Dwarf Shield

Semi Runner Dry. Said to be 90 days to first dry pods but was 82 days when grown here. This variety dried down it's entire set of pods in 23 days. The bean will develop yellow pods during it's growing season although it is not a wax variety. An original bean named and introduced by Robert Lobitz through the Seed Savers Exchange yearbook in 1999. I'm sure it was named as the color pattern resembles the American indian variety the Hidatsa Shield Bean except the beans are about half the size. Source: ME BI H via Rosey Guest, Jefferson, Maine 2018.