Dry Bean, Beef-Bush Black Resilient
Rich-tasting, high-yielding dry beans that not only taste great, but are meant to produce a good crop of food no matter how difficult the conditions. Selected out of Beefy Resilient Grex for earlier maturity and a higher proportion of fully-bush plants. Cooks quickly, with delicious meaty, beefy flavor. Easy to thresh. OSSI-pledged open-source variety, grown for us by breeder Carol Deppe. Here is her description:
"Beefy Black Resilient and Beefy Resilient Grex seeds look very similar in terms of the colors and distribution of colors of the seeds. The Grex is a bit later, has a bit higher yield, and is much more variable in plant type and maturity date. It's the ideal material to use for breeding new beans adapted to various climates and conditions.
The Beefy Black Resilient is a selection from the grex for a bit earlier maturity and a higher percent of bush types. I originally intended for the beefy black to be nearly all black, and early photos reflect that. I found out, though, that both genetic purity for black color and/or for pure bush type really cut the yield. So I ended up settling for a variety with the color proportions much like that of the grex. But earlier, more compact plants. And they can be picked in one or two harvests instead of maturing over a period of a month or more."
If you are not familiar with Carol's gardening books, treat yourself--almost every page has some acutely-observed and super-practical tip for gardening in the real world.