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Yes please! No hurry to send the seed though as I'm sure we'll have other varieties to swap at the end of the season too. :D...

This comes out of Robert Lobitz material that I obtained from Ron Thuma of Hartford, Kansas in 2015. It had Robert's code number of #30B...

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?

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...

Twice now I've found a bunch of bulgy pods that my elderly mom picked because 'they were getting too big.' If this continues I won't be...

heeheehee... :)

While I've been harvesting a few varieties for seed, I foresee this week as the beginning of a harvest explosion! No more harvesting...

First 2025 dry bean food of the year for us. Italian Bean Salad with fresh Dolloff beans.

If you'd like to grow Trionfo Violetto, I'd be happy to send you seed.

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

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