The thing that cracks me up is this: We offer about 12 different kinds of bush green beans, and people have an absolute FIT if we don’t have the exact vatiety they wanted. These are the same people that will buy cr@p seed from Wal-Mart, Walgreen’s, etc.
Now, puh-leeze. Could you or I (who do this for a living) tell the difference between “Blue Lake 271” and “Provider” beans once planted and tasted?
Yep. I didn’t think so! ;)
I do like Blue Lake! LOL For canning.
For fresh, I like Roma’s. Can’t get them to hold their flavor when I can them.
Other than that, a green bean is pretty much a green bean!
We still sell bulk seeds, out of half gallon mason jars that are older than I am. I can’t believe how many people won’t buy them—because they aren’t in a pretty package and don’t cost a lot. Shaking head. You can always tell the Wal-Mart shoppers! The old timers know better, and if my trial germination rates in the greenhouse—of prettily packaged seeds—are any example, their germination rate sucks.