BRIENZ CHRÜGLER
This very pretty bean is a Swiss heirloom from Brienz in the Swiss Bernese Oberland. I discovered it being sold on a stall by the lake after which it is named. Heavy crops of tender pods from mid summer. The dried beans are delicious in soups and casseroles too.
KIPFLER BEAN
I was given this bean by a friend from Styria in Austria where it is much loved as a local heirloom. Vigorous with heavy crops of delicious and stringless beans. Also, an excellent multi purpose bean as the seeds are redolent of Borlotti beans and are an excellent addition to the winter larder.
PURPLE HARRICOT A RAMES
A superb stringless French bean. Very heavy crops of very long pods of unimpeachable flavour
RAY’S BUTTER BEAN
This commercial variety was bred in Australia but is no longer available. A late cropper so excellent when grown alongside early varieties. Pale yellow flat, stringless pods. Delicious
TRENARE
This is not a French bean but a runner bean (Phaseolus cocineus). The short pods need to be left to dry on the plants and you will harvest Albania’s most loved and famous butter bean. It is similar too Greece’s Gigantes, Spain’s Judion and France’s Soisson. An absolutely superb bean for stews or in a spicey tomato sauce. This bean will cross with other runner beans if grown nearby. As our climate becomes hotter and dryer this bean becomes happier!