Re: my garden here in Nebraska
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 08:27:47 GMT/BST "D.A. BRECKON" wrote:
> Runner or pole beans, as you call them, do like to bed down on plenty
> of well rotted compost.
Dave,
From my understanding, there is a difference between runner and pole beans.
Most runner beans like Scarlet Runner or Painted Lady have very fuzzy,
flat pods and I find the beans themselves quite mealy.
Most pole beans grown in North America are grown for the pods and eaten
like a snap bean. Blue Lake, for example, is a pencil pod with very tender
flesh. Some pole beans do come in different colours like Violet Podded,
Goldmarie etc. but for the most part, they're green.
I think the runner beans are actually a different species of Phaseolus as
well.
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