El Salvador Beans and Tomatoes

[mtbigfish]

I have a friend from El Salvador whose family has grown from seed both tomatoes and beans some have been passed down from his family for 200 years and originally from Mayan Indians

Fairly soon he is going to have some bean available that can be cooked fresh (not the pods) or dried and save to cook like other dried beans

The one he has now is called Granados Chili Puca (Granados, his last name) . Has anyone ever seen or grown this?
It looks like a pink lima bean with 2-3 beans per pod.
If anyone knows anything about this variety let me know if I should send to SSE.

There is another runner type long bean called Monkey - don't know alot about it either except they have grown from seed for years and it is green.

Also he has access to tomatoes that his great great grandparents and family members have passed down through the years and other varieties neighbors have grown for many years also - I don't have the names of these yet or seed but am aquiring
Does anyone know of any tomatoes or beans from El Salvador they would like me to try and get?

I have never read much on tomatoes etc from El Salvador or much of So America except for 3-4 persons who save seed years ago but no further info - any info anyone

Dennis

[Fusion_power]

Be careful what you get. Many of the varieties that grow in El Salvador will not grow here. Try anything once, but be prepared, I've grown beans from Mexico that are tropical adapted and there is NO WAY for them to mature in a temperate climate so far from the equator.

DarJones

[mtbigfish]

Dar
Thanks for the heads up
The beans are growing and being picked daily here. I actually ate raw today some of the pink colored Granados Chili Puca - as far as tomatoes he has grown some of them here when he gets the seeds from his dad - don't know how many he has grown here but will only use those he has grown here or I have grown -
Dennis