A cherished New England heirloom, Maine Yellow Eye beans offer a rich, creamy flavor often compared to cannellini or Great Northern beans—only better. Perfect for baked beans, hearty winter soups, or Southern-style dishes as a black-eyed pea alternative. They hold their shape beautifully when cooked, yet can be pureed into a smooth, dairy-free base for sauces, soups, and casseroles.

Originally developed in Kentville, Nova Scotia, this variety matures early and evenly. The tall, upright plants keep pods off the ground, making them ideal for hand or mechanical harvest—an excellent choice for market gardeners. While they can be enjoyed as fresh pods, the dry beans reach maturity in just 85 days.

Neckargold is a vigorous, climbing French bean prized for its bright golden-yellow, tender, and stringless pods that reach 23–25 cm in length. This high-yielding variety offers a long harvest window and a naturally sweet flavor. The plants are strong growers, reaching heights of 8 feet or more, and show good resistance to bean mosaic virus. Provide sturdy support for best results.

Pod appearance: Bright, deep yellow, round to oval-shaped, and stringless.

Pod size: 23-25 cm long.

Flavor: Tender, fleshy, and sweet.

Plant type: Vigorous climber (pole bean) that needs support and can grow to over 8 feet tall.

Yield: High yielding with a long, continuous harvest period.

Resistance: Resistant to bean mosaic virus.

Seeds: White seeds. 

Sugar Ann Pea is an early-maturing snap pea known for its sweet, tender pods and compact growth. Plants produce crisp, bright-green pods about 3 inches long that are perfect for fresh eating, salads, and light cooking. Cool-season hardy and high yielding, it’s ideal for small gardens and containers.

Snap peas, or sugar snap peas, are basically a cross between garden peas and snow peas. The whole pod is edible and they have a crunchy flavor and sweet taste.

One of the best features of Sugar Ann is its earliness, up to 2 weeks earlier than comparisons. Its plump, edible pods are very sweet. The short, compact growth habit of Sugar Ann makes it ideal for urban gardeners with limited space who were previously unable to grow snap peas. The peas grow on a compact, 18-inch-high bush and can be grown with or without support. Remove string from pods before cooking.

Very productive variety. medium-early cycle. The pods are green and produce, ripe, white and elongated seeds  ideal for vegetable soups

Small white bean Bush variety. Easy to grow. 65 or so days. You can pick them small and use as a fresh bean if you wish. Plant after soil has warmed up well, 1 seed every two inches 3/4 inch deep. Space rows 12 inches. Pick when pods are full and have started to dry out, shell and store in glass jar with a lid can be stored for your hearty winter soups and stews..

An early dwarf variety for shelling. Elongated white seed and long green pods that are wide and cylindrical. The beans can either be dried or consumed fresh. Fresh beans should be picked when the pods begin to turn yellow. SOWING: from March to August in rows 50-70 cm apart.

Packet: 33 grams of seed

Excellent flavor. Flat pod. Stringless.

Produces through frost.

55 days.

Lavender, pink, and mint colors blend together on these gorgeous long pods. They have a more dense texture and intense bean flavor than green beans An excellent choice to use in an edible ornamental garden on a trellis, where you can watch the beautiful flowers grow before your eyes into pods. Begin harvesting at 10-12”, before pods plump up; if you do miss some the mature beans can be shelled then cooked like peas. 

Germination: 4-10 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures are 75-85ºF

Seed Sowing Depth:1” deep 

Outside Sowing: After the last frost with soil temperatures above 70ºF.  Sow 3- 4” apart for trellis/pole growth. Planting in soil under 60ºF results in poor germination. 

How much does a packet plant:10-12 foot single row 

Harvest: Before the seeds bulge and beans snap easily. Pick continually every 2-3 days to prolong production.

Tips: Grow in light, well-drained soil, provide adequate, even moisture, especially at flowering time. Dry soil can result in low yields and fibrous pods. Do not over-fertilize with nitrogen which results in a surplus of foliage and low, delayed pod growth. 

Packet: 33 grams of seed