2025 Little Easy Bean Network - Growers Of The Future Will Be Glad We Saved

[heirloomgal]

The last of the pictures I took on Friday, which was the last day I saw sunshine.

Brutte e Buon
This was a really lovely pole bean, the seed are larger than it appears in the photo. Quite purple too. And it was easy to dry them up on the vine. The name is so cute too, 'Ugly But Good' which is apparently an Italian saying that usually refers to rustic or traditional dishes. I wish now I had tried the beans at the green stage to see if they can be eaten then!

Zazza
Reminds me so much of Peinsipps Zweifarbige! Nice big seeds and excellent yield. Love the name!

Barba di Frate
I think this name means 'Monk's Beard'. Still trying to figure out how that fits? My favorite thing about this bean, aside from the pretty colors and early maturity, is the odd sword shape to the leaves. The most pointed bean leaves I've ever seen on a pole bean plant, almost like a houseplant.

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My harvest of 'White Beauty' has been utterly pathetic 2 years in a row now. The company told me it was a pole, though it hasn't grown that way. It's been a bush twice, so at least I've figured the growth type out now. For some reason it seems to yield so little even though the plants are nice. I'm not sure which way to proceed with it, and if I should give up. I would think there are other beans out there that look similar to this and produce better. The one perk is that the seeds all seem to form well with no culls. ​

*not sure why that font is so messed up, I couldn't change it in that last blurb

 

[flowerbug]

wow! @heirloomgal so nice to see!

 

[Artorius]

@heirloomgal I think there are several varieties with the 'Atlas' name.
This one is commercial Polish wax bean, I don't think it has any connection to Burpee, perhaps @Artorius can comment on its commercial history.

This Atlas is a Polish commercial variety introduced by the Polan company from Krakow. The seeds are no longer available for sale because most Polish pole beans have been displaced by bush varieties. The only Polish pole bean currently available in stores is Gazela.

The Atlas seeds I have were saved by the mother of a friend from a Polish gardening forum and he shared them with me. I multiplied them and sent to other gardeners, also outside Poland. I hope that Atlas will not disappear like many other Polish beans.

Other old Polan company varieties I have are Tytan and Goliat. Both, like Atlas, are pole waxes with Romano type pods.
I found some old Polish beans on the IPK Gatersleben website. I have to get them from there somehow.