Legumes

The Tozer Seed’s runner bean breeding programme is the most extensive anywhere in the world. We have created a new generation of varieties with improved pod set, smoother fleshier pods, reduced string and enhanced flavour.

Legumes - Runner & Helda Beans

  • White Flowered – Moonlight

    Runner bean Monnlight
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    The culmination of many years of breeding work, Moonlight is the earliest variety of a new line incorporating the genetics of climbing French bean types. This gives Moonlight all the flavour of a runner bean plus the potential for some self-pollination. The pods produced are very smooth and fleshy and approximately 25cm long.

  • White Flowered – White Emergo Snowy

    Runner Bean white flowered White Emergo Snowy
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    Our own reselected and improved stock of this universally grown, white flowered variety. The pods are 24 to 28cm in length, smoother and better quality than other selections on the market. It performs and yields very well under higher temperatures, making it a good variety to grow in Africa and in the ever increasing temperatures of the British summer.

  • Bi-colour – St George

    Bi-colour runner bean St George
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    A unique bi-colour variety. St George produces a prolific yield of 24 to 28 cm long pods which have been bred to pick easily and in a manner which lessens the potential for post-harvest disease.

  • White Flowered – White Lady

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    This is one of the best tasting runner beans available. White Lady gives a high yield of good quality 28 to 30cm long smooth pods, with little fibre and a good snap.

  • Pink Flowered – Celebration

    SEED AVAILABLE in 2024
    Salmon pink flowered runner bean Celebration not only looks attractive but is a very heavy cropping variety. With high quality pods of 25cm it is ideal for the pre-pack market.

  • Red Flowered – Aintree

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    Producing large yields of slender, smooth, straight pods of good colour, Aintree’s excellent flavour makes it a very popular variety. The pods are 25 to 28cm in length but can be longer if grown with high inputs. It sets well, even in higher temperatures.

  • Red Flowered – Firestorm

    Runner Bean Firestorm
    SEED AVAILABLE in 2024
    Our first red flowered runner bean variety produced as a result of our innovative cross between a runner bean and a French bean, Firestorm easily sets huge quantities of top quality 25cm pods.

  • Red Flowered – Polestar

    Runner Bean Polestar
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    The first red flowered stringless variety with bright green, smooth, fleshy pods, 25 to 28cm in length. Its excellent eating qualities make Polestar an ideal variety for market and farm shop work.