2017 Little Easy Bean Network – Everything Beans, Post It Here & Join The Fun

[VA_LongBean]

I finally decided I would have enough time to grow some beans this year. While I am not growing anything for the network, some of these seeds needed to be renewed or grown for the first time.

Chinese Long Beans:
Jim Su - very old seed. I have a few pounds of it saved across many years.
Red Noodle - Last grown about 5 years ago. Several came up white.

Cowpeas:
Ozark Razorback
Iberia brand blackeyed pea - Got these in the store in 2015, but didn't grow out. coat and eye color looked different from what I'm used to.
Unknown brown crowder - volunteers come up in the garden every year.

Lima Beans:
Aunt Violet's Speckled Lima - saved a couple of pounds of seed in 2015.
Jackson Wonder - heavily crossed up seed, but interesting to grow out.

Pole Beans:
Headrick Greasy Cutshort
Rattlesnake
Brown Seeded Kentucky Wonder

All of them are up and growing and, aside from four I crushed while putting up fencing tonight, are all doing well.

 

[Ridgerunner]

This is on my Miss T #6 plant. It seems about everywhere I get blooms I get a yellow next to a blush pink/white bloom. They seem to be mostly in pairs, a yellow with a pink. Does this happen often where you get two distinctly different colors of flowers on the same plant?

 

[Ridgerunner]

This forum just won't behave this morning. I'm having problems putting two different photos in the same post. Anyway, it appears both the yellow and the blush/white flowers are making pods.

 

[reedy]

I'v been growing beans for time measured in decades rather than years but it never occurred to me that I could grow just a few of several kinds to make it more fun. You really only need a few, specially of pole beans to see how you like em and how they do.

I always thought you had to grow a minimum of a ten foot row of any particular kind, old habits do die hard I suppose. I end up with seeds getting very old and often never finding out what my crosses would turn in to. I'm gonna dig deep in the seed freezer next year!

 

[sea-kangaroo]

This is on my Miss T #6 plant. It seems about everywhere I get blooms I get a yellow next to a blush pink/white bloom. They seem to be mostly in pairs, a yellow with a pink. Does this happen often where you get two distinctly different colors of flowers on the same plant?

Yep, happens very often! If you take a close look you'll see that nearly all beans have flowers that change color as they age. So for example it's pretty common that the buds and young flowers may be yellow, the fully-open flowers white, and the old, shriveling flowers pink. I tried to be really assiduous about photo documentation in my bean patch last year and noticed this in nearly every variety.

 

[Ridgerunner]

That would explain some of my troubles last year in trying to keep the flowers straight. I had several that were "supposed" to be bush but actually grew pole, you get that with the outcrosses, so I had them planted too close together. I couldn't keep them separated, that's a lesson I learned for this year. I should be able to keep close track this year and see it for myself. Thanks.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Some of the bean mail limas that I got this spring. Some of these are pretty neat looking beans. Thought you all might like to see these. I think I have all these planted.


Empress


Genesis


Pink Standard


Rosie Claire


Snowstorm


Sons Of Thunder

 

[Zeedman]

Those limas are interesting. I'll be looking forward to your observations.

 

[baymule]

Those limas are beautiful.

 

[Blue-Jay]

These are all the beans I planted this year. A fun list to look through. Will have photos of their seeds after harvest in the autumn. Approximately 224 of them. About 15 them never came up. Will try those again next year. Number of plants that came up in these beans are anywhere from One to as many as 20.

