Doyce Chambers Greasy Cut-short bean
$4.00
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Pole, 8’/2.6 m tall. Prolific vines bear a remarkable number of pods filled with small, white-seeded beans. I got this bean from the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center in Gatesville, North Carolina; they received it from Doyce Chambers of Bethel, NC. The name describes the pod type; the outside is shiny and hairless (hence greasy) and inside the seeds cram against each other, causing the ends to look cut short; greasy beans are apparently favoured for making leather britches beans in that part of Appalachia. As might be expected from a Carolinian bean, it is rather late-maturing for Ontario.
125 days to maturity.
40 seeds/packet.
In stock
Plant after last frost; soil must be warm or seed will rot. If growing on corn, wait to plant until corn is about 3” tall, or two weeks after corn is planted. Sow 1” deep. Space bush beans 2-4” 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.