Jerry, if I'm not mistaken October beans tasted a lot like pintos. If I recall they were larger than pintos. Maybe not as good but when we were young and always hungry almost every thing tasted good. My husband grew so many good tomatoes in TN. We canned over 70 quarts and moved them to FL. in October in 1952. I don't think we had a good tomato since. The ones the stores have now aren't were carrying home. Paul I can relate to the milk and corn bread. Now that's a great treat. Lois

Lois, I never sucessfully grew a single tomato in Florida! I tried a number of times, but with the heat and all, they just never really turned out well. What a difference living in Virginia has made, though! Maters grow so nicely in this good old soil and the climate is evidently perfect!! On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM, lois vick <loho5@msn.com> wrote: > Jerry, if I'm not mistaken October beans > tasted a lot like pintos. If I recall they were larger than pintos. Maybe > not as good but when we were young and always hungry almost every thing > tasted good. > > My husband grew so many good tomatoes in TN. We canned over 70 quarts and > moved them to FL. in October in 1952. > I don't think we had a good tomato since. > The ones the stores have now aren't were carrying home. > > Paul I can relate to the milk and corn bread. > Now that's a great treat. > > Lois > > > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Lois, The "October" and pinto are both of the cranberry bean family. The Octobers are larger and the largest is the Medira cranberry bean which is what we in Floyd and the surrounding mts. call the "Big October" The "big Octobers are beans that have been handed down for many generations and they originally came over to this country from Portugal and Spain. Most people grow the taylor October bean which is a hybrid bush cranberry bean and smaller then the Madera. It is not a runner like the Big October which I have had run as far as ten feet. They have to be on a fence to do well. If not trellised or fenced they will take over a garden. -----Original Message----- From: vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lois vick Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:34 PM To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAFLOYD] October Beans Jerry, if I'm not mistaken October beans tasted a lot like pintos. If I recall they were larger than pintos. Maybe not as good but when we were young and always hungry almost every thing tasted good. My husband grew so many good tomatoes in TN. We canned over 70 quarts and moved them to FL. in October in 1952. I don't think we had a good tomato since. The ones the stores have now aren't were carrying home. Paul I can relate to the milk and corn bread. Now that's a great treat. Lois To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message