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   T to songbird   
   Re: bean planting list from 2025   
   29 Jan 26 02:44:15   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 1/18/26 10:13 PM, songbird wrote:   
   >    yes, i'm late.  :)   
   >   
   >    - Blaugraue   
   >    - Conserva   
   >    - Half Whites   
   >      - Pale Yellow and White   
   >      - Red and White   
   >      - Small Black and White   
   >    - Lavender   
   >    - Lavender Outcrosses   
   >      - Christmas   
   >      - Gray   
   >      - Gray Green   
   >      - Gray Green Small   
   >      - Green   
   >      - Light Green   
   >    - Nonna Agnes Blue   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Black   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Brown   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Gray Layers   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Red   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Red Small   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Pink Large   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Pink Small   
   >    - Painted Pony Outcross Purple   
   >    - Peregion   
   >    - Purple Dove   
   >    - Purple Dove Outcrosses   
   >      - Flair Mix (variations)   
   >      - Plain White   
   >    - Red Ryder   
   >    - Sacre Bleu (pole)   
   >    - UC Davis Bean Common Mosaic Virus Resistant   
   >      - (missing UC Rio Zape and Good Daughter Stallard)   
   >      - UC Four Corners Red   
   >      - UC Southwest Gold   
   >      - UC Southwest Red   
   >      - UC Tiger's Eye   
   >      - UC Sunrise   
   >    - Yellow Eye   
   >    - Yellow Eye Outcross (pole, snap, edible)   
   >   
   >   
   >    not too many but some of these are blends of multiple varieties   
   > so they can include more in those (like Peregion is what i   
   > consider a blend of about 6 varieties).   
   >   
   >    i'm now getting towards the end of sorting the beans from   
   > last season and considering which ones i'll try to get   
   > pictures taken.  some nice new ones and continued projects   
   > plus some new crosses - pics eventually...   
   >   
   >    notable new beans were some UC Davis common bean mosaic   
   > virus resistant beans that i grew for the first year.  a   
   > few of them seem early enough that they'll work for me here   
   > in mid-Michigan.  a few issues from them but can be worked   
   > around as they didn't impact getting a harvest.  so we'll   
   > see how they grow next year and go from there.  the general   
   > plan is to get them to cross with the beans i usually grow   
   > to get those resistant genes spread to the regular varieties.   
   > it will probably take 5 - 10yrs for that to happen in any   
   > significant way.   
   >   
   >    always interesting to see what happens next.  i have a lot   
   > of fun crosses continuing to show up.  the camera doesn't   
   > really capture them as nice as i'd like.  i need a better   
   > skill set and so far not enough practice or patience for me   
   > to do them justice.  another goal for this year...  :)   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
      
      
   Awesome!   
      
   I look forward to next harvests picture.   
      
   (Wish I could still eats beans.)   
      
   -T   
      
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