Beans Bush

Carson

Carson bush bean seeds are lovely slim, wax beans with a uniform yellow colour and white seeds. Carson offers a reliable high yield, and is resistant to common bean mosaic virus and bacterial brown spot. Plant every two weeks after the last frost right into August. Beans to 14cm (5 1/2") long.
Matures in 56 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Dragon Tongue

This beautiful, old Dutch HERITAGE variety is good for fresh use or for dried beans. When the flat, stringless 15-18cm (6-7") beans turn from a lime green to yellow with bright purple stripes, they're ready to use for cooking or freezing. They can also be grown to the dry stage for winter use in soups and stews. You should mark some plants for regular picking and leave other plants unpicked to mature for dry beans. Seeds are brown with dark markings. Also known as Merveille de Piemonte.
Matures in 65 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Eureka

The refined yellow wax pods of Eureka bush beans with tiny pale green tips set these beans apart. Eureka produce big plants which give abundant harvests of tasty, tender 15cm (6") round pods. Seeds are white.
Matures in 58 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Festina

Festina bush beans produce lush dark green pods dangle on handsome upright plants. The 15cm (6") straight, pods are tender and flavourful and the dark colour promises higher nutrition than most green beans. Resistant to common bean mosaic virus (I gene) and productive in the heat! Seeds are white.
Matures in 56 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Gina Romano

You will harvest basket after basket of lovely large, flat Gina Romano beans from strong handsome plants! Gina was a standout in our trials for the length of harvest. The flavour of these uniform 8cm (5") Romano beans is robust and the plant is resistant to bean mosaic virus. Seeds are white.
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Gold Rush

Long, straight, yellow beans hang in clusters around the main stem on 42-54cm tall bush plants. Easy to pick. Glorious flavour and texture that lasts over a long period for extended harvests, good storage, and fine freezing potential. These beans are tender, stringless, about 12-14cm long, and plants are resistant to mosaic virus and tolerant of root rot.

Matures in 58 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Golden Child Filet

Golden Child Filet Beans have small 10cm (4") pods on an upright bush filet bean which  are a pleasing yellow wax colour. Resistant to bean common mosaic virus, the plants grow 45-60cm (18-24") tall. Lovely flavour and texture, and versatile in the kitchen.
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Jade

These refined, straight, tender, gourmet stringless beans grow as medium dark-green, round pods grow 13-18cm (5-7"). Vigorous plants keep bearing over a long period for regular harvests. Beans are held off the ground by stout branches. Jade needs warmer soil to sprout. Seeds are white.
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Lynx Filet

Excellent flavour! A compact, upright bush bean that grows to 35-40cm (12-18"), Lynx produces high quality, dark green 13cm (5") pods. Because they're a bit shorter than some other varieties of filet beans, there is less breakage in shipping. Lynx is resistant to bean common mosaic virus.
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Maxibel Filet

Maxibel is unsurpassed in flavour and great for fresh market gardeners. Straight, dark-green filet bean pods are stringless and about 18cm (7") long on sturdy bush plants. Maxibel yields in a huge but concentrated harvest so replant every 2-3 weeks. Seeds are brown speckled.
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Nickel Filet

Nickel's short 10cm (4") pods are very uniform, dark-green, slender, and stringless. This variety is good for harvest succession after Maxibel. Strong, erect branches hold the pods off the ground on this bush bean. It offers good resistance to foliar diseases and root rot but needs warm soil to sprout. Seeds are white. Perhaps the best flavour of any filet bean!
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Royal Burgundy

A vigorous sprouter that grows well in cool conditions, its pretty purple flowers keep blooming to provide a long harvest. Dark purple 13cm (5") pods are held off the ground by strong, upright plants. The pods turn green after cooking. Seeds are beige.
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Stayton

A sturdy plant that holds the beans off the ground well, Stayton is an extra fine, uniform deep green. Perfect for the market garden, Stayton has excellent emergence rates in cool soils. Beans to 14cm (5½") long.
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Storm

Tasty brown beans in uniform, round, green pods that are 14cm (5 1/2") long. Perfect for the market, these beans also ship well, maintaining their texture and flavour. Bush grows to 60cm (24") tall. Resistant to bean mosaic virus.
Matures in 51 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Strike

Strike beans grow on an upright bushy plant, but have a continous set unlike most other bush beans, so you can harvest them over a longer period. The 13cm (5") snap beans are medium green, round, stringless, and tasty. Strike bean is tolerant to common bean mosaic virus (CBMV).
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Tema

Recommended by Fraserland Organics, this medium sized bush has round, dark-green, fibreless pods at a uniform 13cm (5¼") long, held high on the plant. One of the best market table beans with excellent productivity and gourmet flavour. This brown-seeded variety has outstanding cold soil emergence, so can be planted earlier in the spring. It even did well in the cold spring of 2010, when many other varieties just rotted in the soil.
Matures in 52-55 days. (open pollenated seeds)

Tricolour Bush Bean Blend

A blend of green, gold, and purple bush beans on productive plants will brighten meals and lengthen the harvest. We combined the seeds of 3 varieties so that one package will give a rainbow of colors.
Matures in 52-60 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Valentino

Valentino was the star at the 2008 bush bean trials. Glossy, dark green beans that look spectacular, Valentino's 15cm (6") beans are very low in fibre, making them very tender when cooked. These beans are held high on the plant in a concentrated set for easy harvesting, even in the warmth of summer. Perfect for fresh cooking, canning, pickling or the market table.
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)

Venture Blue Lake

Venture Blue Lake  bush beans are the best choice for a concentrated set for freezing and canning. Plants heavily produce sweet, tender, dark green pods, 12-15cm (5-6") long. This variety has good ability to germinate in cool, moist soils and holds well when fully mature. Resistant to Mosaic virus. Seeds are white.
Matures in 55 days. (open pollinated seeds)