Brighstone bean
$4.00
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Bush dry bean. Easy-to-grow variety; white seeds have dark speckling. A British variety, apparently salvaged from a shipwreck on the Isle of Wight in the 1800s, it was preserved by the Heritage Seed Library in the UK and has been enjoying a bit of a resurgence there. 30 seeds/packet.
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Plant after last frost; soil must be warm or seed will rot. Sow bush beans 1” deep, 3” apart in rows 2′ apart. Pick dry beans when pods are fully dry; seed must be dry enough to not dent with a fingernail for storage. You can also cut whole plants and dry them that way. Dry beans can be further dried on a tarp, then threshed by treading on them and winnowing away the chaff.