Angel Eye.......... New 2016 outcross from my garden named ........................by Guy Dirix of the Belgium
Canoe................Robert Lobitz Original variety
Dazzle................ New 2016 outcross from my garden
Maine Bean.......... From Mandy's Greenhouse in Canada
Pink Panther......... From Austria
Noir Ecosse De Chevilly....... From Gardener in Canada
Purple Stardust........ Robert Lobitz Original
Rustproof Golden Wax..( Guy Dirix )
Blue Jay................Russ Crow original from 1977
WB-PKT #22........... Now Named Pecatonica from 2015
Pink Eye Soldier
Kay Snap...............New outcross from my garden 2016
Prefontaine............ From Stephen Smith Guthurie, Ky
Early Stearns............Robert Lobitz Original bean
Arnold....................Robert Lobitz Original bean
White Amish.............Outcross from my garden 2014
Marengo..................Outcross from my garden 2014
Mazeppa.................Robert Lobitz Original bean
Bountiful Ester
Puregold Wax...........Commerclal Variety from 1947
Ranger....................Commercial Variety From 1947
Medal Refugee..........Commercial Variety From 1942
Kewatin..................Robert Lobitz Original bean
Giant Stringless Greenpod........Calvin Keeney Original late ........................1890's. Keeney father of the stringless bean
Zumbro Falls............Robert Lobitz Original bean
Refugee Wax............Johnson & Stokes Seeds - 1900
Plentiful..................Commercial Variety 1938
Improved Kidney Wax.......Burpee Seeds 1906
Stringless Green Refugee..........Calvin Keeney Original
Round Pod Kidney Wax...Commercial Variety from late 1800 's
Longfellow..................Old snap variety from 1800's
Webber Wax.................Wax bean from early 1900's
Berry’s Best................From Burt Berrier who was a bean ...............................collector From Canon City, Colorado in ...............................the 1950's
Provider....................1960's Commerial Snap Variety
Pawnee.....................Original bean from my gardens 1979
Yellow Jacket..............My Selection from Prinsesse, Denmark
Rustproof Golden Wax....Older Commerical Wax variety
White Lion...................Outcross from my garden 2014
Burpees Kidney Wax.......Burpee Seeds 1890's
Stoney Creek................Outcross from my gardens 2016
Prolific Black Wax...........Wax vareity from 1888
Stringless Greenpod..........Calvin Keeney original variety
Ping Zebra......................Lima from China
Hypolita.........................Pole outcross from 2015 From WBKT ...................................packets
Antolin B & W..................Pole vareity from Turkey
Illinois Wild Goose.............Original Russ Crow bean from 1980
Bregenzer.......................Pole dry bean from Europe
Indian Mound...................Old Pole bean passed around in SSE ....................................since late 1970's
Shantyboat.......................Old Lima Pole variety
Lilaschecke.......................Pole Wax Bean
Galloway.......................Outcross from my garden 2015 WBKT
Owl’s Head...................Outcross from Will Bonsall early 1980's
Anatolian Yellow White.....Pole dry bean from Turkey
Rabbit’s Foot #1 Segregation #1...Outcross from my garden 2016
Chickasaw.......................Original bean from my gardens 1979
Fort Portal Jade...............Green Seeded dry bean from Kenya
Candy...........................Original bean of mine from 1982
Tiger Eye....................... Semi runner Dry bean
Tigre.............................From Austria
Little Brown Cat................Robert Lobitz Original bean
Brauner Bar......................White dry bean with brown eye
Pebblestone......................Outcross from my garden 2012
Rio Zape...........................Dry semi runner bean
WB-PKT 21.1.....................new segregation found in 2016
Early Victor......................Robert Lobitz Original bean
Cherokee Bean...................Cranberry type bean large seed
Minnesota 1940’s................Had been grown in Mn in 1940's
Menomenee.....................Orignal bean of mine since 1979
Fantasy Rose....................Outcross from my garden 2013
California.........................Named by me from John Withee of .....................................Wanigan Associates in the 1980's
Marico..............................white dry bean with dark eye
Papa De Rolla....................South American Dry bean
Choctaw...........................Original bean of mine since 1980
Holstein...........................Outcross found in my garden 2014
Missouri Bill’s....................Large seeded cranberry type bean
WB-PKT #18.2.....................New segregation found in 2016
