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Originally Posted by Tormato

Variety would be the one specific bean out of many in its type. Up here, horticultural type is what you down there would call romano, roman, or roma type. Within horticultal and/or roman types there are many, many varieties. I've seen a few Vermont Cranberry varieties, out of even more Cranberry varieties, out of even more cranberry types.

No kidding.
For me I have had to do what I have to do to get the beans I want.
That is to go to an international market and learn what the people in South America call them as this is where they originated.
My neighbor is from Chile and knows well what I am talking about when I call them what he calls them.
My intent was to inform the original poster that these beans were all the same type so they wouldn't be duplicating a bean more or less.
It would be like growing several different varieties of pinto beans and who the devil wants to do that.

I have a fondness for the flat type so called Italian beans regardless of what they are called or where they come from.

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