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Blue-Jay

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Hi BlueJay, I always read this thread and try very hard not to become a bean enthusiast! But I do have one question. Some of your photos say that is all the seed that you got on those beans. I know there are a lot of variables as to the low amount but it almost seems as if you only had one plant. But I'm sure this isn't the case. Why did some of your beans produce so few? Curious mind wants to know. ;)

Mary

Some of the plants produced so few because the were stunted from the excessive water that remained in the soil for so long. Some plants after all summer only produce two or three mature pods which were also smaller and had fewer seed. A few varieties I had planted sort of partially recovered from the wet condition. Probably the nature of that variety.
 

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"Brown Trout" Is a true bush dry bean. The bean originated in the bean collection of the late Ernest Dana of Etna, New Hampshire. I had grown it back around 1978 after collecting from John Withee's Wanigan Associates. I'm looking forward to getting a good crop of it's seed next year. The soil I had it planted in this year although excessively wet after planting does seems to allow it to display more white according to the few seeds that I did harvest.

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