Red Turtle.........................Origianal bean of mine since 1979
Chocolate #7......................Outcross from chocolate 2013
Blooming Prairie..................Robert Lobitz Original Bean
Gurnsey............................Outcross found in my garden 2014
Refugee............................Old snap bean from 1800's
Lavender...........................Unstable outcross from my garden ......................................in the early 1980's
Gillenwater.........................Cranberry bean
Piros Feher.........................Red and white spotted bean from .......................................Hungary
Purple Face........................Original bean of mine from 1980's
Blue Gray Pinto...................Original bean of mine from 1980's
Ice.................................Old almost white podded snap bean
Flamboyant..................Unstable outcross from my garden 2012
Rose Eye Pink...............Original bean of mine from late 1970's
WB-PKT #21.2...............New segregation found in 2016
Koronis Golden Navy.......Robert Lobitz Original Bean
Wadena.......................Robert Lobitz Original Bean
Molasses Face................Old yellow eye bean
#26 – 00A Code None.......Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#15 SuxYeE...................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#30A 97D - 00M - 03A.......Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#20 - AA.......................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#30B 97D - 00M - 03A........Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#28 01 - 03A...................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#11 00A - 03D.................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#25 97A - 00B.................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#17..............................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#14 97B.........................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#34C 97-98A-02................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
#32 93 - DS - 44..................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
Brown.............................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
White.............................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
Black..............................Last beans R. Lobitz was woking on
Witzenhausen....................Pole dry bean from Europe
Seneca Pole......................Seneca/Iroquois nation bean
Selugia............................Blueish mottled bean from New ....................................Zealand
Iraquois Cronbread..............Seneca/Iroquois nation bean
Empress...........................Pole Lima
Jeminez...........................Old native american snap bean
Landfrauen.........................Snap bean from Switzerland
Callisto...........................Outcross lima found in garden 2012
Emilia’s Italian..................Old Italian snap bean - Pole
Stevensons White Lima........Outcross found in my garden 2013
Karachaganak.................Ridgerunner original and named bean
Black Good Mother Stallards..Small seeded black version of GMS
Genesis..........................Pole Lima
Bubble Gum.....................Tricia77 original and named bean
Louisiana........................Pole snap bean beautiful pods
Rosie Claire.....................Pole Lima
Fasold............................Slender Pole snap bean
Pink Standard...................Pole Lima
Desaranto Potato...............Native American white bean
Snowstorm.......................Pole Lima
Corbett Refugee....BCMV resistant selection from Refugee by ......................Ralph Corbett. Sioux City Seed Company 1920's
Mrociumere.......Beautiful dry bean from Kenya
Money.............Beautiful dry heirloom bean
White Soldier.....Outcross found in my garden in 2013
Sebastian..........WB-PKT-#18 named by me in 2015
Vermont Appaloosa........Heirloom snap bean
Nippersink.............Outcross found in my garden 2013
Davis..................old brown eyed white seeded wax bean
Coco Rubico.........Cranberry type bean from France
African Premier.....Cranberry type bean from Kenya
Topcrop..............Commercial snap bean from 1950
Littlefield’s Special....Beautiful dark spotted Heirloom
Big Light Red Trout...Orignal bean from Ernest Dana, Etna N.H ............................1970's
Bomba...............Beautiful teal colored dry bean from Kenya
Cherokee Wax......Commercial Wax bean 1947
Long Lake Giant.....Original Robert Lobitz snap bean
Alice Sunshine......Original Robert Lobitz snap bean
Kishwaukee Green......Original bean named by me in 1977
