Haricots soissons biography death

Soissons White beans are large and have been cultivated in the Aisne Department of France since the 18th century.

Le haricot de Soissons est bien plus qu’un simple produit agricole: il porte en lui une mémoire collective.

This bean is particular thanks to its thin skin and its way of growing: this staked plant grows on nets or poles. This production was drastically reduced there were about seven producers in , of whom only four were still under retirement age. In a re-launch of the production was planned: 38 new producers joined this venture to start, and by the s their number reached The plots on which the beans grow are quite small: raging from one to ten hectares, for total annual production of 13 tons of beans.

The beans are sold dry, but today also ready-to-eat. Soissons White beans must compete on the local market with Polish White beans, which are very similar. Nord-Pas de Calais-Picardie.

While the place of his death is unknown, he was buried at Saint-Quentin in Aisne (the capital of the county of Vermandois).

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