Bean, Pole Dry, 'San Bernardo Blue'

We consider ourselves true connoisseurs when it comes to appreciating the beauty of dry beans, and I have to say, I have never been quite so mesmerized by a bean as I was cracking open pods of San Bernardo Blue the first summer we grew it. Originally collected in a village of the same name in Northern Italy, our stock seed came to us from our friends at the Experimental Farm Network. Tall, vigorous and productive climbing vines hang heavy with pods. The stunning blue color of the seed coat is unlike any we've seen and is apparently sensitive to the temperature it matures at: slate blue-grey in hotter temperatures, rich deep cobalt in our cooler PNW harvest time. Like all beans the color changes over time in storage as the pigments oxidize. While on the later side of maturity for our far northern location, we haven't had any trouble successfully harvesting them at our home farm.
Sometimes known elsewhere as "Nonna Agnes blue bean" we, along with EFN, collectively decided to rename it from the arbitrary name given (it has no real connection to anyone by that name) to one that reflects its place of origin.
110 days. UO

Packet: 15 beans