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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Variety Type Source
Neckargold Wax Pole William Dam Seeds
Yellow Anellino Wax Pole The Cook's Garden

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