Central Tree Crops Research Trust Bean Import Project Apache Red Bean

High yield of red seeds, similar to kidney beans. The pods turn bright red to signal the green shellout stage for succotash. The dry beans can be used for soup or chilli. There is an initiative underway to reintroduce this variety back to Native American farmers.

Blue Shackamaxon
Climbing dry bean, but also an excellent green bean. rom !enape tribe in "elaware, #$A, and preserved among %uaker farmers. &ines will grow '() feet with rose(pink flowers, pods turning purple when ripe, seeds blue, blue(black when dried. Also known as the *Treaty +ean*. &ery attractive plant and beans. ,ods are small but are an excellent green bean that is also very cold tolerant in $pring.

Cherokee Cornfield Bean

A traditional variety, with various attractive earthtone shades and markings. &ery good yields especially when grown up corn stalks. The story goes that the various colours must be grown together or else there will be few flowers. -uch like a family they are stronger when kept together. .xcellent as a green snap or dry bean. A drought(tolerant variety.

Cornplanter Purple Bean

An heirloom from the $eneca /ndians 0also known as +lack $nake1. +lack seeds. The pods turn purple as they mature. A very versatile bean. 2oung beans can be used as snap beans as well as becoming a very good shellout and dry bean.

Fat Goose Bean

$hocking pink pods at green shellout stage. A dry bean with large brown seeds.

Fla
lat and shaped like a lima bean, with black and white streaks. &ery productive and cooks 3uickly for soups and stews. A very good dry climbing bean. .xtremely rare. 4riginated with the /ro3uois /ndians.

Genuine Cornfield Bean

Also known as $cotia, or $triped Creaseback, or 5attlesnake. A traditional variety cultivated by the /ro3uois /ndians who used it as a corn soup bean and bread bean. A shade(tolerant variety that is good for growing up corn stalks. A valuable variety for keeping nitrogen in your corn crop. The pods are tender, meaty and keep well. The seed is buff with brown mottles and stripes. 6ood as a snap or green shellout bean. ,roduces very well under conditions of high heat.

Gold of Bakau
7(inch golden coloured pods with 8(7 large grey seeds. Heavy production.

Good !other Stallard

An heirloom climbing bean from the -idwestern #nited $tates. A large oval seed with maroon and white colourings. A very productive, drought(resistant variety. 9onderful rich meaty flavour, great for soups and chillis. :ust this with some onion, garlic and a little olive oil and you will have a superb meal.

"idatsa Shield Fi ure Clim#in Bean

An ancient variety that originated with the Hidatsa /ndians of the -issouri 5iver &alley of North "akota. This is one of the most productive dry beans and has an excellent flavour. This is the #eautiful #ean that inspired our project$

"opi Bei e
Climbing dry bean that yields well. A folkrace variety that was collected from Hotevilla in Hopiland.

"opi Black Pinto %;-aawiw ngwu<1

Heavy yielding climbing beans with black streaks on off(white background. This variety is very drought tolerant but not shade tolerant. The green beans remain tender even when the seeds form and have a fine flavour and texture.

"opi &i ht 'ello(

!arge, light yellow(beige beans from Hopi /ndian collections at Hotevilla. Also called *grease beans*, plants are somewhat early(maturing pole beans. High(yielding, with good green beans.

"opi Strin Bean

Ancient climbing bean that was used by the Anasa=i cliff dwellers at -esa &erde. Can be used as a green bean, shell(out or as a dry bean. According to -ary Ami 0a Hopi lady who runs a produce stand in Hopiland1, she said that Hopis always have her send seed of this variety to them, wherever they go. +eautiful purple seed with black stripes.

Indian "annah Bean

A very rare cutshort bean from the !enape>"elaware /ndian Nation 0also known as !enape Cutshort or "elaware Cutshort1. $mall tan seed with brown markings, packed tightly into the pods, good yield.

!a)flo(er Bean
Also known as Amish ?nuttle, Colorado 5iver +ean, or 5ed Nightfall. +eautiful off(white seeds, splashed with maroon colour that looks like it has been spraypainted on. The original seed is said to have arrived in America via the pilgrims on the -ayflower ship in @'AB. #sed predominantly as a dry bean.

*hio Pole Bean

An 4hio bean of Native American origin, possibly connected to the Native American ?ickapoo tribe around ort 9ayne, in the @)CBDs. !arge pods on disease(resistant, hardy, vigorous vines. The seed is purple with white speckles. #sed as a dry bean.

*jo de Ca#ra 0;6oats .ye< from the Tarahumara region of -exico1

High yielding climbing bean producing seeds with dark stripes over a speckled light background. A diversely coloured bean with stripes ranging from brown and tan to blue(grey and black. An absolutely delicious dry bean. 9ith the addition of onions and garlic, it can make a wonderful meal. Can be used as ,ot beans, Chillis, salads, or in stews.

Persian &ima

+right red seed, very pretty. This is a climbing !ima variety.

Peru+ian Goose Bean

A rare heirloom variety. $mooth texture, mild flavour and thin skin. 6ood for soups, baked beans, and hot dishes. A wax bean with brown and white patterned seeds.

Price,s Cherokee
,rice amily Cherokee heirloom dating back to the @E8BDs. &ines, flowers and pods are a stunning royal purple. !ight cream coloured seeds when dried. +etter as a dry bean than a snap bean.

San &uis Potosi -Flor de !a)o. %meaning -ayflower1

aded purple specks over cream(beige background. Climbing bean from Central -exico. A well known soup bean in Chile. A prolific producer.

Seneka Speckled Bird /

,rolific producer of green beans. The dry seed is round and speckled tan. This is a climbing bean.

Tarahumara Purple
High(yielding climbing bean with gorgeous large, shiny, deep(purple seeds. $weet taste, smooth texture. This variety produces both white and lilac flowers. rom the high arid -esa de Agostadero, Chihuahua. $uitable for any alkaline sandy soils and produces even at the colder end of the season.

Tarahumara 0ark Purple

A very unusual deep purple bean, with a few grey and dark red types mixed in. A Climbing bean with dark lilac flowers and colourful pods, from near ,analachi, Chihuahua, -exico.

Tarahumara Purple Star

!arge purple and white beans from central and southern Tarahumara country in Chihuahua, -exico. ,urple pattern radiating outward from the seed *eye* across a white background.

Turke) Cra(
&igorous growing climbing bean. ,ods are 8.F(7 inches long with 7 to ) beans. 6ood for bottling or drying. +eans are frosted buff with brown on one end. The name comes from a story that a hunter shot a turkey and found the seed in its craw. The seed was planted and saved. A green bean that can also be used as a dry bean. Heirloom from &irginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.

'oeme Purple Strin

A prolific climbing bean from -exico that can be eaten green or as shelled. $eeds are purple on beige. ,lants are heat tolerant.

1uni Shalako Bean

A beautiful and unusual heirloom variety from -exico. Also called the ,rairie Appaloosa or 5a3uel bean. A dry bean, with a twining habit 0ie. A weak climber1.