Thanksgiving Bean for Succotash (Phaseolus vulgaris) : A rare and ancient cultivar from the Narragansett Indian tribe of Rhode Island. The shape and size of the seeds strongly resemble corn; together with corn, it is used in a particular dish called succotash , the iconic indigenous dish of corn and beans cooked in fat, which historians believe was served at the first Thanksgiving. It is cold-hardy. It has a climbing habit. Beautiful, rare, and of culinary and historical interest.
