Talk:Cranberry bean

Name

I've never heard of cranberry beans. Is this just American terminology for borlotti beans, which redirects here? Is the borlotti name not used in the US? Whatever, the article needs to clarify this. --Ef80 (talk) 00:24, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

@Ef80: Borlotti seems to be the more used term: 40,900 google hits for "borlotti bean" versus 38,800 "cranberry bean". A large and popular recipe site has 38 recipes using "borlotti beans" (search) versus 28 using cranberry beans (search). I think a page move to "borlotti bean" is justifiable according to WP:UCRN as being the more common name. Batternut (talk) 16:01, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

The article is much clearer now without a page move, though I wouldn't oppose a move. --Ef80 (talk) 20:13, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

In the US I’ve mostly heard it referred to as the October bean (especially in Appalachia), but don’t have a reliable citation at the moment. CL41886 (talk) 22:30, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Etymology of 'borlotto'

It would be an improvement to the article if some knowledgeable person could explain the origin of the word 'borlotto' (as applied to these beans). Nick Michael (talk) 12:38, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

It certainly would. I looked a while ago, but didn't find... Batternut (talk) 00:25, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Type of bean

So is this a climbing bean or a bush bean? Sommerx2015 (talk) 14:35, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Legitimacy of bean?

Is this a genetically modified, or lab created bean? Or is it natural? I hesitate with the mention of "resistant to viruses". What exactly does that mean? "Resistant to" screams GMO. I didn't know that plants got viruses, bacteria, yes, but viruses? Anyway, anyone? Eeclwa (talk) 05:13, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

It could be that it was bred that way in the traditional manner? 109.146.105.73 (talk) 18:35, 12 May 2020 (UTC)