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If you wish to save seed, you should let the beans fully mature. I prefer to let them dry on the plant, but you can pick them as the pods began to dry and shrivel and put them on a drying rack. In any event, you want seeds that are fully mature.

If the beans where mature they will grow if slightly green it could be iffy. The beans are mature when the pods turn yellow and start to wrinkle up. I would ask who you got the beans from if you could get some seed, most people are more than willing to passalong heirloom seed. If you bought the beans found out from the vender. Then if all else fails try to buy some from the Appalcahian Heirloon Seed conservancy (Appalachian Heirloom Seed Conservancy, Box 519, Richmond, KY 40476, KentuckySeeds@hotmail.com.)
or Bill Best at the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center in Berea Ky. The link is below. You might also want to attend theis falls conference at the Sustainable Mountain agriculture center first weekend in Oct and get plenty of Cutshorts seed. Or if all else fails I would be happy to provide you with some. Rodger

Here is a link that might be useful: Sustainable MOuntain Agriculture center

If all you have are these pods and can't get the variety any other way, then leave the seeds in the pods for a while longer, turning the pods frequently as they dry. The seeds are attached to the pod walls and will still get nourishment from the pods to mature more.

The pods in the picture look very green indeed, but the seeds are clearly visible and quite large, so there is a chance they can be emergency ripened. Just don't shell them until the pods are crackly-dry.

Thanks for the replies. I did get more from her just for seed. All dry and wrinkled. We had the ones on the plate for supper. I have seed from Bill Best (Tobacco Worm and NT Half Runner) and they are doing great and taste great. People around here see me growing heirlooms and they want me to grow theirs. There are a lot of really good beans out there. I need a bigger garden.

rodger - thanks so much for those two kentucky places. I never knew about either of them and I live not 30 minutes away! I'll be checking them out.