Beans

There are four crops to beans.

  1. Broad beans for their seeds
  2. Runner and other beans whole pods before the beans form to any significant degree
  3. Podded beans from 2 above, before they mature and begin to dry on the 'vine'
  4. Dried Beans from all types

Year: 2025


Year: 2024


General Info: Apart from broad beans, which are very standard I have developed some unique crosses and varieties of other common types, Runner Beans, Borlotti, French beans (Cobra), Dwarf French beans and Red Kidney Beans. Runner Beans I have over the years bought a few varieties, most have red flowers and there was one that had a red top and white lower lip. One type was called Enorma and had white seeds.The more common varieties had either a purple or white background with varying amount of darker patches that ranged from speckles to large dark areas, black over the purple and brown over white. This year I have a totally black seeded variety, although I hadn't noticed any dark pods. 2021 ~ Page 3
four colours of runner beans
Here are the same varieties before they dry. The largest the purple ones top-right are some 3cm x 1.5cm these are the ones that turn black, or maybe that should be so dark purple.
four fresh runner beans

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