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Post by circumspice on May 14, 2012 5:26:10 GMT -5
Back in the early 1980s my dad began trading vegetable seeds. He got a kick out of growing odd or exotic veggies. I remember he had pole winged beans, loofa gourds, a type of zuccini that grew to almost 2 feet long, a very long cuke and several other veggies that would seem exotic to an old North Texas farm boy. The one that stands out in my memory was a type of green bean... It was enormous! The bean pods grew to over a foot long, were about 1.5 inches wide & over a .25 inch thick. The beans in the pod were huge, larger than a quarter, shaped like a somewhat square butter bean & it was a dull dusty red in color. The bean pod reminded me of a giant Romano bean. I don't even know if it was an edible variety. The last time I remember seeing his glass peanut butter jar full of the seeds was in 2002 or 2003. I may find them again some day. But in the meantime... Does anybody know what type of bean this is?
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 14, 2012 10:03:24 GMT -5
I'm thinking it might have been a type of fava bean?
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Post by DarJones on May 14, 2012 10:53:41 GMT -5
fava bean? not even close. That is a sword bean. Canavalia species, most likely Canavalia Gladiata. I grow them. They are edible but require special preparation steps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CanavaliaDarJones |
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Post by 12540dumont on May 14, 2012 10:56:06 GMT -5
Dar, you are not smoking that are you? ;D
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Post by DarJones on May 14, 2012 11:13:00 GMT -5
what did the big chimney say to the little chimney?
You're too young to smoke!
DarJones
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 14, 2012 16:26:41 GMT -5
LOL Love it.
So, not fava eh? I knew someone here had a better answer. ;o) Thanks for posting the link! I don't know that I've ever heard of these.
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Post by DarJones on May 14, 2012 17:23:35 GMT -5
Kitazawa sells 2 varieties. I'm growing enough to hopefully supply them to Glenn at Sandhill for next year.
DarJones
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Post by circumspice on May 14, 2012 20:58:56 GMT -5
fava bean? not even close. That is a sword bean. Canavalia species, most likely Canavalia Gladiata. I grow them. They are edible but require special preparation steps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CanavaliaDarJones Thanks for the link Dar! The plant shown for the Gladiata looks a lot like what I remember, but not exactly. Of course, that memory is 'thirty something' years old...  I wonder why they didn't include a pic of the seed? |
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I wonder why they didn't include a pic of the seed?