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[Blue-Jay]

"Staley's Surprise" True bush grows without runners. Australian variety that was bred by Arthur Staley an 1880's to early 1900's seed merchant from East Gippsland, Victoria.

#145 - Staley's Surprise

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Robert's Green" True bush snap bean. Another Robert Lobitz original bean. Said to be a selection out of "Contender".

#146 - Robert's Green

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Appaloosa" True bush dry bean. Not much is known about this bean except it is said the name was given as it resembled the color of the Appaloosa horse.

#147 - Appaloosa

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Lila Stuart" True bush dry bean. Said to be a selection of a bean called "Lynnfield". Perhaps by a woman named Lila Stuart. This bean also produced an off type this year of a bean that I've seen back in the early 1980's called "Lila's Mottled Soldier" (second photo)

#148 - Lila Stuart

Lila Stuart Off Type

 

[Ridgerunner]

Ridgerunner,

Just thought about this semi runner I found in Blue Jay two years ago. I grew some this year. Produces tons of pods for a low growing bean. Has smaller seed than Blue Jay but colored just like BJ. Would you like some of these? The beans do make a good baking bean.

No thanks Russ. I grow Blue Jay as my early bush snap bean, my wife would be upset if I didn't grow her the Blue Lake Pole for my main canning/summer eating bean. She really likes that smell. I used to grow Black Turtle for my dried beans but I don't need to any more. I got over four quarts just from my grow-outs this year and that doesn't count all the Blue Jay and Blue Lake Pole I let go to seed. I haven't finished shelling all my Blue Lake Pole yet but between the two of those I probably have over two more quarts. That's more dried beans than we will eat.

I'd prefer to use the space to grow out these beans instead growing more production beans.

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Koronis Purple" True bush dry bean. A Robert Lobitz original bean. The variety gets some of it's name from Koronis lake in the state of Minnesota.

#149 - Koronis Purple

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Indian" True bush dry bean. Tall plants up to 24 inches (60 cm) Sent to me in 2013 by my Liebenfels, Austria bean friend.

#150 - Indian

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Tendergreen" Commercial true bush snap bean. Introduced to the public in 1922. This year two plants survived. One "Tendergreen" and one purple podded bean with runners (second photo)

#151 - Tendergreen

Purple Podded Tendergreen Off Type

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Black & White Trout" True bush dry bean. Similar seed coat to Littlefield's Special, and Black Trout. This bean displayed a lot more white on it's seed this year. All seed this year comes from one single plant.

#152 - Black & White Trout

 

[Blue-Jay]

"Angel Cattle" True bush dry bean. Acquired this outcross in 2014 from a bean grower in Germany by the name of Professor Jurgen Klapprott after I saw the bean on the Bohnen-Atlas site. The arangement was to grow him some new seed and return it to him. I didn't get nice seed that I was satisfied with to return to him until 2016. This is another bean that filled out the planted row section fairly well this year. The bean still has a variable seed coat.

#153 - Angel Cattle