Refugee

60/snap, 8 days, 60 days to snaps, 85 dry. A.K.A Brown Speckled Valentine, Improved Refugee, Late Refugee, Late Prolific Refugee, Round Pod Refugee. Blossom pink. Pods green 3.5-4 x 1/4". Seeds are small rectangular light cream-tan with black speckles when harvested new. Plants are short viney very disease resistant Sold by the seedhouse of J.M. Thorburn & Company as early as 1822. The most popular of the green pod bush beans in the 1800s. So popular that it was widely grown well into the 20th century. QUE TR M '12