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Some bean photos for a rainy January day. Last year I grew Rose for the HSL and two offtypes were identified. First pic is the 'true'...

Oh! I am back in the U.S. and I have the Frost beans ready to send to you too, tomorrow when the post office is open again. They liked...

Here is one bean that is a favorite of mine for beauty. It's called Anna Zape. It's from California. It's a cross between Anasazi and...

Now for the 2025 off-types: Batumi Georgia 4 True to type on bottom and top is a beautiful speckled off-type. Beautiful coloring on...

This is the only one I can find at the moment.

Wren's Egg was the first dry bush bean to mature. Larger than the average dry bean and a decent harvest considering I lost two of the...

I had three reasons for choosing Schwarze Witwe. One was the German origin, another was the translation of the name (black widow) and...

Pinktip was a bit of a mystery as the seed return envelope was labeled Pinktip Greasy and that's how I labeled it. Pods and seed were...

Lazy Wife Greasy produced the largest Appalachian snap beans I've encountered to date. Beautiful full pods. First harvest...

Dean Family Greasy Cutshort was another that produced well. First harvest of these was mid-September. I believe these were the...

Finally getting around to editing bean photos and now for the bean show! These are the varieties returned to Russ. I believe I'm...

@Blue-Jay This seems to be due to the sudden change in US customs regulations. This caused chaos and confusion among postal services in...

@Blue-Jay, @flowerbug, thank you very much!

Welcome everyone in the new year! This year I will only have those network beans that have not been successfully grown so far. I will...

@Blue-Jay I need to mail you my September Blue beans and will do that very soon. Fall was crazy busy and some of my September Blues had...