In a message dated 3/10/99 5:05:31 AM, owner-gardeners-digest@globalgarden.com writes: <<purple hyacinth beans>> Dear George: Are these good to eat? I have heard of them, but never grown them, actually I haven't even seen the seeds. Are they like Scarlet Runners? I have grown them. Pretty flowers, too much foliage, and okay to eat, not much for the linear feet taken up in my opinion. Mary-Anne