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Before Columbus, the Old World was familiar with numerous kinds of beans, but neither the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris,nor the lima bean, P. lunatus, was known. Their American origin is fixed by descriptions and references to finding them at many widely scattered points over the Americas about 1500 and soon after.
The word "bean," like the word "vegetable," is indefinite. It is used to refer to the seeds of many different kinds of plants.
The use of the expression "common bean" is in accord with the scientific name Phaseolus vulgaris, which means exactly that. It includes our dry, field varieties, such as Navy or Pea Bean, Red Kidney, Pinto, Great Northern, Marrow, and Yellow Eye. It also includes all our edible-podded garden beans called stringless or snap beans and formerly called string beans. (Some varieties are stringy.)
The English first used the name "kidney bean" in 1551 to distinguish our American common bean from Old World types.
In the South and some other parts of this country lima beans are commonly called "butter beans." In New England this colloquialism is sometimes used to refer to yellowpodded ("wax") varieties of snap beans.
Before the discovery of the New World, Europeans did have other bean species with various traditions associated with them. On 3 days of the year, the Roman head of the household went through a ritual ceremony of spitting beans out of his mouth to rid his home of evil spirits. This custom carried over to the Middle Ages, where spitting a mouthful of beans in a witch's face was considered to negate her powers. Perhaps beans were thought to be a potent deterrent against evil because as a seed they have stored within them the positive life force of all living and growing things.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAround 1912 my Great Grandfather, Manrique Rodriquez Gonzalez, developed the pinto bean in New Mexico while working for the US Government with patient experimentation and hours of hard work.
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∙ 13y agoThe pinto bean wasn't invented, but it was grown!
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What is Pinto bean in Tamil?
pinto bean
How much water does a pinto bean absorb?
Depends on the size of the pinto bean.
Which grows faster a pinto bean or a flower?
a pinto bean a pinto bean grows for about 2 months and a flower has to go through several months to become mature
Is the pinto bean a shelled bean?
Yes.
What does pinto bean called in Telugu?
pinto beans
Witch plant grows faster a lima bean or a pinto bean?
pinto bean grows way faster
Is there a pinto bean recipe that does not need a slow cooker?
yes. just look up pinto bean recipes online
Do you plant a pinto bean to grow more pinto beans?
Yes.
Where does a pinto bean come from?
Pinto beans and other beans such as kidney beans, navy beans and black beans are all known scientifically as Phaseolus vulgaris. They are all referred to as "common beans" probably owing to the fact that they derived from a common bean ancestor that originated in Peru.
If you put a pinto bean in the ground can you grow pinto beans?
Yes it will grow
How long do pinto beans take to germinate?
germination pinto bean plant
What is the density of a pinto bean?
0.4 grams
