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[Blue-Jay]

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 15
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Cherry Trout - Bush Dry. This bean struggled during the summer of 2025. It also didn't like the weather and possibly the soil too. I got enough seed to plant again. This is an original bean of mine from the early 1980's. It is in the Seed Saver's Exhange bean collection and I also donated this bean to the USDA seed bank in Pullman, Washington.

Chester Gold - Pole Dry. This was discovered in the garden of Renate During of Schweiburg, Niederschsen, Germany as a mutation of Skunk. Renate and I did a little bean trade about late 2024 or early 2025. I grew these this past summer of 2025. I got enough good seed to try again and still have some of the orignal seed Renate sent to me. I have no doubt they are very productive like Skunk. They will be grown out in a different location this coming summer. A very pretty bean.


Cherry Trout - Bush Dry...........................................Chester Gold - Pole Dry

 

[Dahlia]

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 15
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Cherry Trout - Bush Dry. This bean struggled during the summer of 2025. It also didn't like the weather and possibly the soil too. I got enough seed to plant again. This is an original bean of mine from the early 1980's. It is in the Seed Saver's Exhange bean collection and I also donated this bean to the USDA seed bank in Pullman, Washington.

Chester Gold - Pole Dry. This was discovered in the garden of Renate During of Schweiburg, Niederschsen, Germany as a mutation of Skunk. Renate and I did a little bean trade about late 2024 or early 2025. I grew these this past summer of 2025. I got enough good seed to try again and still have some of the orignal seed Renate sent to me. I have no doubt they are very productive like Skunk. They will be grown out in a different location this coming summer. A very pretty bean.

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Cherry Trout - Bush Dry...........................................Chester Gold - Pole Dry

Pretty beans! I love all of the bean names! I never knew how many different kinds of beans existed until I joined this forum years back!