Cherokee Trail of Tears

now I know why the Cherokee people were crying because all they had to eat was these beans! As young green beans these were bitter, woody and just plain awful. I thought maybe they are more of a dried bean so I let them mature.....not much better!. With all the great bean varieties on the market surely this is one we can assign to the dust bin of history.

I garden here in Middle Tennessee, and this bean has it all: 1) Easy to grow 2) Gorgeous purple-pink blooms 3) Versatility, both as a snap-bean (if you harvest young so as to avoid strings), and as a soup bean

The best pole bean I have ever grown in the heat and humidity of central Texas. Planted in the spring and even produced some in the heat of the summer. Carried over for the fall with another abundant crop up until freezing. Being a heirloom, if you save the seeds it comes back true year in and year out! Vigorous. Hardy. Disease resistant . You can go wrong with this bean. Use as snap or dried black beans.

I prefer these as a shell & dry bean. They have the most amazing purple-blue colour & I grow them just so I can enjoy the beauty when I shell them. Pure joy. The plants are strong & dependable,& yield well. With their beautiful purple blooms I grow them with my runner beans for a gorgeous colour display.

I bought these beans about 8 years ago and save every year on the pole. this year they came up by themselves so I did not have to plant. they consistently outperform my old standard Kentucky Wonder. we eat them fresh and can them, The Japanese beetles are not as much of a problem on these. In west Kentucky fungus has not been a problem. They were developed for this climate and do very well with little problems except for weeds. Always weeds aren't there