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Seeds that are from here, grown by Indigenous seed savers and gardeners. Seeds that are from here, turtle island and have been shared with Teprine from Le Noyau seeds
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Red Mohawk Corn
$4.00Red Mohawk Corn
$4.00Mohawk Red can be used as a flour corn in soups, casseroles and cereal. This is a corn gifted to me from Uncle Bear Gilles who is Innu and living in Québec.
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Seneca Flint corn
$4.00Seneca Flint corn
$4.00Seneca Flint can be used as a flour corn in soups, casseroles and cereal. Seneca Flint was grown for over 40 years by Stephen McComber who is a Mohawk seed saver, longhouse faithkeeper and avid gardener from Kahnawake.
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Extremely productive climbing dry bean, this beige and deep red speckled seed is a delight in the on your plate. Small seed that is very tasty and versatile for the recipes in the kitchen that will not disappoint any gardener willing to try a new bean in their garden. Seeds given to me by Stephen McComber Mohawk Seed saver from Kahnawake.
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Growing to 6 feet/2 metres this pole bean is a dependable producer of large, heavy, round, deep red beans that look like a ripe cranberry and have a rich full-bodied flavour. They go really well in baked beans and are a staple in Maine baked bean recipes. This is a disputed bean as many Indigenous communities claim it to be originally from their villages. I received this bean from Fred Wiseman, Abenaki from Vermont and so rightfully named it Vermont Abenaki Cranberry bean.
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Haricots Black Nightfall
$4.00Haricots Black Nightfall
$4.00These heavily productive vines will need support, but your harvest will be worth it. ALOT of snacking beans as well as a generous amount of dried beans made this bean a winner in our gardens this year. Growing up to 5-7′ the 5″ pods that house 4-6 beans each. I got this variety from Rebecca Ivanoff at a seed swap in London Ontario at a EFAO conference. -
Also known as Cherokee Black, the variety is good as both a snap and a dry bean; when mature, the greenish-purple 6” pods encase shiny jet-black seeds. This bean was shared with Seed Savers Exchange by the late Dr. John Wyche of Hugo, Oklahoma. His Cherokee ancestors carried this bean over the Trail of Tears, the infamous winter death march from the Smoky Mountains to Oklahoma (1838-39) that left a trail of 4,000 graves. Pole
(source : Seed savers exchange)
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Dolloff Beans
$4.00Dolloff Beans
$4.00These beans are cute, almost lima shaped beans that need a trellis to grow or they will crawl all over the ground. The pods are large with 5-6 beans inside. They take the whole season to grow but will provide you with an abundance of seeds when fully grown. Abenaki heritage bean from Vermont, this bean is perfectly suited for Quebec as long as you get it in the ground in early May.
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Iroquois Cornbread Beans
$4.00Iroquois Cornbread Beans
$4.00A great cornbread bean that grows very easily, a bush bean but can be semi vining, looking for something to hold to. Alot of pods on the plant, so much so that they get heavy and can fall down. I had to stake them to ensure that they did not fall over. These beans go well in salads, chili and soup. Very versatile and tasty, creamier than a kidney bean.
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Kahnawake Pole beans
$4.00Kahnawake Pole beans
$4.00A delicious pole bean from Kahnawake. What makes this bean so amazing is that it can be eaten off the vine all season long, even as the seeds are swelling in the pod. It is also very tasty when it is a dried bean.
These beans will climb and climb if given the trellis to do so. Great to cover a wall!
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Originally from Chile and Argentina this bean produced really well in Southern Quebec. Rich tasting and about the size of a kidney bean, they are such a beauty to look at.
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Soisson Green pole bean
$4.00Soisson Green pole bean
$4.00A very productive vine that reached the top of my 6′ trellis and fell over the other side as well. A French heirloom that are delicious in Cassoulet meals – slow cooked meals.
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Tene Beans
$4.00Tene Beans
$4.00An old heirloom Marrowfat type bean that has been grown by the Locke Family of Grand Manan, NB for 3 generations. The large white oval seeds are excellent for baking with wonderful flavor.