2022 Little Easy Bean Network - We Are Beans Without Borders

[Pulsegleaner]

Not here, we're more similar to the Columbia Basin in climate. If you can believe it, we have a patch of Himalayan blackberry on our property that we lovingly water and otherwise tend to. There are a couple places in the valley that do seem to have an an overgrowth, but I think they must be kept alive by seeps coming down the hills?

Since we are talking local fruits (and moving even further off topic), Since you ARE Canadian and in range, do you have any crowberry around you? I'm trying crowberries out this spring (both the standard Northern black crowberry and the Portuguese "white" crowberry) and I expect I will need all the info and help I can get (I have little experience or success with growing Ericacae from seed, and it already sounds like it will be a challenge [apparently, the black one's seed can take over a year of soil stratification just to germinate.])

 

[Jack Holloway]

Sorry for the derailing of the thread, I'll go back to beans.
@Artorius is your Thibodeau du Comte Beauce the same as what @Bluejay77 has listed with the name of Thibodeau Compte Beauce? Your picture of it in last year's thread is beautiful. I don't know what the 'du' would change, if anything, in the name. Thank you.

edited to add: Just noticed the different spelling of Comte and Compte.

 

[flowerbug]

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- Molasses Face
- Vermont Yellow Eye

it is pretty likely these may be the same bean.

- Utah Yellow Eye

i do like this one.

I do hope we like brown beans. I'll need to learn how to make baked beans too.

haha!

 

[Artorius]

Sorry for the derailing of the thread, I'll go back to beans.
@Artorius is your Thibodeau du Comte Beauce the same as what @Bluejay77 has listed with the name of Thibodeau Compte Beauce? Your picture of it in last year's thread is beautiful. I don't know what the 'du' would change, if anything, in the name. Thank you.

edited to add: Just noticed the different spelling of Comte and Compte.

Hello Jack
Thibodeau du Comte Beauce is from Quebec and I got it from Canadian Annapolis Seeds. This is how the name of this bean is written on their website, just like on other Canadian websites.
The French "du" corresponds to the English "from", so the English name would be Thibodeau from Beauce County. I think so, but the opinion of a French-speaking Canadian would be better

 

[Jack Holloway]

Hello Jack
Thibodeau du Comte Beauce is from Quebec and I got it from from Canadian Annapolis Seeds. This is how the name of this bean is written on their website, just like on other Canadian websites.
The French "du" corresponds to the English "from", so the English name would be Thibodeau from Beauce County. I think so, but the opinion of a French-speaking Canadian would be better

Hello Artorius,
Thank you. It must be nice to be a polyglut. Only language I am familiar with is American English, and even then, it causes me problems. I'll get some seed from BlueJay and hope they turn out as lovely as yours.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Hello Jack
Thibodeau du Comte Beauce is from Quebec and I got it from Canadian Annapolis Seeds. This is how the name of this bean is written on their website, just like on other Canadian websites.
The French "du" corresponds to the English "from", so the English name would be Thibodeau from Beauce County. I think so, but the opinion of a French-speaking Canadian would be better

It might also mean it was a gift to the original namer from a nobleman, since comte can also mean "count" or "earl". Or maybe it's originally from the Franche Comte region (like Comte the cheese).

 

[Artorius]

@Jack Holloway
I am just a bean polyglot. I am looking for new varieties on the Internet and thanks to this I know how to name beans in several languages

 

[Jack Holloway]

@Jack Holloway
I am just a bean polyglot. I am looking for new varieties on the Internet and thanks to this I know how to name beans in several languages

More than I know!
Oh, I checked Canadian Annapolis Seeds and they now list it as just Thibodeau. They have several beans I would like to get, but they are only shipping in Canada. Guess I need to get the import permits from the US and make friends with a Canadian to get me the seeds and then ship them to me. Next year!

@Pulsegleaner Thanks. I learn something new everyday.

 

[Artorius]

I opened the Annapolis Seeds website. I can see that it is refreshed and the name of the TdCB bean is indeed abbreviated. Two years ago, they were sending seeds outside Canada. Now I understand why I didn't get a reply when I wanted to do another shopping. I'm especially curious about Kodiak Pinto bean.

 

[meadow]

it is pretty likely these may be the same bean.

Molasses Face and Vermont Yellow Eye do look similar. In a side-by-side comparison of the samples I've received, Molasses Face is plumper and has a darker, more rich-looking coloration. Rancho Gordo's "Yellow Eye" is indistinguishable from Molasses Face. I missed the variety "Maine" from Russell's site. Perhaps I will request that as my free bean for growing the Network beans. I've not decided yet.

Actually it was you, flowerbug, that got me onto this Yellow Eye kick in the first place! haha! Reading through back entries for the Bean Network, you'd recommended Molasses Face/Yellow Eye as one of your favorites. I found the warm coloration very appealing.

Is there a noticeable taste difference with Utah Yellow Eye? (or, "Why do you like it?")