I ve also had a mild protest about citations in the lead and made the same response What I don t know is what would happen if I or another editor went around putting citation needed against lists of common names with no sources given I m not quite sure if I want to try No what I call climbing French beans aren t uncommon in fact I have some waiting to be planted out right now But I hadn t heard of them being called pole beans which of course doesn t mean that some people in the UK don t call them that The two problems with the cultivars I ve grown is that a to grow well they need higher night temperatures than runner beans showing chlorotic symptoms if too cold b they suffer in strong winds as their leaves seem to shred and snap off easily compared to runner beans I guess that growing them together with the appropriate maize cultivar would give them wind protection Anyway enough beans for now