"Ron" wrote in news:bfld5e$r4p$1
@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk:



I would be interested to know others' opinions of these beans and if
anybody
can recommend a runner bean with tons of taste . . . . . .


Have you tried "Painted lady"?

No, but I might. Which company produce them?

Painted lady is a heritage variety: I think Unwins do them. I've grown
them in the past and found them very easy, slug-resistant, good flavour,
but perhaps just a bit stringy (maybe I didn't harvest them young enough).
The flowers are particoloured red and white, so quite decorative too.

I recommend *against* 'Princess Di' who is a sad wet feebleness of a bean,
and attracts every slug for miles about.

I gave up on her and grew some 'Red Rum' instead; the plants seem much more
robust, but as I started them late they aren't quite cropping yet, so I
can't speak to flavour.

Victoria