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@Blue-Jay @Decoy1 last week I sowed ten of the Rose Offtype with grey frosted seeds. I wanted to see if it was stable or whether there...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 7 Bigarrada Gris Negre - Pole Dry. A Catalonian heirloom from Spain. To say this bean is productive is an...

Yes, I got this one from Metchosin. I wish there was a little more info about it, I might write to them and ask when I get some time...

Hello, my name is Artur and I'm addicted.

@Dahlia I think a few hundred, over 500 for sure. And yes, I realize I should get treatment :)

Got a neat new bean called 'Jersey Pole'. Looks like a brown Vaquero. Planning to grow it this summer.

I guess you really do live in a climate that is considerably warmer than mine @Blue-Jay, to get the tan coloring. Mine were so blue...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 6 Bela Putersnica - Pole Dry. This bean did not do well this summer. I got some seeds where the colored...

Beans 2025 continued Laliberté - bush bean from Lothbinière, Quebec, Canada Schwarze Kugel - semi-runner, old German variety, very...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 5 Batumi Silk - Pole Dry. This is one of the many beans brought to North America by world seed hunter and...

I grew Badda Nera last year too @Blue-Jay and had the same results, poor. It was also really, really late. Way too late for my climate...

Yes, that's why. The Canada postal system (and probably many European countries as well) are no longer able mail parcels into the US...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 4 Batumi Georgia - Pole Dry. This bean also didn't produce much seed but got back the same seed that was...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 4 Aunt Jeans Pole Dry Snap. Suppossedly a Canadian heirloom can be used for both fresh eating and dry...

I'm not sure if you've heard yet @Blue-Jay but there is - possibly - some good news on the horizon for bean shipments. The friend who...