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That seems to have happened to me this year, on three trout/cattle pattern beans I bought from Russ's store. Some were more extreme...

I've had the same feeling this year about beans not being entirely straightforward or predictable. Not entirely the same weather...

Sultan's Gold Crescent. Maybe not quite as curly as yours, @Branching Out ? So perhaps Anellino Giallo is more likely.

I also grew Freckles a couple of years ago from 2013 seed from @Blue-Jay . And had a similar or even greater contrast in seed coat...

This bean exists in many varieties in Italy, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It is called Anellino Gialo (Italien - small yellow...

An elderly Italian gardener gave me seeds of a small crescent-shaped yellow pole snap bean. She told me that they're really good-- but...

First 2025 dry bean food of the year for us. Italian Bean Salad with fresh Dolloff beans.

It has bean a hard year for beans. Especially bush beans. June was brutally hot with hardly a drop of rain. July gave us a little bit of...

@Oxford This year I also started mulching the soil around the beans with grass clippings to avoid damaging the roots when pulling out...

Rose d'Eyragues

I have Meerbarbe / Blue Sea Barb and Nonna Agnes as well. But the pods are different. My Nonna Anges has only green pods (with a little...

now i want one for breakfast...

Seeds with split seed coats have been germination tested by me and another grow I know in Iowa and found that the beans do grow.

It means: Cornetto = a stuffed croissant (in Italy usually with jam or pistachio creme 😍) Largo = wide/ broad Verde = green "A...

This is a bean that has turned out to be quite special - 'Kärntner Butter'. Not only has the yield been really good, but it's a very...