Posted by Beanman on April 1, 2010, 9:58 am
I find it hard to believe no one on this forum grows heritage beans
apart from
me, can that be.
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Beanman
Posted by Gary Woods on April 1, 2010, 12:25 pm
>I find it hard to believe no one on this forum grows heritage beans
>apart from me, can that be.
Why would you say that, other than an attempt to elicit responses?
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Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Posted by <balvenieman on April 1, 2010, 2:05 pm
>Why would you say that, other than an attempt to elicit responses?
It worked, didn't it? LOL! I don't know what "heritage" beans even
means, unless it's the same as "heirloom" beans. In that case, I do and
have for many years but just don't want to correspond with good old Bob
about it. In point of fact, I have the whole of gardenbanter.co.uk
"nfiltered". Gardenbanter is a bottom-feeding U.K. site attempting to
capitalize on UUNET newsgroups by co-opting them as "their own" and
presenting them inside a Web-based advertising vehicle. Sort of like AOL
and WebTV did and Google is doing and with just as little class.
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the Balvenieman
Running on single malt in U.S.A.
Peninsular Florida,
USDA zone 9b
Posted by Dan L. on April 1, 2010, 2:02 pm
>
> >Why would you say that, other than an attempt to elicit responses?
> It worked, didn't it? LOL! I don't know what "heritage" beans even
> means, unless it's the same as "heirloom" beans. In that case, I do and
> have for many years but just don't want to correspond with good old Bob
> about it. In point of fact, I have the whole of gardenbanter.co.uk
> "nfiltered". Gardenbanter is a bottom-feeding U.K. site attempting to
> capitalize on UUNET newsgroups by co-opting them as "their own" and
> presenting them inside a Web-based advertising vehicle. Sort of like AOL
> and WebTV did and Google is doing and with just as little class.
I am not Bob, Well in my opinion that is a good and fair question.
However I will take a try at it and see what happens :)
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Heritage Plants - Plants that are native to a specific location or
region. (My Guess).
Heirloom Plants - is a cultivar that was commonly grown during earlier
periods in human history, but which is not used in modern large-scale
agriculture. (A Wikipedia Definition).
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Am I growing heritage beans native to my location - probably not.
Am I growing heirloom beans - yes.
I am not against any garden postings regardless of its point of origin.
Everyone here also has the right to filter out what they do not want :)
Enjoy Life... Dan
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Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.
Posted by David Hare-Scott on April 1, 2010, 6:53 pm
Beanman wrote:
> I find it hard to believe no one on this forum grows heritage beans
> apart from me, can that be.
What do you mean by "heritage"? I grow open pollinated beans from a variety
of sources, their provenance is not always clear and their names probably
don't mean much in an international forum. I choose on the basis of:
- long and prolific bearing
- stringless
- tasty
- disease resistance.
Is that heritage?
My favourite at the moment is a green bush bean sold by a commercial seed
company (wait for it....... ) Mrs Fothergill. There is a pic of someone's
grandma on the pack, how sweet. A patch about 1m square has been giving
more tasty, tender, stringless beans continuously for 5 months than four can
eat. They have survived grasshoppers, snails, drought and humid drizzle.
Seed companies are not all ruthless predators who only want to hook you on
F1s.
David
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>apart from me, can that be.