I grew asparagus bean- a pretty little bush with a red flower and a
winged bean which tasted nasty no matter how young I picked it. Got it
form Thompson and Morgan.

Cricket wrote:

Ah, but the Asparagus Bean varieties I'm aware of are not bush at all. If I
knew of a bush yard long bean in the world, I would beg, borrow, and steal
to get some seed to select and propagate for our catalog.


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Cricket
"FarmerDill" wrote in message
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Ho, all!

Maybe 18 years ago I bought seeds in Berkeley, CA, for some very
entertaining vegetables. One I remember clearly was a bush bean that
displayed the beans vertically above the plant. There was a yard-long

bean,

others.

Anyone have ideas about where to get these now?

--don


Yard long (asparagus) beans are widely available. Some of the newer bush

beans

designed for mechanical picking bear at the top of vine, but I wouldn;t
describe them as vertical. Derby is one of the more popular of the latter

type.

http://www.rhshumway.com/ offers both types as do many other seed

companies.


Pat Brothers
The Powell House
Wake Forest, NC
USDA Zone 7b