Climbing bean 'Schöne Von Richigen'
- Product number: 048313
- Origin: Switzerland
- Latin: Common bean
This old variety was discovered in the Emmental in the 1940s after a severe hailstorm had destroyed all bean seeds. While searching for remaining seeds, this variety was found in a trough. A foster daughter had brought the beans from Richigen near Worb (canton Bern) years earlier.
The seeds are dark purple to almost black in color. It is a late variety that can grow up to 2.5 to 4 meters high. The fresh, very tasty, flat beans (mostly stringless!) have a short cooking time. Due to their special black color, they are also very suitable as dried beans, having a light aroma with a wonderfully soft texture.
Don't forget to enjoy the pinkish-red to lilac blossoms!
(Photos: Pro Specie Rara www.prospecierara.ch)
Names:
- Latin: Phaseolus vulgaris
- Dutch: Stokslabonen 'Schöne von Richigen'
- Also known as: Climbing Princess Beans
- English: Snapbean - Pole
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- Flower colour: Rose-red, Lilac, Purple
- Origin: Switzerland
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Common bean
- Dutch: Bush beans 'Schöne von Richigen'
- Also known as: Climbing French Beans
- English: Pole bean
