Fabaceae · in the live register
Marrow Creek Bush Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris. The library's founding bean, carried in a coat pocket from another state in 1911.
- Days
- 58 days to snap
- Habit
- 18 to 24 in
- Light
- Full sun
- Sowing
- Direct, soil warm
The strain that started this library. Stringless, early, and generous enough that we measure the season in bushels, not weeks.
From the grower's notes
“Don't baby it. Give it ordinary ground, keep the row marked, and write down what you did. Next year's borrower will be reading your note, not ours.”
The packet carries a pinch of seed and a copy of these notes. Sowing depth, spacing and the season's quirks are penciled on the back by whoever last returned it.
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