Phaseolus vulgaris

An old Italian heirloom and a close relative to the kidney bean. These beans are also often referred to by a few other names such as Cranberry beans, Roman beans, or Saluggia beans.

These compact bush beans produce beautiful pink/purple streaked pods in as little as 50-60 days.

The dried beans are quite pretty, with beautiful maroon stripes and speckles on a creamy base. Sadly, the colours are lost when cooked, but the creamy texture and rich nutty flavor more than makes up for this. Delicious in casseroles, soups, stews or for making 'sous boontjies'.

Good for use as a green bean, shelly bean or dry bean.

Standard packet contains approx. 25 seeds

Petite packet contains approx. 10 seeds

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