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Post by Alan on May 13, 2007 21:35:15 GMT -5
A customer of mine brought me some really beautifull brown and black speckled bush Greasies Saturday at markett. They are from Harlan county KY and have been grown by her family for generations. I'm excited to get these and I will let everyone know how they do, if they do well I will offer seed here.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 13, 2007 21:46:10 GMT -5
Congratulations on the latest acquisition, Alan! Perhaps Brook has some knowledge of this variety and can help you with them..  |
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Post by Alan on May 13, 2007 23:22:22 GMT -5
I should have also specified that the customers name is Mary Floyd and so therefore I have been calling the bean that in here honor, however it may already have a name, so I will consult brook on this come the conference this fall.
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Post by brook on May 14, 2007 8:35:46 GMT -5
I'll be interested in seeing them. I do not know of a bush type greasy, although several varieties use "greasy" in their names even if they're not true greasy beans. So, if these are, we definately need to preserve them, and broaden their distribution.
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Post by Alan on May 15, 2007 18:22:05 GMT -5
I'll keep you updated Brook and I'll be bringing you some seed to the conference this fall! Let me know if you have any luck with those owsley county Greasies as I had germination failure with my first half that were planted. If you get any of them to grow I would like to have some seed from them.
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Post by downinmyback on Aug 31, 2007 20:15:13 GMT -5
Why are those beans called greasy. I have had some offer in trade but greasy beans do not sound edbi
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Post by Alan on Sept 4, 2007 22:34:16 GMT -5
Greasy beans are called greasy because they lack the tough gene and the outer "hair" that modern processing type beans have, instead they feel and look slick or "greasy" if you will. They are edible and very delicious, as a matter of fact once you try them you may never want to eat any other kind of green bean ever!
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Post by flowerpower on Sept 5, 2007 5:05:18 GMT -5
Alan, thanks for the description. I thought they were called "greasy" b/c of the way they are cooked up.
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Post by downinmyback on Sept 6, 2007 23:02:25 GMT -5
Yeah thanks Alan as i thought i knew all of the old timer names but that was a new one on me.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 7, 2007 8:53:29 GMT -5
I am growing the AHSC's Tobacco Worm Bean for the first time. I ate a bean off the vine yesterday! Smooth as silk Now I know why they are called Greasy. |
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Post by Alan on Sept 10, 2007 19:33:47 GMT -5
Let me know how those cook up blue. Mary and her daughter have been bringing me a steady collection of been seed jars marked from the 1980's! I hope some of them germinate, I'm starting to get a nice collection in the closet for next spring!
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Post by americangardener on Nov 11, 2007 1:34:27 GMT -5
So how'd the greasy mary floyd turn out?
It's been a while since ya started this thread so i was just wondering.
Till now i never knew what greasy beans were, and barely had even heard the name before. You guys are a wealth of information.
I hope all your jarred beans germinate something Alan.. I tried some old bean seed from 1998 last season.. not a one of em sprouted. Oh well, it was worth a try!
Do you guys know of any variety names for greasy beans? I'd like to see if i can't find some before spring.
Dave
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Post by Alan on Nov 11, 2007 12:03:39 GMT -5
Unfortunately I had a crop failure on my first test of greasy bean, though I did produce just enough seed to try again next year and Marry was kind enough to find me another jar in here parents root cellar marked 1985, a germ test found about 50 percent viable, so I will be trying again next year and will keep you updated.
As far as names of Greasy types, most of them are family names and hence I'm not sure of any off of the top of my head, plus they verry with regional lingo. The only one that I know a definite name of is called White Icecicle Greasy whcih in this area is the standard by which all other greasy beans are measured.
-Alan
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Post by americangardener on Nov 11, 2007 12:45:41 GMT -5
Great...
At least i got one i can search for.... I'll try an find some white icicles. May take me a while but i'll find some before summer.
Sounds like Mary has discovered a buried treasure down there in that root cellar.
Thanks
~Dave
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