Bean Runner Holy Climbing

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These are unusual and attractive creamy rounded beans with a distinctive black marking. They are a dried bean that have a short cooking time without soaking. They have a pleasant, slightly smoky flavour. 

One story puts their origin in France. A French priest buried his church relics in the garden during the first World War, to protect them. He then planted white beans over them. When the beans were ripe for picking and being shelled the pastor discovered pictures of a monstrance on the beans. At the Heritage Seed Library in Coventry, England, they call these the ‘Angel Bean’, which were traditionally eaten at Christmas. Their story is that this is an old German variety, and they would harvest the pods and store them until Christmas time. Then they would pod out the seeds to reveal, with a little bit of imagination, a little angel on each of the seeds. 

Profits from the sale of this product are paid to the Heritage Food Crops Charitable Trust. Seed is not commercially produced but is grown and collected by the trust. Every attempt to provide quality seed has been made, however no guarantee is given for germination, and no refunds or replacements will be given. Seed is limited and purchase is seen as a donation to the trust to support their ongoing work.