Legume Trade & Want Lists
Updated 11 March 2015. Unless noted otherwise, seeds vary from just-dried to a few years old, which I have not found to impact germination. Some of these I have big jars full of, some just a few extra. Seeds are sent padded with bubble wrap to avoid crushing. All legumes have spent a few days in the freezer to kill any weevil eggs. Varieties marked with a ^ are seeds from commercial bulk packets.
Seeds I have to trade:
Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
–^pole “Anasazi” (a.k.a. New Mexico Cave Bean) - dry, white and red splotches
–pole/twiner “Blooming Prairie” - dry; purple stems and pods; small bright purple and white seeds
–pole “Blue Coco” - snap or dry, productive, off-white seeds, wide purple pods; lovely purple stems, flowers, and veins
–pole “Blue Shackamaxon” - dry, extremely productive, delicious, shiny black seed, pods turn purple as they dry
–bush “Brown Beauty” - Australian snap
–pole “Cannelini” - big white seeds
–pole “Cherokee Trail of Tears” - snap or dry, purple pods, shiny black seeds
–bush “Cherokee Wax” - yellow snaps
–pole “Doyce Chambers Greasy Cut-shot” - Appalachian snap, white seeds (have lots)
–pole “Grandma Nellie’s Yellow Mushroom” - snap, long fleshy yellow pods, solid brown seed, supposed to taste mushroomy
–pole “Greasy Back” - Appalachian snap; white seeds
–pole “Herrenbohnli” - wee round seeds, pink drying to shiny pink-brown
–pole “Isla” - dry/shelly; from Chile; round dark red seeds
–bush “Indian Woman Yellow” - dry, very early, gold seed, meat-y flavor
–^pole “Jacob’s Cattle” - dry
–bush “Kishwaukee Yellow Wax” - yellow-podded snap
–pole “Lohrey’s Special” - dry/snap, large flattish seed tan with black stripes, long green pods, supposed to taste naturally salty
–pole “Mariazeller” - half white and half red & orange streaked, one of the prettiest
–bush “Mitla Black” - sold as a tepary but isn’t actually. dry, small solid black seeds
–pole “Mountain Pima Burro & Caballito” - dry, productive, early, brown seed with dark brown stripes and white splotches
–bush/weak pole “Mrociumere” - dry, beautiful bright lavender speckled seed (turns brown in storage)
–pole “Ojo de Cabra” - dry, good-sized fat seed, tan with brown stripes (have lots, older seed)
–bush/weak pole “Paint” - dry, seeds half gold & half white
–^bush “Painted Pony” - dry or snap, half brown and white like an appaloosa horse
–pole “Pink Tip Greasy” - Appalachian snap, white seeds (have lots)
–bush “Purple Queen” - purple snaps
–bush/twining “Red Peanut” (a.k.a. “Old Joe Clark” or “Pink Half-Runner") - snap, small red-brown seeds like a Spanish peanut, pods turn red as they ripen
–pole “Rose” - Appalachian-style stringed snap, very long and fleshy pods, delicious, dark purple frosted with buff
–bush/twining “Royalty Purple Podded” - stringless snap, purple pods & flowers, off-white seeds
–pole “Russian-East German Pea Bean” - dry, half-and-half dark red and white seeds
–^pole “Santa Maria Pinquitos” - dry, small pink seeds, haven’t grown this one yet but it’s one of my favorite for taste
–pole “Skunk” (a.k.a. Flagg or Chester) - shell/dry, productive, slightly flattened black-and-white seed
–^pole “Snow Cap” (a.k.a. Porcelain) - dry, large seed, half white and half brown with red speckles
–pole “Succotash” - dry, late, really unusual dark purple corn kernel-shaped seeds
–^pole “Swahili Grey” (a.k.a. Kijivu) - dry, purple & brown speckles
–short pole “Taos Red” - dry, bright red pods, early, red seeds with red speckles
–sprawler/bush “Tarahumara Burro & Caballito” - dry, early but day length-sensitive (does not flower until September but sets pods quickly when it does), seeds look the same as Mountain Pima B&C
–pole “Tarahumara Dark Purple” - dry, very purple seed, good yields
–sprawler/weak pole “Tarahumara Purple Ojos” - dry, early, productive, supposed to be red and orange striped but mine are all orange (varies with growing conditions)
–pole “Tennessee Greasy” - genetic mix with lots of variation in seed color and pod type/color (mostly pinto-like brown with black speckles)
–pole “Tiger’s Eye” (aka “Ojo de Tigre” or “Pepa de Zapallo") - elongated seed, bright orange with red stripes (have lots)
–pole “Trionfo Violetto” - snap, purple pods (have lots)
–pole “True Red Cranberry” - dry, large round dark red seed (older seed)
–bush “Woods Mountain Crazy Bean” - stringed snap, sturdy leafy plants, pods green or purple-streaked, seeds light with black streaks
–^bush “Zuni Shalako” (a.k.a. Raquel, Four Corners Gold, Zuni Gold) - dry, gold and white splotches
–and many others in limited quantities. If you’re a fellow bean enthusiast or looking for something in particular, just ask!
