Looks like
@BeanWonderin and I are on the same bean pic wavelength!
Schwarze Dalmatiner
Bush, dry. Huge production, probably the biggest yield of the bushes in 2022. Great quality seed. Fantastic bean variety!
Pfaelzer Juni
Bush, snap. An early variety, has never been very productive for me. Now that I think of it, most early beans, even poles, seem to sacrifice some production for earliness. But it is a very nice bean nonetheless. Grows really low to the ground.
Quedlinburger Speck
Pole, snap. Awesome snap bean! Super long, tender, delicious. Superb!
Ntingi
Pole, dry. I think this is my favorite speckled bean of all the speckled varieties out there. You can't tell from the photo here but fresh it's a pastel pink speckle. Very pretty, delicate looking. Excellent seed quallity, just like Mrociumere. I can see it's starting to darken a bit already; I guess some beans oxidize a little more quickly than others.
Meuch
Pole, dry? - could also be a snap too. I think the name means 'much', and if so, it's a great name because this was another super high yielder. I need to do some research on this one to find out more, but it performed wonderfully in 2022.
Schafermadle
Pole, dry, I think*. Given how tight the pods dried over the beans I think this may be a variety that can be eaten as full beans. The seeds are on the smaller side, but very productive. The colour is actually burgundy, not black, like it seems in the picure. The seeds are on the smaller side, and really sweet little beans.
Grandma Nellie's Mushroom
Pole, wax bean. Another mega producer, very early too. The seeds don't seem to fill out well though; the seeds I got were a bit deflated and the seeds I harvested were much like that. I don't know if it's a variety quality or it's sensitive to hydration stress. 2022 was the first time I tried it so I guess I'll see in future grow outs.
Watchelbohne
Pole, dry. I had such great luck with my European beans this summer and this is another one that did great. Wasn't quite as early as some of the others, but I still got all the pods to dry down and mature well. Lovely bean. Also goes by the name 'Quail' bean I believe, which is interesting, because I think that is another way to say 'Pinto' bean. These look very different than the North American pintos, that's for sure!
Zwolse Paarse
Pole, dry? Such a big purple bean! I grew it late, and in a pot, and it was one of the few that really didn't do great but I still got plenty of seed to try again. I think the name means 'Sultry Purple'. Really nice variety, and very different.
This is a bean I didn't grow, it was sent to me as a gift by a seed requester from New Brunswick. It's a pole and called 'Odawa'. He certainly grew some nice seed!
