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from "Peter Coddington" contains
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You must accept that the flavour or taste of any vegetables is down
to the individual.. What is good for the goose may not be good for the
gander, (as they say.)
I can only suggest you try all the varieties and decided for yourself
which to grow in future years. Like others have mentioned( and me) you
can save 'pods' of those you prefer for the following season..
I like them all home grown ones.

However, if you grow more than one variety you may well get an hybrid
because of cross-pollination, and the beans from the new plants may not
be the same as the beans from the originals.

So:

Before the first frosts, dig up carefully all the roots of the beans you
like best, leaving several inches of stem.

Store these over winter in dry sand in a plastic tub or sack. Keep cool,
but protect from frost.

Plant the roots out when you would be planting out beans or seedlings.

You will get several vines from each root, and beans before any grown
from seed.

In dry weather give the flowers a spray-mist to help them set. (Applies
to any runner beans.)

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