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Bolita Bean

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Spanish settlers to the northern New Mexican region initially presented the Bolita Bean to North America.  After this introduction, the bean was incorporated into much of the American Indian food traditions in the Four Corners region.  With its high protein content and its general ease on the stomach, the Bolita Bean became an important crop bean, quickly becoming extensively cultivated throughout the American southwest.

The beans are deep, pinkish-beige—almost salmon in color—and boast a taste richer in flavor than the Pinto bean, to which it is often compared.  Unfortunately, because of this easy association, the Bolita Bean often looses out to the pinto bean in sales and cultivation.


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Sources

Schwebach Farm
PO Box 327
807 W. Martinez Road
Moriarty, NM 87035-0327
505-832-6171
http://www.schwebachfarm.com

Adobe Milling
PO Boc 596
Dove Creek, CO 81324
800-542-3623
http://www.anasazibeans.com/

Purcell Mountain Farms
http://www.purcellmountainfarms.com

Native Seeds/SEARCH
526 N. 4th Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705-8450
520-622-5561
http://www.nativeseeds.org

Victory Seed Company
PO Box 192
Molalla, OR 97038
http://www.victoryseeds.com


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