Kahnawake Mohawk bean
$4.00
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Pole, 8-10’/2.6-3 m tall. Vigorous, productive vines produce orb-shaped tan beans with darker brown striping. One of our highest yielding beans, but be warned: they take their time getting established before bearing, and use every day of the growing season here. Thanks to an early frost I discovered that they will finish drying down just fine even after frost kills their leaves. The name of this bean refers to a Mohawk community and reserve just across the river from Montreal; however, I have not yet heard of any convincing connection between this bean and that community. In fact, this is one of those beans which seems very widespread; I have seen pictures of similar looking beans under other names which come from places as scattered as Cherokee land in the southern USA, Italy, Germany, and Australia. Everyone likes them. A slightly mealy texture, excellent in soup. Very beautiful. 100 days to maturity. 30 seeds/packet.
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Plant after last frost; soil must be warm or seed will rot. Sow 1” deep. Space pole beans in pairs 8” apart, with 8” between pairs if climbing twine, or in groups of 3-4 around single poles 1’ apart. Pick dry beans when pods are fully dry; seed must be dry enough to not dent with a fingernail for storage. Dry beans can be further dried on a tarp, then threshed by dancing on them and winnowing away the chaff.