Prefontaine

Bush/Dry. 110 days to first dry pods. Seems late but does produce it's seed crop within my frost free period in my hardiness zone 5 climate. Tall 24 inch plants. Holds it's seed coat color and pattern in our hot summer weather unlike Jacob's Cattle which will turn nearly all red. It has become my belief that bean varieties that show color or pattern changes when grown in different areas are soil sensitive. I have gotten pattern shifts from beans grown in different parts of the county where I live here in Illinois. Donated to the USDA in 1982 by Johnny's Selected Seeds in the days that Rob Johnston owned the business, but was never listed in any of Johnny's catalogs. Source: Stephen Smith, Guthrie, Kentucky '17