purple stripping as they age.
Toscanelli
Grown In '19,’20,'22 & 2023
Pole Dry. Small white bean with thin skin and a favorite of Italians. If cooked for a long time over low heat with a little olive oil, they become soft and creamy. My seed donor is Gene Healey from Rolling Meadows, Illinois 2016.
Tramonto di Trebua
Grown In '17,'19 & 2022
Pole Snap. The setting sun of Trebua. Productive Italian snap bean with many 5 inch pods. Seed donor Joseph Simcox ”The Botanical Explorer” 2015.
Trebulino di Domenico
Grown In '19,'20,'22 & 2023
Pole Dry. Productive and beautiful. Seed donor Joseph Simcox "The Botancial Explorer" 2015
Trevio Nun
Grown In ?
Semi Runner Dry. From grower in Ilukste, Latvia, 2020
True Red Cranberry
Grown In ’22 & 2023
Pole Dry. This is the rare heirloom bean that was rediscovered by celebrated bean collector, John Withee of his "Wanigan Associates" bean network fame. He searched for 11 years for this bean after reading about a "Red Cranberry" bean in a 1700's gardening encyclopedia. He finally discovered it growing on a Mr. Taylor's farm in Steep Falls, Maine. My seed donor is from Potter Valley, California 2013.
Tschermak Fadenlose Wachs
Grown In ?
Bush/Snap. Old stringless wax bean from Austrian agronomist Eric Von Tschermak (1871-1962). Interprets into English as Chermac Stringless Wax. He was a major influence in agriculture and plant breeding in Austria.
Tunny
Grown In '22,'23 & 2024
Pole Dry. This Bicolored beans comes originally from the Beans And Herbs seed company in the United Kingdom. I have two seed donors for this bean. Jan Galpin of Lincolnshire, England and Kateri Pavlik of Warwick, New York.
Turkey #1
Grown In '18 & 2023
Pole Dry. Seed donor of this beautiful bean is Stephen Smith of Guthrie, Kentucky in 2017. Country of origin Turkey.
Turkish Sprenkler
Grown In ’19,’21 & 2022
Bush Dry. Compact plants produce this beauty of a cranberry type bean. Country of origin Turkey. My seed donor is from Catasauqua, Pennsylvania 2019.
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