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Hensaplenty · January 2, 2019

I'm not sure why they are called Fall/October beans. I do know they were grown in the southern Appalachian region. I grew up in western NC and my father grew them. We ate them shelled and cooked like a pinto bean. Delicious! The ones he grew were cream colored with red specks, but turned brown when cooked. Perhaps they are called fall beans because by the time the pods dried on the vines, and it was time to shell them, it was nearing autumn.

January 2, 2019	#4
Hensaplenty Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 120	I'm not sure why they are called Fall/October beans. I do know they were grown in the southern Appalachian region. I grew up in western NC and my father grew them. We ate them shelled and cooked like a pinto bean. Delicious! The ones he grew were cream colored with red specks, but turned brown when cooked. Perhaps they are called fall beans because by the time the pods dried on the vines, and it was time to shell them, it was nearing autumn.