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[Ridgerunner]

@Bluejay77

I'd also like to give No Name WB-PKT #32 (Bonsall) a shot.

Thanks

If you do grow these let's get together. I grew them in 2016, you should prepare for a lot of fun. I think there could be a lot of diversity still hiding in these beans.

I separated the seeds Russ sent me into two different looks, a solid blocky black bean (I called it 32-A) and a bean with dark red/dark brown patterns (32-B). I had trouble with germinating with the A's but the B's germinated pretty well. None of the beans I harvested looked like the beans I planted. Most were bush but one was a pole. The pole produced a lot of beans, over 500 if memory serves. So according to the genetic article above good productivity could be lurking in these beans. Some of the bush produced well, some not so much.

That was the first year I planted the outcrosses and my record keeping was not as good as it should have been.

This first photo shows what I got with the 32-A's.

This one is what I got from the 32-B's.

As you can see, quite a bit of diversity. I don't want to put you off form growing them at all, I'd love to compare notes. But I wanted to let you know some had been grown.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Just had a thought Russ. Are the 32's Rdback is talking about the unnamed 32's I returned to you. I named most of them but could not come up with a name for those. If so, they are wide open for naming and further segregations are certainly possible.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Just had a thought Russ. Are the 32's Rdback is talking about the unnamed 32's I returned to you. I named most of them but could not come up with a name for those. If so, they are wide open for naming and further segregations are certainly possible.

Yes I sent Rdback the noname #32.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Ordered the bean called "Frost" that I couldn't find in our bean inventory from a member of SSE in Montana. The beans came today and they are the same ones we had before.

 

[saritabee]

I've had success and failures thus far.

Minnie Shatterly got washed away. We had a 4" rain.

If you need some more Minnie Shatterly, I have some I can send you.

 

[HmooseK]

If you need some more Minnie Shatterly, I have some I can send you.

Thank you so much, but I still have 1/2 a pkg.

I also found one just popping up, so maybe a few got left behind.



I do appreciate your kind offer.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yes I sent Rdback the noname #32.

Aw, I feel kind of like a grandfather.

@rdback now you can see some of the diversity those seeds came from. You could see a lot of differences, certainly hope so. I grew them all together and tried to sort the beans out later. I wasn't sure if those were one variety or two so I did not name them.

Those came from the ones I called 32-B, the red/brown pattern beans. They grew as a bush but i don't give any guarantees they will grow bush again. Probably will though. The pods were solid green and the flowers were white. They were reasonably productive but not gangbusters. That can change generation to generation, growing conditions as well as genetic.

Enjoy them, I'll look forward to your bean show with the results.

 

[HmooseK]

Need help finding a bean for a friend. The name is Flossie Powell. It's a Lima Bean.

Hey @aftermidnight

Oh Annette, you got your ears on? I'd like to surprise George and send these to him.


Here's a little history

Original source: Was introduced into the Seed Savers Exchange, in the 80’s by Harold R. Martin of Hopkinsville, KY who got it from an aunt named Ethel Martin. Ethel Martin, in turn, received her start of seed from Flossie Powell in 1922.

 

[aftermidnight]

@HmooseK sorry can't help with this one. There's an old thread on GW, maybe ask there if anyone still has them. Also ask on Tomatoville, you never know what will turn up.
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2008495/giant-peruvian-lima

Annette

 

[HmooseK]

@aftermidnight

Thanks Girly Girl! It's out there somewheres. (Hopefully)