Paiute Gold

2022 & 2023 seeds available only. VERY productive & laughed at the 2023 drought. Isolated from other tepary beans by ~20 feet, let me know if you notice crossing with 'Kickapoo Tepary,' a white variety. Description from High Desert Seed+Gardens: "Small, flat beans vary in color from mustard to brick with 5-7 beans per pod on productive, low, half-runner plants. Tasty and fast cooking for a tepary bean, harvest the self-jettisoning seeds promptly. Has a rich nutty flavor and can be used like any soup bean because the retain their shape. This variety originates from the Southern Paiute, specifically the Shivwits band. It’s drought and salt tolerant. It grows in clay soils and does not tolerate wet conditions (though this particular strain seems to perform the best of the others we have tried under standard irrigation conditions). Original stock from Native Seed Search."