Good: Fresh well filled pods with stalks and clear unblemished skins with colour according to cultivar, of even size, tender seeds of good size Bad: Not fresh, have blemishes, poorly filled, seeds not tender, unevenly matched
Identify cultivar on entry form
Broad Beans
Good: Fresh well filled pods with stalks and clear unblemished skins, tender seeds of good size Bad: Not fresh, have blemishes, poorly filled, seeds not tender,
French, climbing or dwarf Beans
Good: Straight, fresh, tender, pods with stalks, of good colour, no outward sign of seeds, of good size, even length and uniform tails.
Bad: Pods that are mis-shapen, dull, pale, shrivelled, tough, stringy or have prominent seeds.
Runner Beans
Good: Long, uniform straight, pods with stalks, of good colour, no outward sign of seeds,
Bad: Pods that are short, mis-shapen, dull, pale, shrivelled, tough, stringy or have prominent seeds.