Tepary Beans (Phaseolus acutifolius)
–“Paiute Mixed” - short pole, productive, dry, seeds either dark brown, light golden brown, or speckled orangey brown
Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus)
Runner beans can be used for snaps, dry beans, or to attract hummingbirds.
–“Tarahuamra Tecomari” (a.k.a. Tekomari)- mix of colors and patterns, mostly grey frosted on pink or black
–“Tucomares Mixed” - originally Tucomares Chocolate but it’s been so crossed before it got to me that the all-brown “chocolate” ones are rare now! Mix of colors and patterns, mostly fine dense black speckles over pink or light brown
Lima Beans/Butterbeans (Phaseolus lunatus)
–“Colored Willow Leaf” - pole, mix of seed colors in solid or speckled, narrow “willow” leaves supposed to be drought resistant
–“Dixie Speckled Butterpea” - bush, small round seeds, light red speckled with dark red
–“Hopi Pole” - seeds either solid dark red, or bright orange with dark red speckles
Chickpeas/Garbanzo Beans (Cicer arietinum)
–“Magic Carpet” - bush, kabuli type, mix of seed colors: black, dark brown, golden brown, streaked
Cowpeas/Black-Eyed Peas (Vigna unguiculata)
–"Atchfalya Swamp”
–“Early Lady” - bush, small white seed
–“Tohono O’odham U’us Mu:n” - bush, black and white splotched seed, like a milk cow
Fava Beans (Vicia faba)
–“Crimson-flowered” - wine-red flowers, smallish green seeds
–a mix of “Guatemalan Purple” (dark purple seed) and “MC’s Best” (large green/brown seed). I planted them next to each other so they’re probably quite interbred, not sure what the offspring are like yet. (have lots)
–“Tarma Spiral” - light brown seed with black fingerprint-like markings. these may have come to me crossed; some of them turned out kind of purple… (have lots)
Peas (Pisum sativum)
–“Arbogast Sugar” - snow/soup?, pole, orange/brown-streaked seed, big wide green pods, despite the name not sweet
–“Blondie” - snap/shell, pale green pods, extra tendril-y, pale wrinkled seeds
–“Champion of England” - shell, tall pole, 7 peas per pod, tasty and prolific (have lots)
–“Clarke’s Beltony Blue” - soup (maybe snap?), purple pods with green seeds, short pole
–“Golden Sweet” - snow/soup?, pole, yellow pods and pink flowers, not sweet despite the name
–“Lancashire Lad” - soup, pole, purple pods with green seeds
–“Onward” - shell
–“Purple Pod Parsley” - snap, fat purple pods with green seeds, tendril-less (has little leaflets where the tendrils would be); doesn’t climb but needs staking to not be a messy pile
–“Tom Thumb” a.k.a. “Half Pint”- delicious fresh, very dwarf bush garden peas (under 8"), smooth green or tan dry seed
Miscellaneous Legumes
–adzuki bean “Murasaki” - the “red bean” in Asian food, these particular ones are dark purplish with black streaks. bush plants with green and purple pods
–^adzuki bean “Dainagon” - well-known large-seeded Hokkaido variety
–Moth Bean (aka Mat Bean or Turkish Gram) (Phaseolus aconitifolius) - small shiny brown seed, drought tolerant, used for sprouts
–Urud Dal (Vigna mungo) - looks like a small black adzuki bean, used in Indian cooking and curries
Seeds I am looking for:
–cool-looking/productive/tasty beans and peas of all sorts
–peas: “Duke of Albany,” “Gravedigger,” “Norli,” “Prussian Blue,” “Purple Passion,” any others with unusually colored/patterned pods/seeds that I don’t have already, Pisum fulvus
–common beans: “Bessie,” “Dillman’s Bush Cutshort,” “Dry Weather,” “Early Yellow Six Weeks,” “Gillenwater,” Ice/Crystal beans (whitish pods), “Iroquois Cornbread,” “Lloyd Cornett’s Big White Greasy,” “Purple Amazon,” “Purple Diamond,” “Purple Rain,” “Purple Rose,” “Sammy Bean,” “Staley’s Star,” “Uzice Speckled Wax,” “Williams Alabama Cutshort,” any nuñas.
