Trail of Tears Beans

14 years ago

This is the first picking:

I will cook them this evening. I hope they taste as good as they look! They are a very healthy and pretty vine with pink blooms. I should get lots more from the looks of the blooms.

Thanks Helen.

I think these are keepers.

glenda

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helenh
14 years ago
They look just right and fresh not too mature.
christie_sw_mo
14 years ago
They look wonderful. Have you given them a taste test yet? Are they stringy?
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sunnyside1
14 years ago
I'm telling you, I learn so much from this particular forum. I have never heard of some of the stuff you people grow. ! "Trail of Tears" beans I would grow just because of the name. "Moon and Stars" (I had to wait awhile before someone said it was a melon) -- sounds just heavenly.
I've taken notes and next season will have some new plant varieties around my gardens for sure.
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gldno1
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14 years ago
Yes, they cooked beautifully seasoned with just a bit of bacon grease and had no strings at all. I was worried they would be stringy too since they are an heirloom, but they didn't. They are the pretties pole bean I have grown because of the pink blooms. I will take a picture today.
Violet_Z6
14 years ago
Sunny,

Often times the names have a story or very specific reason for having that name. You might be interested in the following:

ÂCherokee Trail of TearsÂ - Heirloom Bean
Memorializes the forced relocation of the Cherokee Indians. These black seeds were carried during the infamous winter death march from October 1838 in the Smoky Mountains to March 26, 1839 in Oklahoma, leaving a trail of 4,000 graves, hence the Â Trail of Tears.Â

There are also other vegetables known as Trail of Tears for similar reasons, such as "Trail of Tears Corn".

Photos of Moon and Stars Watermelon
sunnyside1
14 years ago
Thank you so much, Violet. I had heard that story about the Cherokee march when I was a young woman and always felt so bad about it. What a terrible ordeal. I am looking foward to growing those beans next year.
The melon really IS moon and stars! So beautiful.
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