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Anna Refiar Bean

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VEGETABLES / COWPEA
Small, oval, cream-colored beans. Each peduncle bears 2-4 pods in the upper leaf canopy. Pods are solid green and upright. Pods measure 4-5" long and contain 10-15 seeds. Flowers are pale violet. Plants are strongly sprawling. Moderately productive when grown in 2016 at Heritage Farm. Medium to long season. Donated to SSE in the 1990s by Audrey Seyb of Donnellson, IA who received this variety from Anna Refiar, also of Donnellson. Audrey said it's used for soup and that it's the only bean which Anna or her parents ever raised. SSE Accession # 119389
SSE Accession: 119389
$4
Listed In: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
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Iowa
USDA Hardiness: 4b
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