Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste. Bill Best
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Mountain City Whitehull—One of the most unusual beans in my collection is the Mountain City Whitehull, which comes from upper East Tennessee. The pods measure from five to six inches in length, and the well-filled-out pods are white with a hint of light yellow. The seeds are white and range from medium to large. This is the first white-hull bean that I have been able to find, although a good number of varieties were once available.
Old Time Golden Stick—Collected in Fentress County, Tennessee, in 1994, the Golden Stick Bean is an excellent all-purpose variety that matures early in the growing season. This bean very much resembles the white half-runner and makes a good substitute for it. At full maturity the seeds are golden tan.
Pink Tip Pole Bean—Pink tip beans have long been popular in upper East Tennessee. This variety is a heavy producer of five-inch-long beans that are an off-yellow to white color fading to a pink hue at their tips, and finally turning to a pink-purple at full maturity. The seeds are dark tan. My seed stock came from Unicoi County, Tennessee.
Red Goose Pole Bean—The Red Goose Bean is a heavy producer of six- to seven-inch pods that are well filled out at maturity. When the beans are nearing full maturity, the pods fade to a pinkish-violet hue. The seeds are dark red and elongated in shape.
Pumpkin Bean-Pole Variety—The Pumpkin Bean produces large pods that are from six to eight inches in length. Two or three of these and you have a plate full! The large elongated light tan seeds are quite large and have a wonderful flavor when the green beans are cooked after the pods have matured.
Butter Beans
People often ask, What is the difference between butter beans and limas? The answer is, They’re all limas. Outside of the South, when the term lima is used, it generally refers to the green limas and in some cases the large and small white varieties. Here in the Southland it is the speckled limas that are referred to as butter beans, with Florida Speckled and Jackson Wonder being two good examples. Although butter beans are grown to some extent in East Tennessee, they are not nearly as common as they are in the Deep South, where no large garden would be complete without them.
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