{"product_id":"malawi-malachite-green","title":"Bean Seeds, Malawi Green","description":"The Malawi Malachite Green beans were brought to Malawi\u003cbr\u003eby German colonizers in the 1800s who grew them as the\u003cbr\u003eMalachite Bean. They have a beautiful iridescent green shimmer\u003cbr\u003elike malachite. The seeds are brought to us by William\u003cbr\u003eWoys Weaver, an internationally known food historian, author,\u003cbr\u003eand heirloom gardener living in Devon, Pennsylvania. His\u003cbr\u003eRoughwood Seed Collection began informally in 1932 by\u003cbr\u003ehis grandfather H. Ralph Weaver (1896-1956). When William\u003cbr\u003ediscovered this seed collection in a freezer many years later, he\u003cbr\u003edecided to grow out the rare and unusual plants his grandfather\u003cbr\u003ehad accumulated. While our original seed came from\u003cbr\u003eMalawi (Africa), we later discovered that this highly productive\u003cbr\u003ebean was developed at the former Royal Agricultural Academy\u003cbr\u003ein Hohenheim, Germany. It was later exported to Africa while\u003cbr\u003ethe German Empire maintained colonies there prior to World\u003cbr\u003eWar I. Dating to the 1850s, this unusual bean was known commercially\u003cbr\u003ein Europe as the Malachite Bean due to its unique\u003cbr\u003eblue-green color similar to the mineral of the same name. The\u003cbr\u003e4-inch pods on 6-foot vines ripen brownish-yellow with 5 to 6\u003cbr\u003ebeans per pod. Try this bean for an unusual green bean soup!\u003cbr\u003eTerrific flavor. A portion of each sale will go to support the\u003cbr\u003ework of Dr. William Woys Weaver.","brand":"Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59511556079902,"sku":"WW168","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2280\/5022\/files\/Bean-Malawi-Green-aka-Malachite-LSS-000_9442.jpg?v=1782401193","url":"https:\/\/www.rareseeds.com\/products\/malawi-malachite-green","provider":"RareSeeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}