Post by wilbarra on Apr 24, 2016 12:47:39 GMT
ALL THE FRENCH CLIMBING BEANS THAT I PUT IN ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO ARE
NOW READY FOR POTTING UP OR PRICKING OUT, WHICH I SHALL BE DOING IN
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
THE VARIETIES ARE:
CHEROKEE TRAIL OF TEARS.
RYDERS TOP OF THE POLE.
RYDERS BLUE.
AND A DRY BEAN TYPE CALLED BIRDS EGG HORTICULTAL.
CHEROKEE TRAIL OF TEARS IS AN AMERICAN VARIETY, SO CALLED BECAUSE IN
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WHEN THE CHEROKEE INDIANS WERE KICKED OFF
THEIR LAND THEY WERE MADE TO TAKE THE JOURNEY TO THE RESERVATION IN
THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND MANY DIED ON THE TRAIL THEY TOOK.
THE ONLY THING THEY HAD TO LIVE ON WAS A BEAN THEY HAD WITH THEM.
BECAUSE SO MANY DIED EN ROUTE THE TRAIL THEY TOOK IS NOW KNOWN AS
THE TRAIL OF TEARS,
HENCE THE NAME OF THE BEAN.
RYDERS TOP OF THE POLE IS EXACTLY THAT.
YOU BEGIN TO THINK THAT YOU WONT GET ANY CROP THEN BANG WHEN THE BEAN
GETS TO ABOUT SIX FOOT IT STARTS TO CROP SO QUICKLY AND IN SUCH PROFUSION
THAT YOU HAVE TO PICK NEARLY EVERY DAY, IN GREAT QUANTITIES.
RYDERS BLUE IS AS THE NAME SUGGESTS A BLUE BEAN THAT TURNS GREEN WHEN
COOKED.
ITS A LOVELY TASTING BEAN AND TO MY MIND THE BEST TASTING BEAN OF ALL AND
IS STILL IN DANGER OF BECOMING EXTINCT AND HAS ONLY BEEN KEPT ALIVE BY
PEOPLE HANDING THE SEED ON TO EACH OTHER .
BIRDS EGG HORTICULTURE IS A BEAN THAT IS GROWN FOR ITS BEAN RATHER THAN
THE POD.
YOU LET THE BEANS DRY ON THE POLES AND THEN PICK THEM FOR WINTER STORAGE
IT IS VERY PROLIFIC AND WILL KEEP DRY, IN GOOD CONDITION FOR A VERY LONG TIME
ALL THESE VARIETIES WERE OR ARE ON THE DANGER LIST AND I DID SUGGEST TO A
COUNCILLOR ONCE THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SET ASIDE A PLOT TO GROW
ENDANGERED VARIETIES ON BUT HE WASNT VERY KEEN ON THE IDEA.
ALL THE ABOVE VARIETIES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY WHEN WITH A BIT
OF LUCK WE MIGHT HAVE SOME DECENT WEATHER.
THEY WONT COST YOU BUT PLEASE KEEP THE STRAIN GOING BY KEEPING A FEW PODS
BACK FOR NEXT YEARS SEED.
THANKS
NOW READY FOR POTTING UP OR PRICKING OUT, WHICH I SHALL BE DOING IN
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
THE VARIETIES ARE:
CHEROKEE TRAIL OF TEARS.
RYDERS TOP OF THE POLE.
RYDERS BLUE.
AND A DRY BEAN TYPE CALLED BIRDS EGG HORTICULTAL.
CHEROKEE TRAIL OF TEARS IS AN AMERICAN VARIETY, SO CALLED BECAUSE IN
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WHEN THE CHEROKEE INDIANS WERE KICKED OFF
THEIR LAND THEY WERE MADE TO TAKE THE JOURNEY TO THE RESERVATION IN
THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND MANY DIED ON THE TRAIL THEY TOOK.
THE ONLY THING THEY HAD TO LIVE ON WAS A BEAN THEY HAD WITH THEM.
BECAUSE SO MANY DIED EN ROUTE THE TRAIL THEY TOOK IS NOW KNOWN AS
THE TRAIL OF TEARS,
HENCE THE NAME OF THE BEAN.
RYDERS TOP OF THE POLE IS EXACTLY THAT.
YOU BEGIN TO THINK THAT YOU WONT GET ANY CROP THEN BANG WHEN THE BEAN
GETS TO ABOUT SIX FOOT IT STARTS TO CROP SO QUICKLY AND IN SUCH PROFUSION
THAT YOU HAVE TO PICK NEARLY EVERY DAY, IN GREAT QUANTITIES.
RYDERS BLUE IS AS THE NAME SUGGESTS A BLUE BEAN THAT TURNS GREEN WHEN
COOKED.
ITS A LOVELY TASTING BEAN AND TO MY MIND THE BEST TASTING BEAN OF ALL AND
IS STILL IN DANGER OF BECOMING EXTINCT AND HAS ONLY BEEN KEPT ALIVE BY
PEOPLE HANDING THE SEED ON TO EACH OTHER .
BIRDS EGG HORTICULTURE IS A BEAN THAT IS GROWN FOR ITS BEAN RATHER THAN
THE POD.
YOU LET THE BEANS DRY ON THE POLES AND THEN PICK THEM FOR WINTER STORAGE
IT IS VERY PROLIFIC AND WILL KEEP DRY, IN GOOD CONDITION FOR A VERY LONG TIME
ALL THESE VARIETIES WERE OR ARE ON THE DANGER LIST AND I DID SUGGEST TO A
COUNCILLOR ONCE THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SET ASIDE A PLOT TO GROW
ENDANGERED VARIETIES ON BUT HE WASNT VERY KEEN ON THE IDEA.
ALL THE ABOVE VARIETIES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY WHEN WITH A BIT
OF LUCK WE MIGHT HAVE SOME DECENT WEATHER.
THEY WONT COST YOU BUT PLEASE KEEP THE STRAIN GOING BY KEEPING A FEW PODS
BACK FOR NEXT YEARS SEED.
THANKS