Soldier Pole, Lillibridge Strain

Beautiful dry bean. Plump, white seeds with dark brown eye (solider pattern). Delicious flavor, smooth and creamy texture. Retains its pattern even after cooking. 5-7 seeds per pod. Pods 4.5-5.5" long. Strongly climbing plants. Not well adapted to northeast Iowa. Needs a longer season (latest maturing of 50+ beans grown in 2020). From the late Henry Lillibridge (RI LI H) who shared this variety in the 2001 and 2002 SSE Yearbook Exchange. At that time, Henry wrote he had grown this bean for about 20 years. SSE Accession # 105379