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My two large bean plots of 1,000 square feet each and fenced in to keep out deer was rather a bust this year. However I did get very small amounts of the varieties planted. About 5 days after planting all the seed we had about a months worth of rain in 6 hours and then the soil remained super wet for over a week. It's not conducive to good bean seed germination. These following posts are the beans that I did harvest from these two plots.
"Corbett Refugee". I acquired this seed from Hal in Australia. I wonder if Hal checks on us from to time. Anyway "Corbett Refugee" a true bush snap bean was selected out of "Refugee" by Ralph Corbett at the Sioux City Seed Company is Sioux City, Iowa in the 1920's. He noticed some Refugee beans that were less susceptible to Bean Mosaic that the rest of the field. That's how this variety came about. Two plants of this bean survived the early flood and the dry summer.
#122 - Corbett Refugee
"Corbett Refugee". I acquired this seed from Hal in Australia. I wonder if Hal checks on us from to time. Anyway "Corbett Refugee" a true bush snap bean was selected out of "Refugee" by Ralph Corbett at the Sioux City Seed Company is Sioux City, Iowa in the 1920's. He noticed some Refugee beans that were less susceptible to Bean Mosaic that the rest of the field. That's how this variety came about. Two plants of this bean survived the early flood and the dry summer.