Sorry, I have't tried this one.
Did you receive my response, via e-mail, to your message, last week?

George
Tahlequah, OK

Thanks, George. Just sent a reply to your e-mail. Sorry about the delay.

I think I should rephrase my question. I hope to be able to grow George's wonderful sounding Tennessee Cutshort beans next year. They sound like everything I am looking for in a pole bean: meaty, tender and widely adaptable.

That being said, if you had only limited growing space and can have only two pole beans, would a greasy bean like Grady Bailly be sufficiently different in taste and texture from Tennessee Cutshort to justify growing them? Or should I go for something completely different like a pole shelly?

I have grown Blue Lake bush beans for several years, but I tend not to like wimpy, slender snaps. Otherwise I would choose something like Fortex as my second pole bean. But I would rather grow something more interesting and maybe work toward preserving a heritage variety.

ispahan

I have grown this bean here in Central England. Did not expect a huge amount because the weather and climate are very different from Bill Best's, but I was very pleasantly surprised. It did exactly what it said it would do. Although quite a bit later than 80 days, this bean was not too late for us. Seedsaving was easy too.

We ate the pods when they were well filled, fairly mature and they were really good too. I can recommend this bean. It certainly coped fine with our colder climate.