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Post by homegrower on Oct 16, 2012 7:13:26 GMT -5
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Post by DarJones on Oct 18, 2012 1:22:06 GMT -5
Genetically it is possible, but I have not seen any. You could cross Fortex with Red Striped Greasy and easily develop a stringless greasy. I would have problems doing that because all of the stringless beans I have eaten had high levels of stringy fiber in the bean pods. I don't like that stringy texture. By comparison, the greasy beans I have grown were all extremely tender and easy to break and eat. You just have to pull off the ripcord strings.
DarJones
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Post by homegrower on Oct 18, 2012 5:56:20 GMT -5
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Post by paquebot on Oct 18, 2012 21:47:10 GMT -5
Don't snap them, cut them. As Dar said, they are darned good to eat as a snap bean. Eating the string doesn't detract from that.
Martin
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Post by remy on Oct 28, 2012 18:52:27 GMT -5
HomeGrower,
As you might already know, since the thread you linked explains that it is not a greasy. It is misnamed by the lady from TN who originally shared the seed.
Remy
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Post by galina on Jan 11, 2013 17:42:55 GMT -5
And does it matter? I am asking because it is just so easy to remove strong string and the greasy beans I know have a good string that pulls off easily. And so does the string on non-greasy Cherokee Trail of Tears, another bean that I would not want to be without.
Favourite greasy here (so far - I have several new-to-me types to try for this year) is North Carolina long speckled cut-short greasy bean from Bill Best. Did great in a very cold and continually wet/flooded UK season where most things did badly. Tastes beautiful and freezes well too. String removal is fast and easy.
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