Candidate for the Perfect Bean
Tarahumara Purple Beans - Phaseolus vulgaris
This may qualify as my ideal bean. I'll know with a couple more years of growing. It seems well adapted to dry alkaline sandy soil and produces well even at the colder end of the season. I am still getting an abundant harvest of green beans in mid November from vines that continue to produce new growth and blossoms. Looks like it will keep on going right up to freeze. It produces abundantly while holding dry pods along with new vine growth and blossoms.
The green beans have a rich complex flavor and are easy to string.
Source for Seed - Native Seed SEARCH
High-yielding bean with gorgeous, large, shiny, deep-purple seeds. Sweet taste, smooth texture. Pole bean producing both white and lilac flowers. A collection from the high arid Mesa de Agostadero, Chihuahua - NS/S.
till next time,
Darrol - The Food Gardener
Las Cruces, New Mexico