Makes the best black bean soup this side of Jamaica. This variety is used a lot in Latin American and Caribbean cuisines – makes a nice addition to homemade salsas and is a delicious variety for black beans and rice topped with guacamole. Young pods are crisp and tender as snap beans when picked real early, but this is mainly a shell bean. Vigorous, bush-type plants set a heavy load of pods with 7 to 8 beans per pod. 85 days.
Growing Zone: 3 to 9
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Own Root