This year when I've harvested seed from Childers Cutshort it's been amazing how much crossing must have occurred last year, between this bean and Long Cut Old Timey Greasy Bean. Harvested seed is all over the place in color, size and shape. Childers Cutshort is a fat, fairly round, Kentucky Wonder Brown colored seed and Long Cut Old Timey Greasy Bean is white and has pretty small seed. I have a good number of fairly elongated white seeds from seed planted which was most definitely fat and brown. The pods from which these white seeds emerged, were more slender than Childers, though I didn't notice them until harvesting dry seed.

We're going to eat the whole batch. I'm only saving a handful of selected Childers Cutshort seed, which seems true to type. But next year I plan on rustling up any of my older seed I can find, and starting over with that.

Anyone here interested in playing around with a cross? I could send a sample of this seed for my cost, which is $2. Special offer just for Oklahoma forum readers : ) Both of these beans are, in my opinion, superior string beans. They have strings and are tender podded, meaning that the pods stay tender right until they are dry.

So many beans ... so little time....

George
Tahlequah, OK

Next season I plan to take pole beans more seriously, and to a whole new level, such as you've done. I'm one of those who loves good green beans, and in the past have canned lots of them, and they always taste just like fresh cooked.

You can't hardly have too many of them stored in the panty.

I'll be watching the forum next spring for new ideas about varieties, or old favorites. Some you've mentioned this year I'd never even heard of, so one learns something new on the forum all the time. Thanks so much for your input here!

Barbara