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"Bob Hobden" wrote:

"Donn Thorson" wrote
Scarlet Runner Bean Flower...

I thought it was very much a British veg, runner beans.
Grew some last season with salmon flowers, quite beautiful and the beans
were good too, not stringy like some.

In this area of the USA I don't know many people that grow them for the
beans. I've used them like shelling beans, as the pods are too tough and
have strings. Too much work...so I grow them mainly for their flowers.
My favorite Runner is the Painted Lady...

-Donn