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Today's show will feature the African Premier Family, and the Chocolate Ladies plus two other single outcrosses not related to African Premier or Chocolate.
Last year when I grew African Premier I found the one on the left which has similar color markings to AP but the seed was glossy. African Premier has a shorter seed and the base color is flat no gloss what so ever. This year the seed that appears the most similar to this is the one on the right.
The growing of the glossy seeded bean produced about 5 segregations. I like these two plump seeds from this planting. One on the left is solid pink without markings and has a slight blueish under color. The one on the right also solid pink without markings and a slight blueish under color but is flat no glossiness.
These two segregations try to mimick African Premier, but don't really quite make it. They are still both a bit different than African Premier in seed shape and slightly different in their color shadings.
Another variation of the glossy ones, but slightly different color shadings. If you wanted to compare the differences of these to African Premier you can go to my website http://www.abeancollectorswindow.com and go to the first bean page A-Ca.
Last year when I grew African Premier I found the one on the left which has similar color markings to AP but the seed was glossy. African Premier has a shorter seed and the base color is flat no gloss what so ever. This year the seed that appears the most similar to this is the one on the right.