Good Mother Stallard Bean

Unlike the picture, those pods I got were very short, only have 1-3 seeds per pod, mostly 2 seeds, takes a long time to pick enough for one meal, flavor is good but nothing to rave about. Will leave rest of the pod to dry up and try bean soup .wont grow again next year, will try something else that's more productive.

Started off well then slowed down to a halt when the heat and humidity got bad in July. They came back around the Middle of October to give me a small harvest of beans before frost. Had to fight off stink bugs but very few were able to penetrate the tough pods. I haven't tasted them yet. I hear people rave about the flavor of the dried beans. They are very pretty. Would recommend for a cooler climate.

These are THE best dried beans. Very productive, even in my urban garden, with very few pests/disease problems. The creamiest and best-tasting dried bean I have tried!

Extremely vigorous plant in our garden, quickly scrambled up a 8' bean tower and then began twining on itself to grow even taller. It's true that for the longest time you won't see any flowers, but the plant itself as a climber is so gorgeous that you won't mind. When the flowers do begin, look forward to a huge yield of gorgeous beans per plant. We planted our seeds out in early May (it was a warm spring here) and had our first flowers arrive in August. The plant was at its maximum height for the year before we even saw a bud. This may have been delayed slightly as some doves nipped the tops of some of the early sprouters. End of September the majority of the beans were dry on the bush, but even now as the leaves turn brown we're *still* finding green pods developing and even the odd flower blooming. Pods usually had 4-6 beans per. So excited to double the number of bean towers for next year, and have them all covered with this variety again. Would enthusiastically recommend.

We fell in love with mother Stallard beans two years ago and this year grew them in abundance. Love them in vegetable soup cooked in organic chicken broth with ham hock. This year I may have six pints dried to store for soups this winter.