 | Refugee Bean Seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris cv.). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.The Refugee Bean may be synonymous with the "Switzerland gray" bean Thomas Jefferson sent home from Paris in 1786. Refugee, a snap bean named for the French Huguenots who introduced it into general cultivation, was sold by American seedsmen as early as 1822. Refugee became one of the most widely grown of the green-podded beans well into the 20th -century. The plants exhibit a dwarf habit of short internodes and prolific fruiting close to the main... - Refugee Bean Seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris cv.). |
