SPICA (Alpha Virginis). Spica, the luminary of Virgo, becomes prominent in the southeast in northern spring evenings, and can easily be found by following the curve of the Big Dipper's handle through Arcturus and then on down.
great Northern bean. A large white bean that resembles the lima bean in shape but that has a delicate, distinctive flavor. Great Northern beans are grown in the Midwest and are generally available dried. As with other dried beans, they must be soaked before cooking. They're particularly popular in baked bean dishes and can be substituted for any white beans in most recipes. See also beans.
The Big Bean Varieties. The Maragogipe variety, a mutant of Typica first found growing near the town of Maragogipe in Brazil, is the granddaddy of all big-beaned Arabica varieties. Maragogipe produces disconcertingly gigantic beans, sometimes (misleadingly) called elephant beans.he Ancient Stand-By Bourbons. Although the heirloom Bourbon variety as it has naturalized in Latin America tends to produce roundish rather than oval beans, it is difficult to consistently confirm a coffee as a Bourbon purely by looking at bean size and shape.