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Blue-Jay

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"Staley's Surprise" True bush grows without runners. Australian variety that was bred by Arthur Staley an 1880's to early 1900's seed merchant from East Gippsland, Victoria.

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"Lila Stuart" True bush dry bean. Said to be a selection of a bean called "Lynnfield". Perhaps by a woman named Lila Stuart. This bean also produced an off type this year of a bean that I've seen back in the early 1980's called "Lila's Mottled Soldier" (second photo)

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#148 - Lila Stuart

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Lila Stuart Off Type
 

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Ridgerunner,

Just thought about this semi runner I found in Blue Jay two years ago. I grew some this year. Produces tons of pods for a low growing bean. Has smaller seed than Blue Jay but colored just like BJ. Would you like some of these? The beans do make a good baking bean.

No thanks Russ. I grow Blue Jay as my early bush snap bean, my wife would be upset if I didn't grow her the Blue Lake Pole for my main canning/summer eating bean. She really likes that smell. I used to grow Black Turtle for my dried beans but I don't need to any more. I got over four quarts just from my grow-outs this year and that doesn't count all the Blue Jay and Blue Lake Pole I let go to seed. I haven't finished shelling all my Blue Lake Pole yet but between the two of those I probably have over two more quarts. That's more dried beans than we will eat.

I'd prefer to use the space to grow out these beans instead growing more production beans.
 

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"Angel Cattle" True bush dry bean. Acquired this outcross in 2014 from a bean grower in Germany by the name of Professor Jurgen Klapprott after I saw the bean on the Bohnen-Atlas site. The arangement was to grow him some new seed and return it to him. I didn't get nice seed that I was satisfied with to return to him until 2016. This is another bean that filled out the planted row section fairly well this year. The bean still has a variable seed coat.

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#153 - Angel Cattle
 

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