Mayflower Bean

Seed Count: Approx. 20 Seeds Days to Maturity: 100 Pole variety, Snap/Dry Bean Description:  Legend has it that these beans originally came over to America on the Mayflower.  The Mayflower Bean is a pole bean that produces "cut-short" beans.  Cut-short beans are a type of bean where the seeds outgrow the hulls, so the developing seeds push against each another making them appear square, rectangular, or have flattened sides.  Mayflower Beans are a beautiful creamy color, with dark-red speckles that look spray painted on the edges.  Use the young beans as a snap string bean or you can use them as a beautiful dry bean.  Mayflower beans, also known as the Amish Knuttle, are prized for their delicious flavor despite the strings. How To Grow Sowing:  Sow in average soil, in a sunny location, after the soil has warmed, as seeds may rot in cooler soils. Sow seeds 3 inches apart, in rows 24 inches apart, and cover with 1-2 inches of soil.  For a continuous crop sow new seeds every two weeks.  S