Brighstone

When this variety was donated to HSL it came with an interesting story. It takes its name from a village in West Wight, which has a history of shipwrecks on its dangerous shore. The story goes that the bean came from a wreck before 1900 and local gardeners grew it on their allotments for generations. Vigorous plants produce lilac flowers followed by long green pods, mottled with dark purple. Prolific and tender, even when fairly mature. Guardian Eluned Paramor describes it as "a real cracker"!