There are four crops to beans.
- Broad beans for their seeds
- Runner and other beans whole pods before the beans form to any significant degree
- Podded beans from 2 above, before they mature and begin to dry on the 'vine'
- 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.
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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.
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