2016 Little Easy Bean Network - Gardeners Keeping Heirloom Beans From Extinction

[aftermidnight]

Not one of Russ's but another wax pole that was a good grower for me is one given to me by a GW member. 'John's Polish Purple Pole Bean' I just grew for seed a couple of years ago so haven't had a taste yet. @PhilaGardener here's the pictures I couldn't post on the other forum, can't just drag and drop there, they disappeared out of my message when I hit submit.
The seed Keith sent me


The seed I harvested, slightly different color, possibly from growing conditions, different soil?


The same seed taken with a flash, not the best pic but the purple shows through


Next time I grow them I hope the seed is the nice purple in the first pic.

Annette

 

[Blue-Jay]

@Bluejay77 A few pics of the other #45's, taken with a flash with the exception of the second one to show the subtle differences in the seed coat colors, not much different to the seed I planted, all bush or twining bush and mostly produced yellow pods with the exception of one, I was laid up for awhile so my record keeping hit the skids.

Neat stuff. You got quite a variation out of the #45's.

 

[Blue-Jay]

John's Polish Purple is very pretty. Kind of reminds me of Lilaschke which is another wax poded bean.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I mailed the four packages today. Expected delivery Thursday.

 

[Blue-Jay]

The Big Bean Show - Day #5​

In 2014 I had requested three bean varieties from a professor Jürgen Klapprott in Germany. Red Cattle, Black Cattle, and Angel Cattle. He was so kind to send them and trust someone so far away with his beans. I sent back fresh seed of two of those varieties, but one of them (Angel Cattle) I was not happy with how the seeds looked at the time and felt I could grow better seeds. The professor told me the beans came from the south of France and they were the product of outcrosses so they could still be segregating. This year I got a very nice Angel Cattle crop. Plus two other seed coat types.

The professor will be receiving some new Angel Cattle seeds this year.

The photo on top in the Angel Cattle. Angel Cattle is a bush bean. The next photo is a bush segergation from Angel Cattle, and so is the third photo but that one is a semi runner.

Photo #1 - "Angel Cattle" - Bush

Photo #2 - Angel Cattle Segregation - Bush

Photo #3 - Angel Cattle Segregation - Semi Runner

 

[Ridgerunner]

They are all pretty but that semi-runner is gorgeous.

 

[aftermidnight]

Ditto what Ridge said .

Annette

 

[journey11]

@journey11,

Wow ! pretty Blue Jay seeds. Next year in 2017 Blue Jay turns 40. I can't remember if Blue Jays pods do a lot of that turning purple. I think some of them might. I haven't grown Blue Jay in two years. Last year the deer ate everything in my big bean plot. All your seeds drying on paper plates remind me of me. Looks like you got some nice seed. How was your weather during the time the beans were drying? I was lucky here. It's was dry for quite a while. Even when it rained it wasn't much. Two nights ago it got down to 29 degrees. It zapped quite a lot of plants, but some stuff is still ok. Monday it's supposed to be 80 degrees here.

I turn 40 next year too. So that I'll remember.

Spring through July we had lots of rain, very consistently, such that I never had to water the garden. August and September were very hot and dry, topping out around 90 most days. That worked out well for ripening most of the bean pods this summer.

We've not had a frost yet and may not get it until early November judging by the current forecast. This was sheer luck for me, as most of my limas are coming in late and were planted a bit late.

@Ridgerunner -- Wow, what a variety you got! My seed samples were small, so I had less going on than you did. Only 2 segregations each on #47 and #48. #49 was only one plant, so no surprises there. Your Karachaganak is quite a handsome bean!

 

[journey11]

@Bluejay77 A few pics of the other #45's, taken with a flash with the exception of the second one to show the subtle differences in the seed coat colors, not much different to the seed I planted, all bush or twining bush and mostly produced yellow pods with the exception of one, I was laid up for awhile so my record keeping hit the skids.
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Annette

That next to last one is so blue! It looks like lapis lazuli, a semi-precious gemstone.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Hi @aftermidnight,

Your post #418 was dated October 11th. That's the day you mailed the bean package and today it was in my mailbox. That was very, very fast. I think because of the import label it was never opened or was even sent to the examing station in San Fransico. Just made a bee line right for my house. Thank you so very much. You do such a great job of growing the beans. What a neat package of beans. Got a lot of grow out planning to do for next year for sure.