BEANS: The RHS identify 4 different types of bean
1) Broad Beans
2) French, climbing or dwarf
3) Runner
4) shelling (not Broad bean)

Marking
                                  Runner beans                          Other beans
Condition                       5 Points                                   5 points
Uniformity                      4 points                                    3 points
Size                               3 points                                    3 points
Shape                            4 points                                    2 points
Colour                            2 points                                    2 points
Total                             18 points                                  15 points

​ ​Shelling beans: Borlotti or similar

​ 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

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 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, ​

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    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.

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  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.

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