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Sultan's Gold Crescent. Maybe not quite as curly as yours, @Branching Out ? So perhaps Anellino Giallo is more likely.

I also grew Freckles a couple of years ago from 2013 seed from @Blue-Jay . And had a similar or even greater contrast in seed coat...

This bean exists in many varieties in Italy, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It is called Anellino Gialo (Italien - small yellow...

@Blue-Jay, can you write more about the Skunk River Trout bean that @oxbow farm showed?

That's right, I have several varieties of such beans from Italy and Austria, especially from the Steiermark / Styria region. This is...

Yes this is true with some beans that have this Jacob's patterned seed coat. Warmer summers and the seed is mostly colored without very...

Freckles (2025)(Network Bean) I harvested some dry beans. Been struggling with growing this bean. My original sample is from 2013...

While looking for more information on seed coat patterns and bean genetics, I found this bean research article and I thought it was...

An elderly Italian gardener gave me seeds of a small crescent-shaped yellow pole snap bean. She told me that they're really good-- but...

The beautiful rose-green pods of Rossa de Son Macià. The pods are about 10 cm/ 4 inches.

I also started the seed harvesting. Interestingly, I found a Meerbarbe / blue sea barb where the seeds have a reversed color of white...

Hope this helps

Some of my nicer looking beans :) Mountaineer White Half-Runner Lobitz's Purple Rain Pods of another Lobitz's bean. - Chaska...

In my case, such damage to the pods occurred after heavy rains following a period of drought. Too much water at once. Is your Mohawk a...

The earliest network bean this year, and one of the earliest pole beans of them all - 'Barry Island'. I usually start the beans in...