Difference between revisions of "Glossary"

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*'''Horticultural'''-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
 
*'''Horticultural'''-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
  
*'''Shelly'''-- beans eaten at the stage where they're mostly but not all the way mature, so they're still soft-ish and full of moisture, and often not fully pigmented.  The bean equivalent of garden/English/shelling peas.
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*'''Shelly, Shell, or Shelling'''-- beans eaten at the stage where they're mostly but not all the way mature, so they're still soft-ish and full of moisture, and often not fully pigmented.  The bean equivalent of garden/English/shelling peas.
  
 
*'''SSE'''-- abbrevation of Seed Savers Exchange.
 
*'''SSE'''-- abbrevation of Seed Savers Exchange.

Revision as of 09:55, 7 April 2013

  • Hilum-- the scar on a seed at the spot where it used to be attached to the pod (like the botanical equivalent of a belly button). Sometimes called the "eye."
  • Horticultural-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
  • Shelly, Shell, or Shelling-- beans eaten at the stage where they're mostly but not all the way mature, so they're still soft-ish and full of moisture, and often not fully pigmented. The bean equivalent of garden/English/shelling peas.
  • SSE-- abbrevation of Seed Savers Exchange.