2021 Little Easy Bean Network - Bean Lovers Come Discover Something New !

Zeedman

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2021 miscellaneous legumes, cont.

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"Black Kali Gram" (Urd), from the late SSE member Anpetu Oihankesni in 2005, who obtained it from the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Sprawling bushes, yellow flowers mostly hidden under foliage. Short 2" pods in clusters of 4-6, turning black when dry. Some pods are very hairy (as in the photo), some pods are smooth; but plants & seeds are otherwise identical. The black seeds have a powdered appearance that persists even after cleaning, and are highly resistant to moisture while in the pod. 16 ounces of seed produced. Somewhat of a pain to harvest, since the tiny pods are concealed by the lush foliage; but very easy to shell. Highly glutinous when cooked, but the skins were too tough for my liking; so probably best used for sprouts. I'll test that with the old stock - which still germinates - this winter.

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Hyacinth bean "India Bush", sent to me by late SSE member Martin Longseth in 2013. He stated that it was given to him by a neighbor from India, who had moved & never given him the name; this may be the "Valor Bean Lakshmi" sold by Seeds of India. Unlike most hyacinth beans, it is not daylength sensitive - and flowers 30 days after planting! Pretty crazy, seeing a bean with only 3-4 leaves already flowering. True bush habit, but all pods are borne above the plant, which may topple under their weight. The pods are meant to be cooked immature, when they resemble snow peas... should not be eaten raw, and the mature seeds should not be eaten at all. The papery dry pods shrink down over the seeds, and are surprisingly hard to shell. While the plants themselves are exceptionally tolerant of heavy rains, the dry seeds are not, and I had to sort through them for sprouting & spoilage. This would be a pretty plant in the flower garden, it flowers almost continuously & remains upright if the pods are kept picked off.

While pulling out my old stock of these beans, I had a pleasant surprise:
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These are the garbanzo beans that only produced about 25 seeds this year! I had thought I planted my entire stock, but apparently I accidentally split the last grow out into 2 bags. This one was buried under all of the mung & adzuki. I've never before been so happy to make a mistake. :lol: So I not only have enough to make several more attempts, there is enough to share with 1-2 others! If anyone is interested, just send me a PM, I'd like to see this one grown by a few more hands.
 

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Me too, although I've grown it under its "Chester" alias. I love large-seeded pole beans as shellies, especially those with a short DTM - and this is one of the "keepers". It's due for replenishment in 2022, and I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully in better bean weather than this year. :fl
Have you tried 'Candy' as a shelly bean? My gosh that bean is HUGE and I can't believe how productive it is. I mean it is REALLY productive, I think I grew 3 or 4 plants and filled half a lg. Bick's Pickle jar!
 

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Day 27- The Beans I Grew This Summer

Snowbird- Bush Dry

One of the Robert Lobtiz beans that I obtained from Seed Savers Exchange in 2020. Very productive 22 inch tall (55 cm) spreading plants with lots of branches. Produces a profusion of 4 inch pods filled with navy bean size oval, rounded solid white beans.

Stars And Stripes - Bush Dry

80 Days to dry pods 5.5 to 6 inches (12-15 cm) that contain 5 to 6 seeds. Blossom pink. Seeds dominate color is maroon with a small amount of white. Plants grow to about 18 to 20 inches (45-50 cm). The bean originated with and was named by a Diane Mackentley sometime in the 1990's. The bean is a selection from Jacob's Cattle. The resemblance to that variety can be seen. The light wispy curving lines across the seeds aptly lend to it's name. My Source: A.E. Lee Bothwell, Alden, Michigan 2018

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Snowbird..............................................................................Stars And Stripes


Stevenson's Blue Eye - Semi Runner

Seed color of white with a blue eye patch when harvested new which darkens to almost blue black within a couple of weeks. Another excellent left over piece of a wonderful bean guys legacy, the late Ralph Stevenson of Tekonsha, Michigan. This variety can also be found ocassionally being sold by heritage seed companies.

Stoney Creek - Bush Dry

This pretty bean is a segregation in 2016 of an outcross of Jacob's Cattle Amish found in 2014. Stoney Creek is still producing an off type like that 2014 outcross.




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Stevenson's Blue Eye - Semi Runner

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Stoney Creek.......................................................................Stoney Creek Off Type
 

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@Bluejay77 do you recall Snowbird flower color? (likely white is my guess :) ).
I don't know why but I didn't do a blossom color notation page where Snowbird grew, and I don't recall what color of blossom it has. If you want I can send you a couple seeds of Snowbird and you can plant them when I send you your network choices.
 

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Day 28- The Beans I Grew This Summer

Swan Island- Bush Dry

A Robert Lobitz original named bean that he introduced through the Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook. The color on this bean is not exactly present when seeds are harvested new. Color of the seeds takes time to develop.

Swan River - Bush Dry

A Robert Lobitz original named bean that he introduced through the Seed Savers Exchange yearbook. The new the seed can be nearly white. Color develops over time.


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Swan Island.........................................................................Swan Island


Tene's Bean - Bush Dry

An old Canadian heirloom that has been grown by the Locke family of Grand Manan, New Brunswick for three generations. Larry Locke’s grandfather Ashton was given some seed by a Miss Albertine Bancroft around 1920. Larry’s family has grown them ever since.

Tigre -Semi Runner Dry

Early with71 days to first dry pods. Then pods dry sequentially over about 4 weeks. Plants are very productive. Beans are small but more than make up in total volume of seed procduced. Sent to me by Harriet Mella of Liebenfels, Austria.

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Tene's Bean....................................................................Tigre
 

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Do you think Tene's Bean might be related to White Horticultural? They look similar, though the eye is more gold on these. I really found WH to be a fantastic bean, pretty too.
I don't know if the bean is related. Could be I suppose. How productive is White Horticultural? I didn't find Tene's that productive this year.
 
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