Chester

Dry pole bean from Vermont, with low yield in our too-dry too-hot climate. Dry pods slightly curved 5"x1/2"x3/8". Seeds 5/8x3/8x1/4", 40/ounce, black with white streaks and speckles and some wide white curving stripes, or sometimes mostly white with black over, with variable pattern in a single pod. Papery pods easy to shell. Named for Chester VT and probably prefers cooler weather and water. 115 days to ripe seed. 90% germination of 5 year old seed. 25 seeds from 2019 or 2021. See Haudenosaunee Skunk, identical, grown in 2022.