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It definitely darkened. Yes, I found that on Guy Dirix's website last night.

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 37 Mrs. Martin's Heir - Bush Lima. I recieved this bean from my Lima breeding contact in Iowa in 2019...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 37 Monachelle di Norcia - Pole Dry. From a grower in Valpiano, Italy. Not too bad in the productivity...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 37 Missouri Wonder - Pole Green Snap - First introduced to the seed trade in the 1930s. Grown in...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 37 Mother Earth - Pole Dry - From Native Seed Keeper Stephen McComber who lives in Ontario somewhere gave...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 36 Milky Way - Pole Dry. From my Austrian bean friend in 2018. This year was my first grow out of the...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 36 Mestia Svaneti - Pole Snap Dry?. This bean seems very similar to Lilaschecke. Seed color and pattern...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 35 Mascarade de Briel Roya - Pole Dry. This summer was the second time I grew this bean. The first time...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 35 Margot - Bush Dry. The bean plants stayed very small low to the ground. Almost like they were trying...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 34 Louisiana - Pole Snap. This has been one of my all time favorite snap beans since the early 1980's. I...

So finally getting around to making some decisions about what I'll plant this year and started comparing seed packets to my inventory...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 33 Little White Lion - Bush Dry. It struggled with the summer season so I still don't know how productive...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 33 Letcher County Fall - Pole Dry. Another productive Appalachian bean from Letcher County Kentucky...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 33 Kroatische - Pole Dry. I like the pattern on this bean. There are some other European beans with this...

one! New member here from Colorado. Dealing with the crazy high-altitude weather and short growing season, but I'm determined to make my...