The Three Sisters are the three main agricultural crops of various Indigenous peoples of North America: winter squash, maize ("corn"), and climbing beans (typically tepary beans or common beans).
Originating in Mesoamerica, these three crops were carried northward, up the river valleys over generations, far afield to the Mandan and Iroquois who, among others, used these Three Sisters for food and trade.
In a technique known as companion planting, maize (Zea mays), beans (Phaseolus and Vicia sp...
