I am a big fan of beans. Such wondrous diversity. Here are a few grown this year.
Wilma Horseman, a white seeded Appalachian cutshort bean (the beans inside the pod are crammed, so they are squared off - they appear 'cut short'). Still needs to adapt to our climate, struggling a bit to ripen, but the plants topped 8ft canes and then grew into the apple tree above! Strangely the pods in the apple tree (which only became visible when the leaves came down) were all mature pods, whereas the beans lower down are still green. Appalachian beans tend to be small seeded and have smaller pods than many European beans. Often they are shiny on the outside, then they are called 'greasy beans'. Very different from the beans we are used to.
Wilma Horseman, a white seeded Appalachian cutshort bean (the beans inside the pod are crammed, so they are squared off - they appear 'cut short'). Still needs to adapt to our climate, struggling a bit to ripen, but the plants topped 8ft canes and then grew into the apple tree above! Strangely the pods in the apple tree (which only became visible when the leaves came down) were all mature pods, whereas the beans lower down are still green. Appalachian beans tend to be small seeded and have smaller pods than many European beans. Often they are shiny on the outside, then they are called 'greasy beans'. Very different from the beans we are used to.
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