[JayG]

I'm contemplating growing a row of dwarf beans this year which would hopefully start cropping before the trusty runner beans.

It would be nice if they were a bit more tasty and/or interesting than the Egyptian or Kenyan "fine beans" which the supermarkets insist of lumbering us with at this time of year.

Any ideas please?

[Aunt Sally]

I always grow Delinel - good cropper and good flavour.  They freeze well and taste like fresh when cooked.

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/149/1.html

http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/dwarf-french-bean-delinel-seeds-pid1924.html

[Ice]

I grow "Boston" and like them a lot.

[DD.]

Here we go - 20 gardeners - 21 answers!

"Purple Teepee" for me. Nice looking plant & produce, beans produced above the foiliage so you can easily see them to harvest & are less prone to getting splashed by mud when it rains.

[gillie]

I grow 'Delinel' for a first crop, started in rootrainers and Safari later on.  Safari does not set well early in the season.

Gillie