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May 23, 2010

Midwinter Broad Beans Flower

Filed under: pea&beans — Tags: , — TopVeg @ 12:19 pm

The Midwinter broad beans are in flower.

flower-of-midwinter

flower-of-midwinter

The flowers are  a deep purple.

Midwinter_bean-flower

Midwinter_bean-flower

The midwinter strain of broad bean was developed by Malcolm Allison.  The plants are looking very strong and healthy, exhibiting their hybrid vigour.

strong-midwinter-beans

strong-midwinter-beans

The bottom leaves of one plant appears to have rust, but so far it is not having any visible effects on the plant.

vigorous-midwinter-plants

vigorous-midwinter-plants

Malcolm has warned that this strain of broad bean will not yield well.  But we look forward to harvesting the purple Midwinter broad beans that will result from these flowers!

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