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Old March 5, 2016   #1
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Has anyone here grown this? It is the Whidbey Island bean, local and specific to whidbey Island, WA. Supposed to be a bush type drying bean that you cook with bacon and brown sugar and onion, sort of baked bean style. I only saw one place to buy them, $14/lb, and they were out. They are in the Slow Foids Ark of Taste registry as a rare bean. My friend gave me a package of them. Opinions?
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Marsha, sometimes you see a word and it rings a bell. You don't know why, but it just does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY

I have never heard of the Rockwell bean. Sounds interesting though.
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Old March 6, 2016   #3
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In spite of living on Whidbey Island in the 70's, I never heard of it either... but then, I lived in Oak Harbor, on the opposite end of the island. Supposedly, it was originally brought to Whidbey Island from Maine in the late 1800's. It is listed by two members of the Seed Savers Exchange, though, and also sold commercially by this source: http://uprisingorganics.com/vegetabl...kwell-397.html
It sounds like a bean that is well adapted to cool weather, not sure how well it would do in the warmer, more humid conditions of the sunshine state. If you grow it, Marsha, keep us posted.
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Yes, sounds like an interesting experiment!
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This site seems to have them.
http://chefshop.com/Willowood-Farm-R...ied-P7985.aspx
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They are already up. Seeds were sown about 5 weeks ago, they have a bush habit, are about 6 inches tall, and really loaded with blossoms. So far, they are liking our cool not so humid winter.
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Yes, I found them too. $14 for a pound, plus shipping! I wonder if my friend knew she was sending me such a rare thing?
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Ha! That video was a HOOT! Haven't heard that one for a long time. Thx! Hee-hee...
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