Bursa Gelin dry bean stole our hearts a few years back with its unique pink/purple coat with striped patterns, easy-to-grow bush growth habit and good yield. This is a Turkish bush variety from Bursa that thrived in our West Virginia field. Every dry bean enthusiast should taste this bean’s outstanding buttery flavor!
Gelin means “bride” in Turkish, and is used in villages as part of seed naming traditions to refer to seeds, in this case bean seeds, that are part of bridal gift packages in countryside. On the other hand, derogatory, misogynistic seed names such as L*zy Wife are also common in commercial seed catalogs, and we won’t offer such varieties in our catalog.
Our current seed stock for was grown by Lindsay Klaunig of Trouvaille Farm in Ohio.
Packet has min. 30 seeds
Commercially introduced by us
Phonetically pronounced:
- Phaseolus vulgaris
- Needs full sun
- Planting depth: 1/2-1″
- Sprouts in 7-10 days
- Ideal growing temperature: 70-80F
- Plant spacing: 4-6″
- Frost hardy: No
- Growth habit: Bush
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