Borovtsi

Bush. Dry or snap bean. Great flavor and texture as a snap and dry bean. Highly branched, bushy plants measure 1.5-1.8' tall. Dark pink flowers. Immature pods are green, wide, short, and flat. Mature pods almost white with a light purple stripe-dash pattern. Fully expanded green pods measure 3.6-4.7" long and 0.6-0.8" wide. 2-5 seeds per pod. Beautiful purple-black plump seeds. Early-mid season maturity. Moderately low productivity when grown on Heritage Farm in 2018. Jim Tjepkema (MN TJ J) received this variety in 1994 while visiting Bulgaria. He has grown and saved seed from it for over 20 years. The beans were given to him by a friend of a friend in Borovtsi, Bulgaria named Ms. Tsetska Ivanova. SSE Accession # 105279