Dry beans, pole bean 'Hemelvaartboontje'
- Product number: 045255
- Origin: Central America
- Latin: Phaseolus vulgaris
This beautiful, climbing drying bean has been known in Australia for at least 100 years and is very popular there due to its taste and production. After several test years, the variety also appears to be a great success in the Netherlands. Everyone's imagination is stimulated by such speckled beans. Many see the Ascension symbolized in them: a person (Mary or Jesus) almost disappearing behind a dark cloud. Tradition has it that the beans are sown on Ascension Day and first harvested on the Assumption of Mary (August 15).
Others see a dark hill with farm figures: a stable, a cow or a horse, the farmer, etc. The beans can be harvested fresh as green beans. Later, the ripe beans develop, which can be harvested, dried, and stored sealed for years.
Dry beans are harvested in different ways. Some varieties are edible with the entire pod, others can only be eaten fresh or (matured) dry. Tip for storing dry beans: to prevent the hatching of any bean fly eggs, place the well-dried beans in the freezer for 24 hours.
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Latin: Phaseolus vulgaris
Dutch: Dry Shelling Beans, Climbing 'Hemelvaartboontje'
Also known as: 'Boerderijboontje' / 'Nofaceboontje'
English: Dry Shelling Beans
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- Flower colour: White flowers, sometimes with a touch of purple
- Origin: Central America
- 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: Phaseolus vulgaris
- Dutch: Dried beans, Pole 'Ascension bean'
- Also known as: 'Farm Bean' / 'No-face Bean'
- English: Dry Shelling Beans
