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Originally Posted by Tormato
This thread is also for PhilaGardener, as a reminder that sending in a package in early January is kind of late.  |
LOL.
Ella, definitely participate in the bean swap this winter! Two swaps back, I had nothing to swap in but postage, and I received more beautiful beans samples than I could have imagined. I grew out 20+ last year and refined my planting this year. We definitely loved filet beans. Most of the others were great but some get tough to fry up.
My favorite pole bean is probably Carminat. It is a filet bean that is purple but cooks out as green. The japanese beetles love it too - I guess the color - but that just makes it easier to kill a bunch of them at once. Fortex and Monte Gusto are similar but green and yellow. This year I went with those along with emerite filets, blue lake (black bean), la vignerone (spelling?), rattlesnake, rose, and one other great little bean I can't recall the name of - spanish girl name, the dried beans are a beautiful white to black fade.