From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 12:26:22 PM UTC-4, songbird wrote:   
   > we finally had enough to pick yesterday to cook   
   > up and try out.   
   >   
   >   first of all these are a bush bean, upright habit,   
   > beans are fairly far off the ground (higher than most   
   > other bush beans i grow), bright purple flowers, red   
   > stems and darker leaves, dark purple beans (easy to   
   > see to pick), they flower heavily and bear pretty well   
   > based upon last year's first grow of the seeds.  and   
   > early is also a good feature to make sure they can   
   > finish up the dry seeds before it gets into the fall   
   > cooler and rainy weather here.   
   >   
   >   last year i sampled a few when fresh to see if they   
   > were good as a fresh/snap bean and they were very   
   > tender, sweet and mild.  so the plan for this year was   
   > to grow a lot of them to see if they were as good as   
   > those few beans indicated.   
   >   
   >   these were originally marked as a dry bean, but now   
   > we're very happy eating them fresh too.   
   >   
   >   when i can hand one to Mom and she'll eat it fresh   
   > and say "Yummy!" we probably have a keeper.   
   >   
   >   when i cooked them up yesterday i nuked them for   
   > 8 minutes and they were perfect.  a regular batch of   
   > green and wax beans may go from 13-15 minutes.   
   >   
   >   the downside to these beans is if you have Japanese   
   > Beetles around they can be a magnet crop for attracting   
   > them.  i just pick the bugs off a few times a week in   
   > the morning.   
   >   
   >   aside from the JB attractant trait the rest of the   
   > traits of this bean are ones i am glad to have in my   
   > mix of beans that i grow so i will continue to grow   
   > these each season and plan on having fun watching some   
   > new crosses appear.   
   >   
   >   i have not yet had enough dry seeds to cook them up   
   > as a dry bean, but perhaps this fall there will be   
   > enough for that.  they did bear very well last year for   
   > just the few plants i had growing.   
   >   
   >   the seeds are also attractive.   
   >   
   >   
   >   songbird   
      
   Do the beans stay purple when cooked?   
      
   Paul   
      
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