Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake
James
Lake. Between Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake which would you grow and
why?
George Shirley
Wonder better than the Blue Lake. It is my understanding that most of
the canned green beans are of the Blue Lake variety. Grew and canned a
lot of Blue Lake last year and either fresh or canned they are pretty
good. Still prefer the Kentucky Wonder though.
George
Dan L.
George Shirley <gsh...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I vote for Kentucky Wonder. I have about sixty Kentucky Wonder plants
growing on 3 bean towers. My plants are only 1 foot tall and still
growing. I pick them young and steam them...yum. I do not let the beans
get fat. I prefer to freeze instead of canning them. I am just waiting
and drooling until harvest time.... last year they were like eating
candy. The Kentucky Wonder is a top ten vegi in my world :)
I never grew Blue Lake because I was very satisfied with the first.
I am not an expert, This is my 5th year of gardening and loving it.
Enjoy Life ..... Dan
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Nyssa
I've grown both Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake,
and I prefer the Blue Lake. They taste great and
produce well.
As far as freezing or canning, I've done both to
'em and freezing tends to do better. Although I
usually eat them soon after picking or share with
a neighbor, so there is rarely enough left over
to preserve.
I'll see if I can find some Empress seeds next
year to try. I always make sure that I try a new
variety or two of something or other each year,
and I've found some real gems that way.
Nyssa, who will have some Blue Lake beans with
lunch today
tuckermor
soil have an effect on taste, productivity, etc. Why not try them both?
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Mel M Kelly
was the bush winner and Fortex was the pole winner.
From Mel & Donnie in Bluebird Valley
Billy Rose
"tuckermor" <tuck...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Yeah, I've never had such a great crop in productivity and taste of
Maxibel and Fin de Bagnols. Long thin beans that taste good even when I
over cook them (not often). Tried them others. I can almost always find
them in them in any hardware store. But for better flavor, more taste,
and greater satisfaction smoke Maxibel and Fin de Bagnols. I mean, grow
Maxibel and Fin de Bagnols. Vittoria French Filet Bush Bean is another
excellent choice. I grow then next to my tomatoes and then I put a line
of radishes and carrots. Really keeps the weeds down. If you only buy
your seed packets and don't have much of a choice, those other beans are
not that bad for keepin' your stomach from rubbin' against your back
bone. But for really good haricot vert, schnittbohnen, good ol' American
string beans, it's hard to beat Maxibel, Vittoria French Filet, and Fin
de Bagnols bush beans. Think I'll go get me some right now. Remember,
when you want your family to know that your treating them right, serve
Maxibel, Vittoria French Filet, and Fin de Bagnols bush beans. Yum yum.
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Mel M Kelly
Fortex is a French bean. The Roma II is Italian though.
Billy Rose
MelK...@webtv.net (Mel M Kelly) wrote:
> Real good beans may be the only thing the French are good for.
You forgot:
Newspapers that don't dumb down.
FRESH produce. (The smell of tomatoes in the produce section can be as
strong as in you own garden.)
Sociability. (Parisians are as French as New Yorkers are American)
Public art and art appreciation.
Good conversation. (They go on for hours.)
Civilized dining. (It may take 2 hours but it seems like 30 minutes.)
Aircraft that compete with Boeing. (Airbus)
Cheap health care.
Childhood assistance programs.
Four weeks vacation. (5 if you work for city, state, or national
government.)
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Billy Rose
<rosefam-E03846...@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
Billy Rose <ros...@sonic.net> wrote:
> In article <26925-469...@storefull-3312.bay.webtv.net>,
> MelK...@webtv.net (Mel M Kelly) wrote:
>
> > Real good beans may be the only thing the French are good for.
>
I forgot to mention that the French get an added day of to clean the
graves of their family. Is that dumb?
It's a small world. No need to jostle.
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Mac'sGrandma
the sugar snap peas were done. They are just coming up.
For bush beans we like Tender Pod the best but also plant Green Pod and
Green Sleeves. All are far superior to any you can buy at the grocery,
fresh, frozen, or canned. Good crops so far this year in spite of little
rain in central Ohio.
For the first time ever we also had to deal with hundreds of Japanese
Beetles. They seemed to especially like the bean leaves. We had never
seen a JB in this area before this year.
Jane and Steve
Glenna Rose
We had that also when people cared about it - it was called Decoration
Day. It was common for the families of the communities to pack picnic
lunches and meet at the cemetery and clean up the grave sites. It has
evolved, for good or bad, into Memorial Day celebrated on a Monday so
there is another three-day weekend.
This thread regarding green beans has me almost ready to plant some next
year. I've only grown them one year and was not particularly impressed
with the results. One of my sons, on the other hand, planted some in one
of their three small raised beds and had green beans all summer. Who can
say for certain why things do well in one place and not in others.
BTW, their raised beds were built with the plastic-type wood someone here
talked about (based in the Seattle, WA, area) a few years back. They have
been so very happy with them, and no splinters. So thank you to whoever
mentioned it.
Glenna
Billy Rose
gle...@pmug.org (Glenna Rose) wrote:
> ros...@sonic.net writes:
> >In article
> ><rosefam-E03846...@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
> > Billy Rose <ros...@sonic.net> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <26925-469...@storefull-3312.bay.webtv.net>,
> >> MelK...@webtv.net (Mel M Kelly) wrote:
> >>
> >> > Real good beans may be the only thing the French are good for.
> >>
> >I forgot to mention that the French get an added day of to clean the
> >graves of their family. Is that dumb?
> >
> >It's a small world. No need to jostle.
> >--
> >Billy
>
> We had that also when people cared about it - it was called Decoration
> Day. It was common for the families of the communities to pack picnic
> lunches and meet at the cemetery and clean up the grave sites. It has
> evolved, for good or bad, into Memorial Day celebrated on a Monday so
> there is another three-day weekend.
But Memorial Day is in memory of those who "fell in defense of the
country" (for whatever reason was popular at the time). In France, there
is a day for cleaning the graves, tombs, mausoleums of family members.
here are probably about a dozen more holidays in France that have
nothing to do with vacation.
This additional time is when the family can be together. We give lip
service to families but the Europeans step-up and make it happen by
giving them time together.
Yeah, it has consequences in other areas of French society but it seems
more important, as does maintaining small farms.
The problem as I see it is that Europeans are having to join the rush to
the bottom of the barrel because that is where the American worker is.
Because we allow ourselves to be exploited, European companies feel that
they have to cut benefits to their employees, instead of American
employees insisting on the benefits that European workers get.
>
> This thread regarding green beans has me almost ready to plant some next
> year. I've only grown them one year and was not particularly impressed
> with the results. One of my sons, on the other hand, planted some in one
> of their three small raised beds and had green beans all summer. Who can
> say for certain why things do well in one place and not in others.
I've never had such good luck with my green beans but in the past I've
tried o grow Blue Lake beans. This year I planted my Fin de Bagnols,
Vitorrios, and Maxibels 3" apart for 18' and I have green beans at least
every other day.
>
> BTW, their raised beds were built with the plastic-type wood someone here
> talked about (based in the Seattle, WA, area) a few years back. They have
> been so very happy with them, and no splinters. So thank you to whoever
> mentioned it.
Just had my back deck redone with plasticized wood. I've been thinking
that I'll use it we I have to replace the frame on my lettuce patch.
>
> Glenna
Bonne nuit, Schlaft gut.
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