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

[Blue-Jay]

Grandma Barnett - Pole Snap. Left Photo. The grandmother of a very well known Kentucky bean grower grew this bean. I don't know if it's stringless or if you have to destring the pods. Before Remy Orlowski passed away she offered this bean on her online Sample Seed Shop website. Karen Golden of Higland Michigan got a hold of as much of Remy's bean collection as she could and gave me seed samples of Remy's collection. This years grower is from Louisville, Kentucky.

Romainian Large Plum Speckle - Pole Dry. Large rounded cranberry type beans. Brought to North America by world traveler and seed collector Joseph Simcox. I acquired this bean from a then high school student in Marion, Iowa in 2017. This years grower is from Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

[flowerbug]

This bean I have must not be an authentic Lengua de Lobo. I posted it on a facebook bean group and Guy Dirix tells me he's grown Lengua de Lobo and it's one of the earliest beans he's ever grown. He tells me it has purple pods. It's amazing that the bean I have has the same color and color tone that his bean has. ....

all i can say from my own experience is that "stuff happens"...

if i didn't see this from my own eyes and know the facts beforehand i was shelling beans and had a flat of pods that were partially opened and i knew they did not have any off types showing in them. anyways i was shelling Purple Dove beans and one of them flew off and landed in that flat and got in one of the pods so when i went to find the bean that flew off and landed in that flat to someone who didn't know better they'd have thought that one bean out of five was a Purple Dove outcross. nope, it was just a random chance happening from a lucky bounce.

i've had other rather lucky bounces too but not one that got in a partially opened pod like that.

 

[heirloomgal]

This bean I have must not be an authentic Lengua de Lobo. I posted it on a facebook bean group and Guy Dirix tells me he's grown Lengua de Lobo and it's one of the earliest beans he's ever grown. He tells me it has purple pods. It's amazing that the bean I have has the same color and color tone that his bean has. Same seed shape and by the looks of his photo I would bet it has about the same size seed too. So how was it that Joesph Simcox had this bean marked Lengua de Lobo. Goodness only knows. I don't think the grower would have given me false information. The bean is supposed to have Romano type wide flat pods.

Maybe someone put some selection work into it? To get a shorter season version? I'd never heard of this bean until I saw it on your website, just a guess?