White Lunford Heirloom Pole Bean (30 seeds)

Extra plump 6 inch pods borne early on a vigorous vine! I grow a lot of bean varieties and perhaps they all seem similar. It does take a few years to learn each one’s unique traits. This bean you will likely find nowhere else however. It was given to me by WVU vegetable extension specialist Lewis Jett who received it as a gift from a farmer in Boone County, West Virginia. It is a family bean, passed down for generations in the Lunford family. Family beans can easily arise through mutation or chance crosses out of a known variety, provided insightful growers notice and save the new variety, selecting it as it naturally inbreeds and becomes uniform over the years.Like many heirloom beans, it stays perfectly tender after pods fill with plump seeds. What struck me with this variety was the plumpness of the 6 inch pods and large white seeds that gives it a meaty texture and very good taste; much more plump than a variety like Mountaineer Half-runner. It is also very early at only 61 days from sowing to harvest. Vines are more vigorous than a half-runner and it has very good yields. Seeds produced in Morgantown, WV. 30 seeds (sows 10 ft row).