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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 29, 2011 7:38:50 GMT -5
For me, this year, the winner's for productivity were: drumroll...
Chestnut Bean, bush: fat, tasty dry bean (thanks Grunt!)
Not true cranberry romano type bean (I saved it from a local stash): Has been growing as a pole bean in my gardens for years. Very productive.
Blue Victor/Cross - Not sure if this is Blue Victor or if it is a cross with Hunter bean. A broad, purple podded bean. Excellent productivity.
Molasses face: bush
These were grown in mostly sandy soil, without irrigation (we had low rain this year but mostly get enough).
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Post by grunt on Oct 29, 2011 9:19:55 GMT -5
Blue Victor is definitely not broad.
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Post by wolfcub on Oct 29, 2011 10:19:31 GMT -5
My best bean this year was Jescott's Long un"s thanks also to Dan(grunt) Even when 20inches long they were still tender. Iwill grow this one again next year
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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 29, 2011 10:49:25 GMT -5
Grunt: Good to know. I mean broad podded rather than a broad bean. My suspicion is that it is a cross between Hunter and Cherokee trail of tears but someone wrote to tell me that it sounded like Blue Victor which they had given me seeds of. As my puppy ran off with all my labels this year, I thought it was a possibility. Next year, I'm making a backup map. I've been growing three varieties of pole beans for years and have never seen a cross before. The three are the aforementioned 'cranberry' type bean, cherokee trail of tears and hunter. It has the broad pod like hunter but purple in colour and a pale violet colouration to the dry bean with the same pale markings as hunter. Anyhow, it's certainly worth replanting!
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Oct 29, 2011 11:07:02 GMT -5
The winner for me was Four Corners Gold Bean (Zuni Gold). Very productive even when neglected for the whole season. My second "runner up"  was the Four Corners Runner Bean that Native Seeds Search says was from the Navajo Reservation. It also did well. |
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Post by robertb on Oct 29, 2011 16:13:13 GMT -5
My best were Cosse Violette, Trail of Tears and Major Cooke's.
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 29, 2011 21:02:37 GMT -5
This is my choice for the best bean of the season. In a row I had Beurre De Rocquencourt, Cannellino Lucchese, and Michele's Ratafia Dwarf Bean. These are bush beans and I did nothing to separate them or stop them from crossing. The pile of beans in the front is what I got from a bean cross. I think they're beautiful and can hardly wait to plant them next year. I did speak to Dr. Welch at GRIN. She said there was no telling which of these three beans crossed. I could have a new bean here. There were no evident (by seed coat) bean crosses in the pole trial. Attachments:
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Post by steev on Oct 29, 2011 22:37:11 GMT -5
The cross is very pretty.
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 29, 2011 22:43:53 GMT -5
Steev, I was hoping you'd come up with a clever name for it.  |
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Post by raymondo on Oct 30, 2011 7:17:15 GMT -5
The cross must have happened in the previous growing season. Which was the mother?
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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 30, 2011 10:59:22 GMT -5
What a lovely looking crossed bean. I like the dense speckling.
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Post by steev on Oct 30, 2011 12:23:01 GMT -5
I think "Speckled Hound" is taken, so maybe "Speckled Vole"?
If it turns out to be windy, perhaps something more erudite, "Vole-au-Vent"?
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 30, 2011 18:48:58 GMT -5
According to Dr.Welch we can't tell who the mother is, nor the father. The Beurre came from a very respectable grower who takes her isolation very seriously. The Ratafia came from Michele....he's also a serious gardener, none of these beans had any beans that were out of the ordinary when I planted them. I took photos and still have 20 of the original beans. Coat patterns can show up right away in the first generation. It's just fun and interesting. I just wonder if it's a green bean or a dry bean or both! I can't know till next year. I also wonder if next year it will still be speckled or some combo of mom and dad.
Never happened here before, but I normally do pole beans. The bees were very busy in this patch of beans. The Ratafia had gorgeous purple blossoms.
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Post by bonsaioutlaw on Oct 30, 2011 19:21:49 GMT -5
Ottawagarderer. I would love to see a picture of your "Not true cranberry romano type bean."
Dumont. That bean cross of yours is lovely.
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Post by Leenstar on Oct 30, 2011 19:33:28 GMT -5
I grew Kentucky Wonder Pole in a 6 inch wide band on a trellis 5 feet high. Aside from a ton of green beas I have a cup and half of dry beans I want to try out in a soup or baked.
I have to say that I think I am going to focus on pole beans now. Grunt made a similar suggestion in a different bean post.
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was the Four Corners Runner Bean that Native Seeds Search says was from the Navajo Reservation. It also did well.
