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Goose Beans
I used to have a variety we called "Goose Beans". I know there are many
beans called that, but these were white, almost perfectly round, about a half inch wide. They were very hard, and the skin was marbled. The plants were a little small for a pole bean, and the taste was unusual, reminding me a little of Lima beans. I have since lost the seed source, but I know we gave away seed to many people and other people we knew did the same, so there might be some out there. I once saw some seed of a "Pea Bean" that looked similar, but I have not found anything recently that I thought was the same. If anyone knows of this bean, or one like it, please let me know. You can reach me at . Thanks Michael Westwind |
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Goose Beans
I used to have a variety we called "Goose Beans". I know there are many beans called that, but these were white, almost perfectly round, about a half inch wide. They were very hard, and the skin was marbled. The plants were a little small for a pole bean, and the taste was unusual, reminding me a little of Lima beans. I have since lost the seed source, but I know we gave away seed to many people and other people we knew did the same, so there might be some out there. I once saw some seed of a "Pea Bean" that looked similar, but I have not found anything recently that I thought was the same. If anyone knows of this bean, or one like it, please let me know. You can reach me at . Thanks Michael Westwind Don't recollect anything that exactly matches your description. Some of the crowder peas (vigna angularis) are called goose beans, but the blue goose is a grey pea. Peas are quite a different family than beans. If yours had slick leaves and vines as opposed to hairy, look at various running peas. The flavor (shell beans) does taste more like a lima than do common (Phaseolus vulgaris) beans, |
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Goose Beans
This wonderful gentleman has a huge selection of heirloom beans:
http://www.heirlooms.org/beans.html We have had excellent results with him. Here's a goose bean picture, the pink stripes appear only on some plants, maybe 1 in 100 for us: http://www.heirlooms.org/beans/goose.html "Michael Westwind" wrote in message news I used to have a variety we called "Goose Beans". I know there are many beans called that, but these were white, almost perfectly round, about a half inch wide. They were very hard, and the skin was marbled. The plants were a little small for a pole bean, and the taste was unusual, reminding me a little of Lima beans. I have since lost the seed source, but I know we gave away seed to many people and other people we knew did the same, so there might be some out there. I once saw some seed of a "Pea Bean" that looked similar, but I have not found anything recently that I thought was the same. If anyone knows of this bean, or one like it, please let me know. You can reach me at . Thanks Michael Westwind |
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