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Peas and Beans Ltd. has not had an easy progress, but as a vehicle has been invaluable for providing for continuity of the plant breeding effort. In early days the Scottish Development Agency supported market research to introduce a new pea-based product called the 'Veg-Weg'. This was to made using his SANTA peas with a new cookery invention called a 'Snakwega'. Santa had very large and nearly white seeds. That idea may now be revivable but with different ingredients. The Santa pea never developed to its real potential as an organic variety because it was so vegetatively competitive that it was problematical in official trials.
The Scottish market research for 'Veg-Wedges', funded by the Scottish Development Agency, had been favorable but just as 'VegWeg' were due to hit the streets; the Scottish food partner company, Fleck's Vienna Bakery, was 'taken over' by Northern Foods and the project collapsed. The S. D. A. was apologetic. This was just the first of many such nasty experiences.
 Peas & Beans Ltd. operated until 1992 by sharing accommodation and facilities with other larger companies and supplying know-how and specialized equipment to these in exchange for access to land and part time labor. Work was, in succession, associated with The Evening Primrose Oil Company, J. K. King and Sons of Coggeshall, Agri-International , Rogers Seeds (European operations), Nutting and Speed Ltd of Longstanton, and Cresthale Seeds of Werrington. All of these failed or fell apart, while Peas & Beans was able to continue, step aside, and move on, if not to thrive.
From 1992 until the present, land owned by St John's College, Cambridge became available near Colins home and provided a crucial land resource. A small local farm near his house was found with could provide, at low rental, space for under-roof facilities. These however are really quite inadequate by any normal standards. Farm equipment, which should be protected, has to face the weather. There has been horrendous village vandalism to contend with too. Nevertheless closeness to home and control of a private plant breeding 'station' has allowed progress to be continued.
 Over the past nine years newly bred beans have been performing well in trial locations in Canada and Australia, Ukraine, Belarus , Hungary and Romania as well as nearer home in several sites in France and U. K.. Royalties are beginning to make a contribution to funds. However, yet again, commercial take-overs have caused serious problems for collaborative arrangements made both with peas and beans. Attempts by Peas & Beans Ltd. from their own form-filling applications, to try to obtain support from public funds have now been given up, having consumed a great deal of time with no benefit or return.