I keep finding out about more beans, and want to try way too many. Probably can't save any seeds like that, but I can see how they grow. Might grow Fortex, and thinking about giving these a try.

Non Tough Half Runner - simply a perfect classic "green bean", single plants grow huge, the only problem I have is that insect pests love the pods too

Pink Tip Greasy - have tried a couple "greasy", very good, but they are short pods almost sort of like a snap pea, that didn't produce until late Summer. Maybe the "Lazy Greasy" are longer, bigger pods.

Quentin Frazier Greasy - maybe this greasy also, or instead

Swiss Landfrauen - sound interesting, light green (?) with purple stripes, are these much different from Rattlesnake?

Anellio Giallo - never seen "shrimp beans" before far as I know, but these sound like a good yellow pole, supposed to have Romano flavour?

Scalzo Italian - Romano-ish type from Adaptive Seeds

Blauhilde- not sure how different these purple poles are, seems like there are a few heirloom sort of flat purples.

Smeraldo Romano - long flat, not sure they are any different from the "Spanish Musica" I tried before which was very early and very flat

Christmas Lima - grew Big Mama last year, overgrew all attempts of support.

Ohio Pole Beans - supposedly what the Native Americans grew in the area, and can be used for snaps or shelled, think I'm gonna plant this too

The Farmer's Market in Olympia has a vendor selling packets of countless different varieties of heirloom beans.

All those beans look very good to me. Of course, my climate, in NE Oklahoma, is radically different from yours. Dr. Lloyd, who sometimes frequents this forum, is in Washington State. I know he likes NT Half Runner and really follows the old tender podded full beans of Appalachia.

I grew NT Half Runner one summer and was very impressed.