Sweetwater................Outcross named by me since 2012
Shortwave Sunshine Segregation #2..New segregation found in '15
Red-Eyed Ranger..........Original bean from my gardens early 80's
PXBT......................Unnamed Robert Lobitz bean
Frauenbohne..............Pretty heirloom from Germany
Illinois Snap...............Original snap bean of mine since 1979
Amber Pearl...............Original Robert Lobitz bean
Duane Baptiste.............Native American bean
Early Stearns................Original Robert Lobitz bean
Conserva....................Snap bean from the Netherlands
Black Trout...............Beautiful dark spotted heirloom
Rockwell...................Heiloom bean taken west before ..............................Washington became a state
Staley’s Surprise...........Authur Staley original bean from late ...............................1890's - Australia
Robert’s Green.............Robert Lobitz snap bean selection
Appaloosa...................heirloom bean
Lila Stuart...................Heirloom Bean
Koronis Purple..............Original Robert Lobitz bean
Indian......................Red Kidney type from Austria, tall plants
Speckled 1770 Red.......Outcross passed around SSE for long time
Tendergreen...............Commercial Snap bean since 1922
Black And White Trout....Beautiful Dark Spotted Heirloom
Angel Cattle Segregation...New Segregation found in 2016
Giele Waldbeantsje.........Belgium Heirloom
Rabbit’s Foot 3.1............New Segregation of Outcross found in .................................my gardens in 2012
Cannellino Roso.............Italian Heirloom
Clarendon Wonder...........From Australia
Gold Creek Beauty...........Original Robert Lobitz bean
Polka Dot........Bred by Prof. J.R. Hepler in 1940's and ....................sold by his son the Billy Hepler Seed Co. Billy ....................was 12 yrs old
Kishwaukee Yellow..........original wax bean of mine since 1977
Edogava Zurunaki...........Heirloom from Eastern Europe
Early Warwick...............British Heirloom
Billingsgate 2.2..............Segregation of outcross found in my .................................garden in 2013
Brown Trout...........Ernest B. Dana Original Bean
Billingsgate 4.............Another Billingsgate segreation from 2014
North Star Bush Pinto...Robert Lobitz Original Bean
Reade Krobe...............Netherlands heirloom
WB-PKT 21.3..............New segregation found in 2016
Squaw.......................Heirloom
Fagiolo Cosaruciaru..........Italian Heirloom
Striped Thrush Pink.........Outcross found in my garden in 2015
WB-PKT #13 - Dreamer....WB-PKT #13 bean named by me in 2015
WB-PKT #24 - Black Diamond..WB-PKT #24 Named by me in 2016
WB-PKT #18.1 2015 Brown Soldier Type...Another Segregation
Chocolate #3-1...........Segregation of Chocolate
Red Swan...................Robert Lobitz bean
Chocolate #3-2...........Segregation of Chocolate
Hodson Wax...............Wax vareity from early 1900's
Shortwave Sunshine....Outcross named by me in 2013
WB-PKT #14 -........From Will Bonsall Outcrosses 2015
Wondermere Pink......Outcross found in African Premiere 2013
Pandora.................Outcross named by me found in Pawnee '14
African Premier Segregation #3...
Billingsgate..............found in Magpie and named by me in '13
Tene’s Bean..............Old white seeded dry bean from Canada
Rose d’ Eyragues.........From a street market in Paris
King’s Knight..............Robert Lobitz original bean
Golden Pond...............Outcross named by me in 2013
Tobacco Patch...........pink eyed soldier type bean
Veitch Wonder...........European snap type bean from 1800's
Triumph Of Frames......Old french bean from France 1800's
George Murphy’s Wax...Wax bean from Canada
Zenadaia Costavaia.......European Heirloom
Koronis Pinto Trout.........Robert Lobitz Original bean
Kelly Lake.........Robert Lobitz Original bean
Willmar Pinto.........Robert Lobitz Original bean
Pale Face.............Original bean of mine since 1980
Heilings...............From Kate Heiling 1978 named by me. Kate .........................Lived in Browerville, Mn
White Turkey.........Segregation from New Zealand outcross of .........................Turkey Craw
Slut.....................Pole, European Heirloom
Sons Of Thunder......Pole Lima
Mother Earth..........Seneca/Iroguois nation bean
Crow River Pinto...............Robert Lobitz Original bean
Viola..........................Robert Lobitz Original bean
Passion......................Red and White pole lima
23A Code None..........Last beans Robert Lobitz was working on. .............................Needs to stablize
Tostado...................Bean from Australia sent to me by Hal.