Mr Fearns Purple Podded

[HeatherL]

When I received my Heritage Seed Library membership pack it came with a free packet of Mr Fearns Purple Podded French beans. Has anyone grown these before, and if so are they a good variety for eating the whole young pod or leaving for the actual beans? Reason I ask is that I grew a climbing French bean called Eva last year with the intention of using them for the pods but because I left them to long before harvesting I ended up using Most of them for the beans instead (which were quite nice in a sausage and bean casserole ).

[Alison]

I have some too and am intending to grow them mainly for fresh beans but will be saving seed from them. Will probably try some as dried beans the year afterwards though but won't really have enough to make it worthwhile with only 10 this year

[donnakebab]

Are they the same as the victorian purple podded?

[HeatherL]

Isn't Victorian purple podded a variety of pea?

[donnakebab]

Oh yeah. Silly me

I'm obviously having a purple day today.

[alex-adam]

This bean featured in a post some time ago: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ety_20471.html

SarzWix, one of the Mods grew these so I expect you will get some input from her .

I haven't grown this variety, but have grown Purple Queen (dwarf) and Blauhilde (climbing) both purple podded which turn green on cooking and the flavour of both is first class.

a-a