Minnesota Beauty

Minnesota Beauty is a bush dry bean variety that requires about 104 days to produce its first dry pods, making it slightly later than other early bush varieties. Characterized by large, non-running plants with very dark foliage, it demonstrates impressive productivity; for instance, 10 plants can yield nearly one pound of seed in when grown here northern Illinois. This bean was developed in my gardens from genetic material that was sourced from Ron Thuma of Hartford, Kansas, who obtained it from beans that Robert Lobitz of Paynesville, Minnesota, had not yet worked with. This bean was named by me to honor Robert's work with beans.