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Post by Alan on Dec 1, 2009 20:45:13 GMT -5
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Post by oldfatguy on Dec 6, 2009 23:29:01 GMT -5
Did you see these Alan? I'm getting some. Thanks for the hookup.
Phaseolus vulgaris New Mexico Cave Snap Pole Beans 25/4.00
Distinctly patterned seeds on tall, medium¨Clate vines with excellent 6¡± snap pods combine with its history to make this worth growing. A few years after we became members of the SSE (the Seed Saver¡¯s Exchange), we received a package in the mail from a Mr. Pritchard with a note saying that the enclosed seeds would be of interest to us. He said they were the third generation from seeds found buried in a cave in a clay pot, sealed with pine pitch and C-14 dated to 1500 ago. Interestingly, some 15 years later, one of my customers related that her daughter in a UCLA anthropology course digging for pygmy elephants in New Mexico found a clay pot with the beans and had them carbon dated. No one has related about their initial germination and growth, both of which are considered unlikely in modern scientific terms. We have grown them for decades and the seeds are unlike any other. Several people have selected lines of this bean whose markings are characteristic and distinguishable from one another.
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Post by Alan on Dec 8, 2009 18:40:33 GMT -5
Yep, saw those in there, I think they were listed on last years list or the year before as well. I know they are in the old 1993 peace seeds catalog, I keep meaning to get some from Dr. Al and keep forgetting, but this is the year, it would be cool to obtain and compare some of the various strains of this bean that have been collected out of the mix.
There is also an Anasazi sweet corn which J. Sperro could tell you more about, but I believe it too was also supposedly collected from a ancient seed cache, it is a good quality op sweet corn with some wonderful colors and a valuable source of the genetics which have helped in building up Astronomy Domine and it's various selections.
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