Bean, Tongue-of-Fire packet of 10 seeds, organic

Family: Legume (Fabaceae)

Annual, 70 days to edible beans

(Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco, Shell Bean, Bird’s Egg Type)  Heirloom originally from Italy.  These are a compact, bush-type bean grown for fresh use (the very tasty beans shelled from the pod) or  as a dried bean.  The showy pods are mottled with crimson, and the beans themselves are cream with red markations. Direct seed in the garden in the early summer after the soil has warmed.  Beans like full sun and regular watering.  Thin to 6 inches apart.

7 seeds/pkt., Certified Organically Grown