–runner bean “Aeron Purple Star” and “Black Pod”
–soybean “Seneca”
–unusually-colored adzuki beans
–fava beans with patterned seed (other than spiral, which I have)
–Bambara groundnut Vigna subterranea
–Siberian peashrub Canagara arborescens
Seeds I have to trade:
Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
–^pole “Anasazi” (a.k.a. New Mexico Cave Bean) - dry, white and red splotches
–pole/twiner “Blooming Prairie” - dry; purple stems and pods; small bright purple and white seeds
–pole “Blue Coco” - snap or dry, productive, off-white seeds, wide purple pods; lovely purple stems, flowers, and veins
–pole “Blue Shackamaxon” - dry, extremely productive, delicious, shiny black seed, pods turn purple as they dry
–bush “Brown Beauty” - Australian snap
–pole “Cannelini” - big white seeds
–pole “Cherokee Trail of Tears” - snap or dry, purple pods, shiny black seeds
–bush “Cherokee Wax” - yellow snaps
–pole “Doyce Chambers Greasy Cut-shot” - Appalachian snap, white seeds (have lots)
–pole “Grandma Nellie’s Yellow Mushroom” - snap, long fleshy yellow pods, solid brown seed, supposed to taste mushroomy
–pole “Greasy Back” - Appalachian snap; white seeds
–pole “Herrenbohnli” - wee round seeds, pink drying to shiny pink-brown
–pole “Isla” - dry/shelly; from Chile; round dark red seeds
–bush “Indian Woman Yellow” - dry, very early, gold seed, meat-y flavor
–^pole “Jacob’s Cattle” - dry
–bush “Kishwaukee Yellow Wax” - yellow-podded snap
–pole “Lohrey’s Special” - dry/snap, large flattish seed tan with black stripes, long green pods, supposed to taste naturally salty
–pole “Mariazeller” - half white and half red & orange streaked, one of the prettiest
–bush “Mitla Black” - sold as a tepary but isn’t actually. dry, small solid black seeds
–pole “Mountain Pima Burro & Caballito” - dry, productive, early, brown seed with dark brown stripes and white splotches
–bush/weak pole “Mrociumere” - dry, beautiful bright lavender speckled seed (turns brown in storage)
–pole “Ojo de Cabra” - dry, good-sized fat seed, tan with brown stripes (have lots, older seed)
–bush/weak pole “Paint” - dry, seeds half gold & half white
–^bush “Painted Pony” - dry or snap, half brown and white like an appaloosa horse
–pole “Pink Tip Greasy” - Appalachian snap, white seeds (have lots)
–bush “Purple Queen” - purple snaps
–bush/twining “Red Peanut” (a.k.a. “Old Joe Clark” or “Pink Half-Runner") - snap, small red-brown seeds like a Spanish peanut, pods turn red as they ripen
–pole “Rose” - Appalachian-style stringed snap, very long and fleshy pods, delicious, dark purple frosted with buff
–bush/twining “Royalty Purple Podded” - stringless snap, purple pods & flowers, off-white seeds
–pole “Russian-East German Pea Bean” - dry, half-and-half dark red and white seeds
–^pole “Santa Maria Pinquitos” - dry, small pink seeds, haven’t grown this one yet but it’s one of my favorite for taste
–pole “Skunk” (a.k.a. Flagg or Chester) - shell/dry, productive, slightly flattened black-and-white seed
–^pole “Snow Cap” (a.k.a. Porcelain) - dry, large seed, half white and half brown with red speckles
–pole “Succotash” - dry, late, really unusual dark purple corn kernel-shaped seeds
–^pole “Swahili Grey” (a.k.a. Kijivu) - dry, purple & brown speckles
–short pole “Taos Red” - dry, bright red pods, early, red seeds with red speckles
–sprawler/bush “Tarahumara Burro & Caballito” - dry, early but day length-sensitive (does not flower until September but sets pods quickly when it does), seeds look the same as Mountain Pima B&C
–pole “Tarahumara Dark Purple” - dry, very purple seed, good yields
–sprawler/weak pole “Tarahumara Purple Ojos” - dry, early, productive, supposed to be red and orange striped but mine are all orange (varies with growing conditions)
–pole “Tennessee Greasy” - genetic mix with lots of variation in seed color and pod type/color (mostly pinto-like brown with black speckles)
–pole “Tiger’s Eye” (aka “Ojo de Tigre” or “Pepa de Zapallo") - elongated seed, bright orange with red stripes (have lots)
–pole “Trionfo Violetto” - snap, purple pods (have lots)
–pole “True Red Cranberry” - dry, large round dark red seed (older seed)
–bush “Woods Mountain Crazy Bean” - stringed snap, sturdy leafy plants, pods green or purple-streaked, seeds light with black streaks
–^bush “Zuni Shalako” (a.k.a. Raquel, Four Corners Gold, Zuni Gold) - dry, gold and white splotches
–and many others in limited quantities. If you’re a fellow bean enthusiast or looking for something in particular, just ask!
