| Bohnensorte: | Stangenbohne (Phaseolus vulgaris) |
| Farbanzahl: | zweifarbig |
| Grundfarbe: | beige-braun |
| weitere Farbe: | lila bis bläulich |
| Musterung: | gesprenkelt |
| Blütenfarbe: | violett |
| Korngröße (getrocknet im Durchschnitt): | 10 mm - 15 mm |
| Kornform: | eiförmig |
Andere Namen: keine bisher bekannt
Herkunft: England
Diese Sorte wurde am 19.08.2013 um 10:53 Uhr von galina hinzugefügt.
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Major Cook's Bean
Jannes - 03.02.2014, 22:11
This bean was given to our donor, Mr Luxton, by his father in 1960. Mr Luxton senior had received seeds of this variety from Major Cook, a colleague of his at The Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Albert, France from 1954. Major Cook was always a keen gardener, growing prize-winning vegetables with his grandfather, and was trained at Kew before serving in the Middle East during WWII. Probably originally developed in Southampton in about 1900, by Alderman Vokes (Major Cook’s Grandfather). Produces pretty purple-violet flowers that are followed by a huge crop of stringless beans with a very fine flavour.
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Jannes Aalders I grew Major Cook's and Kipfler this year. For a long time I saw no difference. But I could harvest Major Cook's about 2 weeks earlier. Another diference was that Kipfler dried better than Major Cook's. When picked too early Major Cook's would rot. And looking at the dried pods the colors in Kipfler stayed seperated where as the colors in Major Cook's ran into each other, probably because they dried slower.
Jannes - 29.10.2014, 21:37