General information and discussion about cultivating beans, peas, peanuts, clover and vetch.
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I am just back from a trip to Spain and look what I found in about every supermarket. These things are a length of my hand plus to the elbow. They are flat and had no visible seeds. They tasted like any other green beens I grew, but the length was something else. Package says grown in Morocco. Does anyone know what variety this is and if seeds are available in US?
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Yes, It's a pole bean variety from France and Spain. My grandmother would bring them from Costa Rica when I was a kid. They are flat and can grow over 12 inches long. Typical pole bean taste but more rich and tender when cooked compared to our USA type of pole bean. Called Spanish Musica. Also known as Spanish Miralda. Here is a link you can read :
https://www.reneesgarden.com/product...spanish-musica |
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The packet itself has your answer,
VARIEDAD: HELDA (variety: Helda) |
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http://www.territorialseed.com/produ...anic-bean-seed You are right, just a plain old vulgaris. ![]() Lots of seeds sources online.
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What do the seeds/dried beans look like??
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White, medium sized, somewhat flat, not plump, kidney shape, if I remember correctly.
Perhaps I'll go digging through the hundreds of varieties in my collection, and find them, as it's getting close to planting season, here. I won't have a definite answer until about Tuesday. |
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So sort of like a small Lima bean maybe.
![]() The reason I ask is some beans of the same variety have several names. One of which is the cranberry bean. |
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Runner Beans? (Phaseolus coccineus)
I know the countries in northern Africa produces a lot of those for the european market.
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Soren Last edited by DanishGardener; May 25, 2019 at 07:07 PM. |
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https://www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/Veg...l#.XOnLCtMzZE4
https://www.rareseeds.com/benchmaster-runner-bean-/
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Thank you all
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