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@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...

I am growing out the September Blue bean, my first year growing beans specifically to save for the network. Thanks to @Blue-Jay for...

Do you find the bush beans are much more sensitive to excess rain than pole varieties? That's my guess but I don't know, just because...

I would be more concerned about bush bean pods after a good rain. Since all their pods are within inches of the ground a sunny day or...

I thought of that one too, but given the Italian connection I guessed in that direction. A few years ago I had 2 separate people gift...

I've gotten good amounts of seed or dry pods from all the beans I got from you except Hiawatha. I just noticed the first maturing pods...

That seems to have happened to me this year, on three trout/cattle pattern beans I bought from Russ's store. Some were more extreme...

I shelled a bunch of the Trionfo Violetto and found extensive, subtle variation in the seed coat. I thought you might be curious.

Hey, I have a purple podded vine among the Little Red Cutshorts from you. Would you like me to send the seed when it matures?

I've had the same feeling this year about beans not being entirely straightforward or predictable. Not entirely the same weather...

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...