Endangered Beans
The following tables include some of the varieties that are available from only one or two commercial sources. In addition, these varieties have been available since 1981, indicating it is an older variety whose quality and characteristics have stood the test of time. If this source drops the variety it will no longer be available commercially. Beans listed by Wholesale only catalogs are not included here.
A complete listing can be found in the 6th Edition of the Garden Seed Inventory, edited by Seed Savers Exchange.
If a website is available for the seed company that carries a particular variety, click on the name of the company in the Source column.
Select from Dry Bush, Snap Bush, Wax Bush,
Dry Pole, Snap Pole or Wax Pole beans.
Variety |
Type |
Source |
|---|---|---|
| Adventist | Dry bush | Synergy Seeds |
| Black Mexican | Dry bush | Redwood City Seed Co |
| Boleta | Dry bush | Plants of the Southwest |
| Buckskin | Dry bush | Turtle Tree Seed Farm |
| Coco Prague | Dry bush | Le Jardin du Gourmet |
| Delgado Black Bean | Dry bush | Seed Dreams* |
| Flageolet Chevrier, Green | Dry bush | The Cook's Garden |
| Kidney, Charlevoix Dark Red | Dry bush | Seed Savers Exchange Catalog |
| Kidney, White | Dry bush | Silver Creek Supply |
| Limelight | Dry bush | Fedco Seeds |
| Mayocoba | Dry bush | Native Seeds/SEARCH |
| Navy, Seafarer | Dry bush | Seed Dreams* |
| Paint | Dry bush | Seeds of Change |
| Pink | Dry bush | Shawnee Seed Company* |
| Pinto III | Dry bush | Willhite Seed |
| Pinto Improved | Dry bush | Roswell Seed Co.* |
| Uncle Willie's | Dry bush | Seed Dreams* |
| Vayo Blanco | Dry bush | Native Seeds/SEARCH |
| Walcherse | Dry bush | William Dam Seeds** |
| White Marrow | Dry bush | Stokes Seeds |
* No website available
** Sales to Canada only.
Variety |
Type |
Source |
|---|---|---|
| Aramis | Snap bush | Prairie Garden Seeds |
| Daisy | Snap bush | Le Jardin du Gourmet |
| Empress | Snap bush | Seed Savers Exchange Catalog |
| French Flageolet | Snap bush | Nichols Garden Nursery |
| Frenchy | Snap bush | Rancid Sawdust |
| Lake Lago | Snap bush | Lindenberg Seeds Ltd. |
| Montana Green | Snap bush | Fisher's Garden Store* |
| Oregon Trail | Snap bush | Salt Spring Seeds** |
| Pink Eye Half Runner | Snap bush | Southern States Coop |
| Radar | Snap bush | Hirt's Greenhouse |
| Remus | Snap bush | Prairie Garden Seeds |
| Saxa | Snap bush | Horus Botanicals* |
| Spartan Half Runner | Snap bush | Seeds |
| Speculator | Snap bush | Stokes Seeds |
Stringless Green Pod Improved |
Snap bush | Roswell Seed* |
| Striped Half Runner | Snap bush | Button Seed Co. |
| Tweed Wonder | Snap bush | Terra Edibles |
| Valentine, Stringless Red | Snap bush | Horus Botanicals* |
* No website available
** Sales to Canada only.
Variety |
Type |
Source |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Butterwax | Wax Bush | Veseys |
| Century Gold | Wax Bush | Independent Seed |
| Golden Wax, Rustproof | Wax Bush | Henry Field's Seed |
| Keygold | Wax Bush | Prairie Garden |
| La Victoire | Wax Bush | Seeds from Italy |
| Mont D'Or | Wax Bush | Bountiful Gardens |
| Puregold Wax | Wax Bush | Alberta Nurseries* |
| Sunrise | Wax Bush | Seed Dreams* |
* No website available
Variety |
Type |
Source |
|---|---|---|
| Chihuahuan Ojo de Cabra | Dry Pole | Native Seeds/SEARCH |
| Golden Lima | Dry Pole | Seed Savers Exchange Catalog |
| Gramma Walters | Dry Pole | Salt Springs Seeds |
| Tarahumara Frijol Amarillo | Dry Pole | Native Seeds/SEARCH |
| Vermont Cranberry Pole | Dry Pole | Shawnee Seed Co.* |
| Wren's Egg Improved | Dry Pole | Vermont Bean Seed Co. |
* No website available
Variety |
Type |
Source |
| Blue Lake Stringless S-7 | Snap Pole | R H Shumway |
| Blue Lake Oregon | Snap Pole | Nichols Garden Nursery |
| Blue Ribbon | Snap Pole | Sand Hill Preservation |
| Dade | Snap Pole | Kilgore Seed* |
| Dow Purple Pod | Snap Pole | Seeds of Change |
| Fagiolo Meraviglia Venezia | Snap Pole | Seeds from Italy |
| Green Anellino | Snap Pole | The Cook's Garden |
| Hunter Stringless | Snap Pole | William Dam Seeds |
| Kentucky Wonder Rust Res | Snap Pole | Kilgore Seed* |
| Louisiana Purple Pod | Snap Pole | Horus Botanicals* |
| McCaslan 42 | Snap Pole | De Bruyn Seed |
| Neckarkonigin | Snap Pole | William Dam Seeds |
| Oregon Giant | Snap Pole | Prairie Garden Seeds |
| Ruth Bible | Snap Pole | Horus Botanicals* |
| Westland | Snap Pole | William Dam Seeds |
* No Web site available
| Variety | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Neckargold | Wax Pole | William Dam Seeds |
| Yellow Anellino | Wax Pole | The Cook's Garden |