2024 Little Easy Bean Network - Growing Heirloom Beans Of Today And Tomorrow

[Blue-Jay]

Monachine - Pole, Snap, Dry. Photo Left. Monachine beans can be eaten fresh or dried. Fresh, they are stringless and yellow-green. The bean is an heirloom from Italy that was brought to the U.S. Pacific Northwest by Angelo Pellegrini, an English professor and culinary expert at the University of Washington. Pellegrini received the beans from his friend, winemaker Robert Mondavi, in the 1950s. Pellegrini named the bean "monachine," which means "little nuns" in Italian, because the white caps of the nuns resembled the beans. This years grower is from DeSoto, Wisconsin

Norridgewock - Pole Dry. Photo Right. An Abenaki heritage bean with a notable history from pre-Civil War times. Good eaten fresh and tender. The Norridgewock bean comes from an Abenaki village that was destroyed by a British attack in 1724. The bean was cultivated by European American families in the region. This years grower is from Hallowell, Maine.


Monachine...............................................................Norridgewock

 

[Blue-Jay]

Old Joe Clark - Left Photo. Also known as Pink Half-Runner and Red Peanut Bean, Old Joe Clark is an heirloom bean that produces early crops of 3 to 4-inch pods that mature from green to a unique fuchsia color. Traditionally used as a snap bean with a unique, somewhat nutty flavor as well as a dry bean when left on the vine to mature. Semi-runner plants will grow to four feet if given support. This years grower is from Freiburg, Germany.


Old Time Golden Stick - Appalachian heirloom that produces very early yields of beautiful pink pods. Semi Runner. Productive plants. Early maturity. Old variety, short fat pod with golden tan colored seed. This years grower is from Mason, Michigan.


Old Joe Clark.........................................................Old Time Golden Stick

 

[Ridgerunner]

Karachaganak - Semi Runner Dry. Left photo. This bean was stablized and named by Jerry Maddox who now lives in Louisiana. It was one of 7 segregations from one of the 52 packets of outcrossed beans that I got from Will Bonsall in 2015. I sent out about half the outcrossed packets to other people to grow and name in 2016. This years grower is from De Soto, Wisconsin.

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Karachaganak.............................................................Letcher County Fall

Norridgewock - Pole Dry. Photo Right. An Abenaki heritage bean with a notable history from pre-Civil War times. Good eaten fresh and tender. The Norridgewock bean comes from an Abenaki village that was destroyed by a British attack in 1724. The bean was cultivated by European American families in the region. This years grower is from Hallowell, Maine.

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Monachine...............................................................Norridgewock

According to Russ's information, the parent bean several generations back for Karachaganak was Norridgewock. Interesting they were both grown the same year. Same basic pattern but a different shape. Karachaganak is a Semi Runner, Norridgewock a pole.

 

[heirloomgal]

Wow wow wow! @Decoy1 I received your package today! I can't believe it. It's all packaged so wonderfully, so many amazing goodies in there, oh my what a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much!!!! Now I sit and hope that yours arrives soon too!! This is a good sign that Canada Post didn't shelve it's received packages in Forgottencorner Land!

 

[jbrobin09]

Wow wow wow! @Decoy1 I received your package today! I can't believe it. It's all packaged so wonderfully, so many amazing goodies in there, oh my what a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much!!!! Now I sit and hope that yours arrives soon too!! This is a good sign that Canada Post didn't shelve it's received packages in Forgottencorner Land!

Does @Decoy1 have a seed business? In the UK? Always looking for new seed suppliers to support.

 

[heirloomgal]

Does @Decoy1 have a seed business? In the UK? Always looking for new seed suppliers to support.

We did a little trade @jbrobin09.

 

[Decoy1]

Wow wow wow! @Decoy1 I received your package today! I can't believe it. It's all packaged so wonderfully, so many amazing goodies in there, oh my what a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much!!!! Now I sit and hope that yours arrives soon too!! This is a good sign that Canada Post didn't shelve it's received packages in Forgottencorner Land!

I wrote you a pm before looking on this main thread to say mine arrived this morning! Great excitement. Also beautifully packaged and in perfect condition. Thank you so much too. A wonderful Christmas present.

 

[Decoy1]

Does @Decoy1 have a seed business? In the UK? Always looking for new seed suppliers to support.

No seed business, I'm afraid, but always happy to do a trade.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Pea Bean Turkey - Pole Dry. This bean might be the one that has been grown in England for over 400 years. That's maybe I don't know for sure. Obainted it from a grower in Catasaugua, Pennsylvania in 2017. This bean has many look-a-likes. This is the most grown of the Network beans. This years grower is from Auburn, Indiana.

Peck To The Hill - Pole. I don't know the useage of this bean. It is an Appalachian variety and a 200 year old heirloom having been brought to Kentucky from North Carolina in the early 1800's. This bean was given to me at a seed swap in 2017. The grower was from Cynthiana Kentucky. This years grower is from Lily, Kentucky.


Pea Bean Turkey....................................................Peck To The Hill

 

[jbrobin09]

No seed business, I'm afraid, but always happy to do a trade.

I’ll keep that in mind, @Decoy1 I’m still fairly new so I don’t have quantities to share yet but maybe next year. I’m closing in on 200 varieties but @heirloomgal has me beat by a mile, lol.