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

[Blue-Jay]

Another cross I'm trying to get grown out each year is a black and white bean I named "Dazzle". It's got a pattern much like Jacob's Cattle but with finer spotting on it. Colored area of the seed seems more of a true black than a bean called "Black Trout" which seems to be dark purple. Although in the photo two or three of the beans seem to have some purple in them. This bean is still throwing off some segregations. "Dazzle" was found in "Holstein" in 2016 and "Holstein" was found in "Purple Trout" in 2014. "Purple Trout" was found in "White Robin" in 2012.

#19 - Dazzle

This is a soldier figured bean that "Dazzle" threw off this year.

Dazzle off type 2017

 

[Blue-Jay]

This bean I got from Mandy Botincan of Mandy's Greenhouse in Manitoba, Canada. It's called "Maine" I don't know how old the seed was that she originally sent to me in 2014. I planted some that year and the bean didn't seem to do that well. Planted again in 2015 using her original seed. Deer ate most of the crop. Planted again in 2016 using more of her what she called her pathetic seed. Had weather troubles and only got a few seed out of them. This year tried them again using more of her seed in a six foot section of row and Wow ! got the best crop of Maine I've seen yet. It's a typical yellow eye type with a yellow soldier type figure around the eye.

#20 - Maine

This bean is called "Pink Panther" from my Liebenfels, Austria bean friend Harriet Mella. She knows the fellow who bred this bean in Styria, Austria. The same guy who bred a bean called "Mona Lisa" The bean puts out a really neat looking reverse of the colors which is the third photo. The fourth photo is a black and white off type that I found in one plant growing in "Pink Panther".

#21 - Pink Panther

Pink Panther reverse coloring

Pink Panther Off type

 

[Blue-Jay]

This bean is another Robert Lobitz bean called "Purple Stardust" I got the seed from an online source called the Golden Preservation Farm. The seed crop seemed to me a bit inconsistent. Varying seed shape. "Purple Stardust" although colored and patterned much like a bean called "Mrociumere". It seems like the seed should be short somewhat plump. Some of the seeds seemed too long and thin for what I've seen other people who have grown the bean post on the internet. I think I will just try and select the bean for the shorter plumper beans and hope it works.

#22 - Purple Stardust

This bean which I think is very pretty. I got from a Canadian lady called "Nor Eccosse Di Chevilly". The lady goes by the name of Roosty and I will send her a good portion of the crop back she was so nice to part with much of the seeds she had. I don't think she even grew these out this year. The bean has some very, very fine spotting on it. I got a few not so nice looking specimens of beans in the photo but the bean is still just very pretty.

#23 - Nor Ecosse Di Chevilly

 

[Blue-Jay]

This bean I got from a fellow in Belgium. The is called "Rustproof Golden Wax". Not like any Rustproof Golden Wax sold here in this country. I see beans in an old book I have that was published in 1931 that looks like this bean. So this could be a very old type wax bean from the late 19th century. It wasn't really productive but it's kind of a neat looking bean anyway. Has very short plants and short pods with two seeds in them most of the time.

#22 - Rustproof Golden Wax

And Of course I grew my "Blue Jay" this year. It's "Blue Jay's" 40th Anniversary this year. I can still remember standing in my bean garden in early September 1977 and cracking open some pods from Comtesse De Chambord and finding these seeds.

#23 - Blue Jay

More beans tomorrow. I gotta get ready for the Trick Or Treaters later and do a few other things. Happy Halloween Everyone !

 

[journey11]

We've dipped into the low 30's a couple times at night this week. Yet the lima beans outside are still alive! And I have found some big pods on them, with little beans starting to form. If we have a mild November, they just might make it. The potted lima plant in my sunroom is doing well too.

I've been really enjoying the bean show. You guys have some real beauties this year. I love this time of year.

 

[Ridgerunner]

All the beans I'm going to show here are from the Will Bonsell cross-pollinated beans I got from Russ and grew and named last year. All these are repeats, same color and patterns, growth habit, blossom color, all that. So the name sticks for another year. Russ, since it repeated I will not be sending you any of these seeds. You should have some I sent last year. Other than the Karachaganak I only had one plant of any of these. A lot of that had to do with rabbits and some bad weather right after I planted my first planting.

First up is Aksai, a bush with a pink flower and a solid pod. I called it Aksai because of its color and gloss, it reminds me of porcelain. Aksai is the name of a town in Kazakhstan that translates to white clay.

Next is Banzala, A bush with solid pod and lavender flowers. Not very productive.

Next is Cock 'n Bull. Again a bush with green pods and pink flowers. It has an interesting red color but I just don't fine it that pretty.

Next is Highlight. Another bush with a solid pod and a lavender flower. Again not very productive but the black has a definite purplish tint.

Next is Karachaganak, one of my favorites. I had two of these plants. I think the #2 has more elongated pods than #1 but that's getting picky. Last year they had a tan that I thought looked 3-dimentional, as if it were hiding down into the bean a bit. This year's don't have quite the same look but I'll put it down to growing season and plant it again next year.

 

[journey11]

@Ridgerunner , you really have a knack for clever names.

 

[Ridgerunner]

This is Tartan, a pole bean with solid green pods. Some flowers were pink, some yellow. That colored section looks sort of hashed.

Then comes Tyra, a pole bean with solid green pods and a lavender flower. This one also has a purplish tint to it.

I'll end this segment with Valley View, a bush with green pods and pink flowers.

So ends this segment of the show. I'll be back later with more.

 

[Ridgerunner]

@Ridgerunner , you really have a knack for clever names.

I'm trying to be nice when I name them Journey. Sometimes that is challenging and sometimes, like Cock 'n Bull, I give in to my urges. I try to let a bean earn a name too. I keep a list of possible names and usually choose from that list. Heaven help us if I ever grow a bean that I think has earned the name "Blazing Saddles". I would not be able to resist that one.

 

[Ridgerunner]

This is a new bean. It came from one of the Will Bansell crosses that I did not name last year, it was 27 #1. That bean was a solid purplish bean, I thought the color was sort of plum purple. This first photo shows what I planted.

This shows what I got. It's a pole bean with solid green pods. Some flowers were yellow, some white. I saw Annette use Pewter as a color for one of hers so I'll use the same color for this. I was really struggling for a descriptive color until I saw that so thanks, Annette. The beans themselves are pretty small. With the color and size I thought the beans are dying and drying up before they mature so I did a germination test on three of them. All three produced very vigorous sprouts. The color and size of the beans make them a little hard to sort too, separate the good ones from the bad. I'll call this one "Tranquility" as it helped me learn to take things as they come and don't get too worried about what I can't control. It will usually work out.