Bean, Bush: Vermont Cranberry

New England shelling beans date back to the 1700s. Unmatched for quality, reliability, and hardiness. Perhaps the most attractive of all dried beans. Sweet, succulent beans can be used fresh (60 days) or dried (85 days). Brightly colored, red-mottled, 6-in. long pods cover vigorous, upright, bush-type plants. Pods open easily and yield 5 to 6 medium-sized, oval beans, light cranberry-colored and mottled with dark burgundy.