We've had sveral meals from these Cinese bean seeds that I resurrected from packets in the 6 to 10 year old range, maybe older. There seem to be 3 types. The wider ones were what we remembered from the past. Wuote delicious, stir fried i the Northeast Chinese way with potatoes. Tradition calls for pork but I am vegetarian, and I think their flavor as is, is greatThe intent is to save pods from each type. Beans normally pollinate within the flower, so may grow true. I would not be surprised, if they dont. I will label plants of each type for sed saving, so that I can segregate them next year. Red/pale, Red/green, and Black/green.
Not bad. Even though initial germination of tne old seeds was only about 20%, we got a lot of beans in the end, and vigor, for most, was great.
They looked like Borlotto beans that I've grown before. Beans sometimes mutates and hybridized themself. Its always been vigorous. I wonder if they are the samething. http://www.rareseeds.com/borlotto-bush-or-tongues-of-fire-bean/
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