German Corn

Pole/dry. Cooked beans taste sweet and nutty with a smooth and meaty texture. Pink flowers. Bright green pods measure 3.3-4.6" long and 0.5-0.7" wide. Mature pods are yellow with a dark pink dash pattern. Cranberry type. 4 large seeds per pod. Member Dorothy Beiswenger (MN BE D) shared this variety of bean with SSE in the early 1980s. At that time she indicated it had come from Germany more than 100 years ago (SSE estimates pre-1880). SSE Accession # 101836