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[Triffid]

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 13​

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Centerville Special - Bush Dry

Love the combination of speckles and uneven blotch around the eye on the Centerville Special. I think that hilum pattern is quite unique

 

[heirloomgal]

Your photo looks like true bush growth for sure.

I lifted that photo from a website that sells that bean, can't remember the name of it, but I got lucky that they had a photo of a bed of them. Not a super common thing to see on a seed website! Well, it's good to know there won't be any surprises.

 

[flowerbug]

Love the combination of speckles and uneven blotch around the eye on the Centerville Special. I think that hilum pattern is quite unique

Victoria Brown Eyes has some form of that but the shape of the bean is different (the color is also different ).

i've grown VBE a few different times and it seems like it would do better in a cooler climate with a longer season. one of the larger seeded varieties that don't always do so great here, but they were productive enough when i did grow them.

 

[Artorius]

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 13​

Centerville Special - Bush Dry. Something that I have been working with for a few years. It too didn't like the weather or location. Centerville the orlginal name of the town of Woodstock, Illinois where I live. Better Luck next time Centerville Special !


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Centerville Special - Bush Dry

Love the combination of speckles and uneven blotch around the eye on the Centerville Special. I think that hilum pattern is quite unique

I agree with @Triffid . Centerville Special is a lovely bean. I really like the tiny dots all over the seed coat. So this year I will be sowing @flowerbug's Spotted Pheasant again.

@Blue-Jay
Is the Centerville Special part of the Robert Lobitz Legacy series?

 

[Artorius]

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oh i really like that shape and color... very nice!

Beans with "amber" in their name grew very well last year. Maybe they sensed that amber is Polish gold