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Cock 'N Bull

Grown In ’16 & 2020

Bush Dry. Grown out in 2016 and named by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. The seed mother of this bean was also Terrier Kidney. Terrier Kidney must have been a bush variety as it seems to have had a lot of progeny. This bean is said to be stable.

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Coral

Grown In ’19,’20 & 2021

Pole Dry. Grown out and named in 2019 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois. Will Bonsall wrote on the seed packet of the orignal outcross seed rogues from Dove Kidney which was a bush bean.

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Flat Hollow

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. Grown out in 2016 and named by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. The half red and white seeded pole bean Norridgewock is this beans seed mother too.

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Flora Vista

Grown In '16 & 2019

Pole. Grown out and named by Garry Greene of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 2016. The seed mother of this one is a pole bean called Andy's Romano. There is snap bean heritage here.

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Folsom Ridge

Grown In ’16 & 2021

Bush Dry. Grown out by Amanda Windland of Mt. Alto, West Virginia in 2016. This beans seed mother is of German heritage called Suppenbohne Wybulsum. A great soup bean from Wybelsum, Germany. Upright bushes, produce full pods of pinkish, kidney-shaped beans.

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Galloway

Grown In 17,’20,’21,'22 & 2024

Pole Dry. First grow out and named by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2015 The seed mother of Galloway is a pole bean called Bobolink which is another plump rounded half red and white seed.

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Glade Springs

Grown In 2016

Pole Grown out by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas in 2016. Another bean that has the pole bean Norridgewock as the seed mother.

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Gopher

Grown In '16,'18 & 2024

Pole Snap. First grow out and named by Amanda Winland of Mount Alto, West Virginia in 2016. Roark, the pole bean that has seed that looks like a pinto is also Gopher's seed mother.

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Harmony

Grown In '15,’18 & 2020

Bush Dry. First grow out and named by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2015. The seed mother of Harmony is a bush bean called Andrea Kent. I have never seen that variety. I believe this bean to be stable.

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Harvard

Grown In '15, '18 & 2019

Pole Snap. First grow out and named by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2015. For this beans seed mother Will Bosall wrote on the packet of original seed. Terrier Kidney or possibly Montcalm which is a dark red kidney bred at Michigan State U. and released in 1974. This bean I believe to be stable. I can not yet vouch for this beans stringyness or lack of at this point in time. The bean needs at least another grow out.

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Hayden

Grown In 2019

Bush Dry. First grow out in 2015 and named by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2019. Same seed mother as Harvard for this bean too.

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Heartland

Grown In '18 & 2022

Pole Snap. First grow out in 2015 and named by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2018. Same seed mother as Harvard for this bean also.

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Hiawatha

Grown In '18 & 2019

Pole Dry. First grow out and named by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2015. Not surprising that Norridgewock which has rounded plump seed about half red and half white is also Hiawatha's seed mother. Algonquin and Hiawatha are like two sisters. Similar in some ways but a little different too. The bean is stable.

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Highlight

Grown In 2016

Bush Dry. Grown out by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas in 2016. Terrier Kidney is also this beans seed mother. Terrier certainly must be a bush vareity with this many bush progeny. Jerry Maddox says this bean is likely stable but does not seem very productive.

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Hopper Holler

Grown In ’16 & 2021

Bush Dry. Grown out by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas in 2016. Terrier Kidney is also this beans seed mother.

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Indian Prairie

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. Second grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois then named in 2019. The bush bean Dove Kidney is also this beans seed mother.

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Jas

Grown In ’16 & 2020

Pole Dry. Grown out by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas in 2016. The pole bean Norridgewock is also this beans seed mother. This bean has also been pronounced stable.

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Johnsburg

Grown In '15,'18,’19 & 2020

Pole Snap. First grow out in 2015 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois then named in 2018. Seed mother of Johnsburg is Bobolink. This bean I believe is stable and can be used as a snap bean. However if pods are allowed to grow to the point of a certain amount of seed development the pods develop strings.

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Jordan Creek

Grown In 2016

Pole Dry. Firt grow out by Tricia Rosamilia of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania and named in 2016. The seed mother here is also Walker's Great Valley.

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Karachagank

Grown In 20,'22,'23 & 2024

Semi Runner Dry. Discovered as a segregation by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named in 2017. Norridgewock is also the seed mother here too. This bean is stable and there is also a true bush form of this bean with the same seed coat pattern and color that is also stable.

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Long Holler

Grown In 2016

Bush Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named in 2016. The seed mother here is Terrier Kidney.

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Miss T

Grown In '16 & 2022

Pole Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named in 2016. Terrier Kidney is also Miss T's seed mother.

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Muriel

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. Grown out in 2019 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois and then named. Muriel has a short seed mother called Nepal which was a bush bean.

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Nebraska Sunset

Grown In 2022

Semi Runner dry. Grown out by Nance Klehm of Freeport, Illinois and then named in 2018. Seed mother is either Jacob's Cattle or a pinto. 2022's grow out produced almost all short runner semi runner plants.

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No Name WB-PKT #27.3

Last Grown In 2016

Pole Dry. First Grown out in 2016 by Jerry Maddox, but he decided not to name the bean. No name for this bean still to this day. Dove Kidney is this beans seed mother.

