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dixie butter shelling beans

Fruits & vegetables; Beans and peas

A shelling bean is any bean that is grown primarily for the edible seed inside. Most often the pod is not eaten, because it is tough and stringy (unlike snap beans, which are eaten for the pod, with ...

dragon tongue beans

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Dragon tongue beans, AKA Dragon Langerie, maintain their designation as a fresh picking bean simply through the Germanic translation of bean: a legume picked when young. Bean also refers to the ...

fava beans

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Fava beans, botanical name Vicia faba, are also know as broad beans, field beans and Windsor beans. They are a hardy perennial grown as an annual and often used during crop rotation and specifically ...

flageolet shelling beans

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Known as the “caviar of beans,” the Flageolet bean is a member of the Fabaraceae family and from the Phaseolus vulgaris genus. The heirloom variety (Chevrier Vert) is only available from a few select ...

French beans

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French beans are a member of the Fabaceae family along with the common bean, pulses and peas. They are specifically bred and cultivated for their pods versus their seeds. This designates them as a ...

fresh garbanzo beans

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Encased in a light colored paper-like shell, fresh garbanzo beans, also called chickpeas, offer a delectable trace of sweetness and a wonderful tender texture. Not yet crinkly in this early stage of ...

green romano beans

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Romano beans are a flat snap type pole bean variety that should not be confused with Borlotti AKA Roman beans which are an Italian shelling bean variety. Romano beans can be green, purple or yellow ...