Folsom Indian Ruin Runner, Bean

Heirloom Pole Bean | Qty: 1 oz. | 100 Days to Dry

Folsom Indian Ruin Want the biggest beans in the neighborhood?  You can’t go wrong with these ancient pole beans from New Mexico.  I was gifted a few of these huge, fat white beans by a Folsom, NM rancher who’d found a pot full of them, buried in the sand next to an ancient Indian ruin in his cattle pasture.  They carbon dated over 1,500 years and when planted, they actually grew!  These runner beans are hugely productive, and the white blossoms attract pollinators all summer.  The taste of the cooked beans is average, but we just love them and their history.

- Jackie Clay Atkinson