03-25-2009, 11:42 AM
Prospero Wrote:I worked in an agribusiness industry for a number of years in the early 60's, when growers were trying to develop a bush variety of the Oregon Blue Lake green bean, which at that time was a pole variety harvested mechanically (mostly by teenagers earning next year's school wardrobe). I haven't followed up on this, but I suspect that most green beans are now harvested mechanically, and that they are inferior in eating quality to the older varieties. Maybe not. :roll:
I was reading an article by an oregon bean grower. They were using bush beans which can indeed be harvested mechanically.