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General Information Not only does this bean carry and appropriate name, as it looks like sea coral, but its flavor is very salty. Can be eaten raw, stir-fried, boiled or steamed....

General Information Sometimes called "butter beans" because of their starchy yet buttery texture, lima beans have a delicate flavor that complements a wide variety of dishes. Although fresh lima beans are...

General Information  Deep green in color, ranging from 3-5" long. Very straight, round, and slender. A pronounced "grassy" taste and soft skin characterize this wonderful bean. Haricot vert [ah-ree-koh VEHR] is...

General Information  This bean is 6-8" long with a soft, green outer shell. The entire bean can be eaten if harvested when the bean is only 2-3" long. Most favas should...

General Information  The Dragon Tongue bean can be utilized at multiple stages of maturity. When harvested young the entire bean, shell and seeds are edible. Young beans have a warm cream...

General Information The Speckled Dixie Butter Pea Baby Lima is an excellent Southern variety of baby lima bean that is superior to its white seeded counterpart in hot weather. This wonderful baby...

General Information  Cranberry Beans are known for their creamy texture with a flavor similar to chestnuts. Cranberry beans are rounded with red specks, which disappear on cooking. These beans are a...

General Information This old heirloom variety was first introduced in the late 1700's, and has beautiful, jet black seeds. The hardy bush plants are disease and heat resistant, and are wonderful...

General Information  Green beans are the unripe, young fruit and protective pods of various cultivars of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Immature or young pods of the runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus), yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis),...

General Information Red bananas are a group of varieties of banana with reddish-purple skin. Some are smaller and plumper than the common Cavendish banana, others much larger. When ripe, raw red bananas have a flesh...