Bean Varieties

Cranberry Beans

This is another bean I like to dry and save for a winter day.

Features:

1) This cranberry bean is produced on bush plants that reaches up to 2 feet tall.  This type of bean also come in a pole or vining bean version too.

2) The beans are speckled with cranberry and tan colors.

3) The blooms have a light purple or cranberry tint.

4) The pod are usually 7 inches long.

 

Cranberry Bean Bloom

5) Typically these beans are grown for shell or dry beans.  Just like the pinto beans, my preference is to grow them for dry beans.

6) Cranberry plants should be spaced between 4 and 6 inches apart.

7) These plants mature between 75 and 90 days.

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