Blue-Jay
Garden Master
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2013
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- Location
- Woodstock, Illinois Zone 5
Hello Everyone !
Here we are now in 2026 beginning our 14th year in this Network. At some point in time it felt like a family to me and I’m sure to many of you as well. Helping each other by posting our collective knowledge has been an amazing thing for me to enjoy, learn and observe as I will soon begin my 80th summer in this world. From the thrill and enjoyment of my first garden of radishes at the at of 3 in 1949, to my high school gardens in the 1960’s to the amazing discovery of John Withee’s Wanigan Associates bean network in 1978. I take great enjoyment in the discovery of new bean varieties nearly each year and seeing the coming of new members to our family of bean growers, lovers and enthusiasts. Yes plant a garden and water your soul with the discovery of all the knowledge, beauty and love that is here.
For all the details on how the Network functions. Go to my website www.abeancollectorswindow.com and click on the link Network near the top of the page.
So below is a list of what I call priority beans that need a grow out more than any others listed on my website on all the Network pages Net 1- Net 11.
Priority List 2026
Annette’s Italian -- Pole Snap From the 2023 Appalachian Seedswap
Awasoh’s Bear -- Pole From the 2022 Appalachina Seedswap
Barksdale -- Pole Snap – From Annette Barley of Nanimo, BC
Beurre Dore -- Bush Snap - Green, Yellow pods ?
Bobis d’ Albenga -- Bush purple podded snap bean
Brown Eyed Bobby -- Bush Snap – Only One Sample
Ferrat -- Bush? Maybe snap bean from UK
Flynn -- Pole Dry
Fountain Pitts Allen -- Pole Dry - Bred by a high school student from Kentucky
Gorema -- Pole Dry Bean from Tennessee
Grand Mere -- Pole Snap
Hobb’s Goose -- Pole Dry traces back to the early 1800’s in Lee County Virginia in the Appalachian
Mountains
Joe Bean -- Pole
King City Pink -- Bush
Krupke -- Pole
Lewis County Fall -- Pole Might be an Appalachian bean
Lucy Cantrell -- Pole Snap Stringless
Njano -- Growth Habit Unknown
Ottis Stuart -- Pole Snap
Purgatorio -- Pole Snap Italian Origin
Red Head -- Bush Dry
Robert Hazelwood -- Pole Half Runner
Rosey’s Red -- Bush Dry From Maine
Striped Double Hull -- Pole
Here we are now in 2026 beginning our 14th year in this Network. At some point in time it felt like a family to me and I’m sure to many of you as well. Helping each other by posting our collective knowledge has been an amazing thing for me to enjoy, learn and observe as I will soon begin my 80th summer in this world. From the thrill and enjoyment of my first garden of radishes at the at of 3 in 1949, to my high school gardens in the 1960’s to the amazing discovery of John Withee’s Wanigan Associates bean network in 1978. I take great enjoyment in the discovery of new bean varieties nearly each year and seeing the coming of new members to our family of bean growers, lovers and enthusiasts. Yes plant a garden and water your soul with the discovery of all the knowledge, beauty and love that is here.
For all the details on how the Network functions. Go to my website www.abeancollectorswindow.com and click on the link Network near the top of the page.
So below is a list of what I call priority beans that need a grow out more than any others listed on my website on all the Network pages Net 1- Net 11.
Priority List 2026
Annette’s Italian -- Pole Snap From the 2023 Appalachian Seedswap
Awasoh’s Bear -- Pole From the 2022 Appalachina Seedswap
Barksdale -- Pole Snap – From Annette Barley of Nanimo, BC
Beurre Dore -- Bush Snap - Green, Yellow pods ?
Bobis d’ Albenga -- Bush purple podded snap bean
Brown Eyed Bobby -- Bush Snap – Only One Sample
Ferrat -- Bush? Maybe snap bean from UK
Flynn -- Pole Dry
Fountain Pitts Allen -- Pole Dry - Bred by a high school student from Kentucky
Gorema -- Pole Dry Bean from Tennessee
Grand Mere -- Pole Snap
Hobb’s Goose -- Pole Dry traces back to the early 1800’s in Lee County Virginia in the Appalachian
Mountains
Joe Bean -- Pole
King City Pink -- Bush
Krupke -- Pole
Lewis County Fall -- Pole Might be an Appalachian bean
Lucy Cantrell -- Pole Snap Stringless
Njano -- Growth Habit Unknown
Ottis Stuart -- Pole Snap
Purgatorio -- Pole Snap Italian Origin
Red Head -- Bush Dry
Robert Hazelwood -- Pole Half Runner
Rosey’s Red -- Bush Dry From Maine
Striped Double Hull -- Pole
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