Identifying a bean

[Dipsey]

Trying to figure out what kind of bean this is. Was given to me with no name just "a pole bean that doesn't pole to much" soooo. Hoping maybe somebody might have them or knows what they are long shot I know.

 

[Acre4Me]

It’s not one of the more common ones for dried beans. For years I’ve grown dried beans, mostly pole beans. My bean towers are 10 ft tall, and generally, all the dried beans I grow reach that tall.

At first I thought the ones in pic might be “painted pony”, but that is not it. I grew some “nightfall” beans, which look similar too- they come in a couple colors.

I have had bush beans that grow a top similar to what a pole bean grows - it looks like it will climb, but it doesn’t get much taller. So, it might be that your pole bean that “doesn’t pole too much” is classed as a bush bean.

do you know any history of these beans? A family heirloom kind of bean?

 

[Dipsey]

It’s not one of the more common ones for dried beans. For years I’ve grown dried beans, mostly pole beans. My bean towers are 10 ft tall, and generally, all the dried beans I grow reach that tall.

At first I thought the ones in pic might be “painted pony”, but that is not it. I grew some “nightfall” beans, which look similar too- they come in a couple colors.

I have had bush beans that grow a top similar to what a pole bean grows - it looks like it will climb, but it doesn’t get much taller. So, it might be that your pole bean that “doesn’t pole too much” is classed as a bush bean.

do you know any history of these beans? A family heirloom kind of bean?

The person I got it from his cousin gave it to him. The beans were growing up an old historic house at some civil war reenactment they went to. I guess the blooms smelt really good and they took a few dried pods to have their own. That's all I know of them. I planted a few in a deep pot to see what they will do for fun. I know some beans are edible and some are not. I'm crossing my fingers hoping someone knows what they are.