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No Name WB-PKT #32

Grown In 2016

Pole. First Grown out in 2016 by Jerry Maddox, but he decided not to name the bean. No name for this bean still to this day. Dove Kidney is also this beans seed mother.

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No Name WB-PKT #35

Grown In 2016

Pole Dry. First grown out in 2016 by an unknown grower but not named. Walker's Great Valley is also this beans seed mother.

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No Name WB-PKT #45.1

Grown In 2016

Pole. First grown out in 2016 by Annette Barley of Nanaimo, BC, Canada but not named. A pole bean named Christley is the seed mother.

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Oak Grove

Grown In '19 & 2021

Pole Dry. First grown out in 2015 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois and then named in 2019. A bush bean by the name of Vektorka is this beans seed mother.

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Pecatonica

Grown In '17,'20 & 2021

Bush Dry. Grown out in 2016 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois and named. Same seed mother as Harmony the bush bean Purple Ontario.

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Penny Prince

Grown In ’15 & 2020

Bush Dry. First Grown out in 2015 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois and then named in 2020. Bobolink is also the seed mother of Penny Prince.

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Prairie Grove

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. First grown out in 2019 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois then named. Will marked the packet on this one as Big Goose.

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Prairie Pinto

Grown In '19 & 2020

Pole. First grown out in 2019 by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois then named. Will was kind of vague on this one his original seed packet was marked Plamo.

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Pixie

Grown In '20 & 2022

Bush Snap. First grown out in 2016 by Amanda Winland of Mount Alto, West Virginia then named. This beans seed mother is also Annelino di Trento the bush bean with curved pods. Green with purple specks and streaks.

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Rasberry Ripple

Grown In 2016

Pole Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named in 2016. Seed mother is Dove Kidney which is a bush bean. Would be neat to know what all these seed mother beans look like.

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Raven

Grown In 2019

Semi Runner Dry. First Grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois then named in 2019. The bush bean Magpie is the seed mother of Raven.

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Red Richmond

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. First Grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois then named in 2019. This beans seed mother is Canario a bush variety. I'm thinking maybe a yellow seeded mother.

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Riley's Red

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. First Grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois then named in 2019. Dove Kidney is this beans seed mother.

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Rising Fawn

All Seed Is Out To Grower

Pole Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox in 2017 of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named. Dove Kidney is this beans seed mother too.

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Sebastian

Grown In '15,'19 & 2021

Bush Dry. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2015 then named in 2016. The seed mother here is Robert Lobitz's bush bean Early Stearns.

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Sebrina

Grown In '17, & 2018

Semi Runner Dry. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2016 then named in 2017. Again the seed mother here is Robert Lobitz's bush bean Early Stearns.

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September Blue

Grown In '19,'21 & 2024

Pole Snap. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2015 then named in 2019. September Blue is a segregation of Harvard, but the original seed mother is Terrier Kidney or Montcalm which are both probably bush beans.

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Solon Mills

Grown In '15 & 2019

Pole Dry. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2016 then named in 2019. The seed mother here is Bobolink

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Spring Grove

Grown In '16 & 2019

Pole Snap. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2016 then named in 2019. The seed mother of this one is an Australian bush snap bean that I had grown in the 1980's called Redland's Greenleaf.

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Summer Straw

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2019 then named. This beans seed mother is also Canario a bush variety.

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Tallulah's Treasure

Grown In 2017

Pole. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox in 2017 of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named. Seed mother Dove Kidney.

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Tartan

Grown In 2021

Pole Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox in 2016 of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named. The pole bean Norridgewock is Tartan's seed mother

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Timberlane

Grown In ’19 & 2022

Pole. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2016 then named in 2019. It looks like on Will's seed packet that he has written Black Valentine as the seed mother which is a bush snap bean.

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Tranquility

Grown In 2019

Pole dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox in 2017 of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named. Dove Kidney is Tranquility's seed mother.

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Tyra

Grown In '18 & 2020

Pole Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox in 2016 of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named. The pole bean Norridgwock is this beans seed mother.

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Union

Grown In '16,'19 & 2022

Pole Snap. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2016 then named. The bush snap bean from Australia Redland's Greenleaf is the seed mother of this bean too.

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Up The Valley

Grown In '16 & 2018

Bush Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox in 2016 of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named. Norridgwock is the seed mother of this bean.

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Valley View

Grown In ’16 & 2020

Bush Dry. First Grown out by Jerry Maddox in 2016 of Prairie Grove, Arkansas and named. Norridgwock is the seed mother of this bean too. Jerry Maddox has told me< that this bean has become stable.

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Woodstock

Grown In '15 & 2018

Bush Snap. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2016 then named. Seed mother is Robert Lobitz's Early Stearns a bush bean.

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Woodstock Red

Grown In 2019

Pole Dry. First grow out by Russell Crow of Woodstock, Illinois in 2016 then named in 2019. Dove Kidney is the seed mother.

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Yellow Point

Grown In '16 & 2019

Pole Dry. Grown out and named by Garry Greene of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 2016. Seed mother Andy's Romano. Probably a bean with wide flattened pods.

  

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