Tepary Beans (Phaseolus acutifolius)
–“Paiute Mixed” - short pole, productive, dry, seeds either dark brown, light golden brown, or speckled orangey brown
Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus)
Runner beans can be used for snaps, dry beans, or to attract hummingbirds.
–“Tarahuamra Tecomari” (a.k.a. Tekomari)- mix of colors and patterns, mostly grey frosted on pink or black
–“Tucomares Mixed” - originally Tucomares Chocolate but it’s been so crossed before it got to me that the all-brown “chocolate” ones are rare now! Mix of colors and patterns, mostly fine dense black speckles over pink or light brown
Lima Beans/Butterbeans (Phaseolus lunatus)
–“Colored Willow Leaf” - pole, mix of seed colors in solid or speckled, narrow “willow” leaves supposed to be drought resistant
–“Dixie Speckled Butterpea” - bush, small round seeds, light red speckled with dark red
–“Hopi Pole” - seeds either solid dark red, or bright orange with dark red speckles
Chickpeas/Garbanzo Beans (Cicer arietinum)
–“Magic Carpet” - bush, kabuli type, mix of seed colors: black, dark brown, golden brown, streaked
Cowpeas/Black-Eyed Peas (Vigna unguiculata)
–"Atchfalya Swamp”
–“Early Lady” - bush, small white seed
–“Tohono O’odham U’us Mu:n” - bush, black and white splotched seed, like a milk cow
Fava Beans (Vicia faba)
–“Crimson-flowered” - wine-red flowers, smallish green seeds
–a mix of “Guatemalan Purple” (dark purple seed) and “MC’s Best” (large green/brown seed). I planted them next to each other so they’re probably quite interbred, not sure what the offspring are like yet. (have lots)
–“Tarma Spiral” - light brown seed with black fingerprint-like markings. these may have come to me crossed; some of them turned out kind of purple… (have lots)
Peas (Pisum sativum)
–“Arbogast Sugar” - snow/soup?, pole, orange/brown-streaked seed, big wide green pods, despite the name not sweet
–“Blondie” - snap/shell, pale green pods, extra tendril-y, pale wrinkled seeds
–“Champion of England” - shell, tall pole, 7 peas per pod, tasty and prolific (have lots)
–“Clarke’s Beltony Blue” - soup (maybe snap?), purple pods with green seeds, short pole
–“Golden Sweet” - snow/soup?, pole, yellow pods and pink flowers, not sweet despite the name
–“Lancashire Lad” - soup, pole, purple pods with green seeds
–“Onward” - shell
–“Purple Pod Parsley” - snap, fat purple pods with green seeds, tendril-less (has little leaflets where the tendrils would be); doesn’t climb but needs staking to not be a messy pile
–“Tom Thumb” a.k.a. “Half Pint”- delicious fresh, very dwarf bush garden peas (under 8"), smooth green or tan dry seed
Miscellaneous Legumes
–adzuki bean “Murasaki” - the “red bean” in Asian food, these particular ones are dark purplish with black streaks. bush plants with green and purple pods
–^adzuki bean “Dainagon” - well-known large-seeded Hokkaido variety
–Moth Bean (aka Mat Bean or Turkish Gram) (Phaseolus aconitifolius) - small shiny brown seed, drought tolerant, used for sprouts
–Urud Dal (Vigna mungo) - looks like a small black adzuki bean, used in Indian cooking and curries
Seeds I am looking for:
–cool-looking/productive/tasty beans and peas of all sorts
–peas: “Duke of Albany,” “Gravedigger,” “Norli,” “Prussian Blue,” “Purple Passion,” any others with unusually colored/patterned pods/seeds that I don’t have already, Pisum fulvus
–common beans: “Bessie,” “Dillman’s Bush Cutshort,” “Dry Weather,” “Early Yellow Six Weeks,” “Gillenwater,” Ice/Crystal beans (whitish pods), “Iroquois Cornbread,” “Lloyd Cornett’s Big White Greasy,” “Purple Amazon,” “Purple Diamond,” “Purple Rain,” “Purple Rose,” “Sammy Bean,” “Staley’s Star,” “Uzice Speckled Wax,” “Williams Alabama Cutshort,” any nuñas.
–runner bean “Aeron Purple Star” and “Black Pod”
–soybean “Seneca”
–unusually-colored adzuki beans
–fava beans with patterned seed (other than spiral, which I have)
–Bambara groundnut Vigna subterranea
–Siberian peashrub Canagara arborescens
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