Humphrey Cut-short Heirloom Bean (30 Seeds)

This is a very rare bean producing loads of meaty pods all summer until frost. Like other cut-short bean varieties, pods are quite short and seeds are packed tightly in the pod, with square seed ends. However, this variety seems to produce larger, earlier pods more like a half-runner bean. I’ve also noticed considerable variation in my original seed stock and I’m working to select for what appears to be the original variety appearance. It has a fairly vigorous vine that bears 4.5 inch shiny (“greasy”) pods in clusters of 2-5 all the way from the bottom to the top of the plant. Pods require destringing and are best cooked slowly for melt-in-your-mouth goodness. 66-78 days. Grown in Morgantown, WV from seeds curated by the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center in Livingston, TN and originally from Jim Gore of West Virginia. Germination 99% 11-30-2024. 30 seeds (sows 10 ft row)