[AT] OT - Vavorite garden beans

[charliehill]

thanks Grant.   I had not intended to plant any beans this year and it's 
pretty late for it now but after all this talk I think I might plant a few 
hills and see what they do.  I have some seed.

Charlie
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From: "Grant Brians" <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
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> Charlie, I am very familiar with both Kentucky Wonder and Roma (a Romano
> Bean variety.) Romano beans have a stronger flavor than any of the true
> Kentucky Wonder beans do. It is a little more "rough" if you will. I have
> noticed that some seed sellers are mis-identifying Kentucky Wonder.... 
> Also,
> there is a bush Kentucky Wonder that was developed in New Hampshire in the
> 1950s that I grow all the time called Greencrop that is a tasty Kentucky
> Wonder bean. You might try that too. The Kentucky Wonder beans were nearly
> all that was commercially sold in grocery stores nationally until the Bush
> Blue Lake varieties started being used for canning and freezing in the
> 1950's and then the shift really took place in the 1960's. My grandfather
> who grew up on the farm in Central Illinois is the person who got me 
> hooked
> on Kentucky Wonder beans for the garden and I used to sell quite a few of
> them to supermarkets back in the 1970s.
>     I was looking at my 7 varieties of bush beans in the field last night
> and salivating over the time when they will be ready in late June! YUM. 
> Raw
> or cooked I love them. We are so late this year with all of the spring 
> rains
> for Beans. I need to find a spot I can sneak some Scarlet Runners in for
> farmers market too.....
>            Grant
>
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>
> Mark the "Kentucky Wonders" beans I'm familiar with look a lot like the 
> Roma
> you plant.  Funny thing, if you look up Kentucky Wonder on the Gurneys 
> site
> the picture is not a flat bean.   I'm wondering if there are two different
> beans that folks call Kentucky wonders or if maybe  the Kentucky Wonder
> beans I like are kin to the Roma bean.
>
> Charlie
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>
>> Mike,
>> As someone who has planted green beans in my garden for the last 17 
>> years,
>> I
>> like two varieties. We can about 50 quarts each year and eat lots more
>> during garden season. Blue Lake is a good one, either in the bush or pole
>> varieties. They produce well, have good flavor, cans well, and no 
>> strings.
>> I
>> also like one called Roma which has a flattened pod but you eat like any
>> other green bean. Same characteristics as the Blue Lake as far as
>> production, canning, taste, and no strings. Both varieties grow very well
>> and I plant them in double rows about a foot apart. I do NOTHING else to
>> them until it is time to pick except push a hand cultivator along each
>> side
>> every couple weeks to discourage weeds. They are probably the easiest
>> plants
>> in our garden as far as the time it takes to plant and maintain them.
>> Blue Lake  http://gurneys.com/blue-lake-274-bush-beans/p/14137/
>> http://gurneys.com/blue-lake-pole-beans-/p/14202/
>> Roma  http://gurneys.com/product.asp?pn=14152&bhcd2=1274360419
>> Mark
>>
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>> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:19 AM
>> Subject: [AT] OT - Vavorite garden beans
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>>
>>> Hi all, OT, but I was wondering what variety of green beans you favor. 
>>> As
>>> a small garden grower, I am interested in a continuously  productive
>>> plant, not like the big commercial growers that like all their beans to
>>> come in at once. I know we have some vegetable farmers on the list, (HL)
>>> and would appreciate some input. Thanks, Mike
>>
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