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'Fortex' Beans

Sub-Category:	Pole Green

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Pole green/French filet bean with round, stringless, 7- to 11-inch dark-green pods stay tender after walnut-brown beans enlarge. Resistant to anthracnose and common bean mosaic.
Days To Maturity:	60
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Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (3.9 Stars) Yield: (3.9 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.8 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 46

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Reviewed on 01/22/2021 by ljv - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Wayne, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Best on a large trellis or a-frame. Excellent production and flavor...from 6 inches to 12 inches long. Keep them picked and you\'ll have beans until October!

Reviewed on 11/26/2018 by CCE Nassau County NY - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Nassau, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
These seeds germinated quickly and grew into vigorous vines. The initial yield was good, giving us tasty, tender and stringless beans. However, a blight soon took over and our crop was severely infected - see picture. Fortex was planted in another area of the farm and had the same problem.


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Reviewed on 11/21/2018 by Susan-CCESchuyler - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Schuyler, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
they did well, even in the rain

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Reviewed on 10/22/2018 by CCE Rockland County - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Rockland, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Seeds started outdoors in mid June. Vigorous vines, long slender beans that are very tasty and stringless whether harvested when they are short or as long as 10".

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Reviewed on 09/11/2018 by SuffolkCce - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Suffolk, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Good germination, grew quckly and produced long tasty pods with small seeds.

1 of 1 gardener found this review helpful.

Reviewed on 09/10/2018 by Albany County MGs - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Albany, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Decent germination but animals ate shoots as they emerged so no crop to review.

Reviewed on 08/28/2018 by Cutler Botanic Garden - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Broome, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
First planting of seeds did not come up well, second planting was a success.

Reviewed on 08/16/2018 by Wayne County CCE - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Wayne, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Beans are good producers and can be harvested small or larger depending on personal preference.

1 of 1 gardener found this review helpful.

Reviewed on 06/17/2017 by Dickdeuel - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Greenville, South Carolina, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Grown Fortex for several years and does well every time. Grows to seven or eight feet with long, straight pods. Cooks up easy and has great flavor.

Reviewed on 01/13/2016 by RSB148 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
After reading this site and others, I got the impression that Emerite was a better choice and I was pleased with them for years. 5 years ago on a whim, I gave Fortex a shot. Both, do well and I like both. For my taste in my soil etc. Fortex will be my go to bean from now on. They're everything I want in a green bean.

Reviewed on 08/28/2013 by Minnesota Mike - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Minnesota, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Grew 20 to 30 plants of Fortex this year next to climbing Kentucky Blues. I like the Fortex for their holding ability, they don't get large seeds when they have been left on the vine too long. Taste is good but a softer texture than K. Blues, and not as tasty as the bush Jade beans. Will grow again over the K. Blues because all things considered, the Fortex beans hold better till I can get to them. Canned some, will see how they compare to Jade this winter.

Reviewed on 12/05/2012 by ClaudiaH. - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cortland, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Fortex is a pole bean that has wonderful flavor that continues even when the pods get large. Great tasting raw and cooked

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Reviewed on 11/16/2012 by Roger1963 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Schuyler, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Did very poor. I think heat just got them early

Reviewed on 11/01/2012 by CCE Seneca County - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Seneca, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This pole bean produced well for us and had an extremely nice flavor. We thought the cover crop of annual ryegrass and buckwheat grew too tall and competed too much with the beans.

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Reviewed on 10/28/2012 by CCE Oneida County - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Oneida, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Good yeilding pole bean. Remained stringless when left on the vine to grow to eight plus inches.

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Reviewed on 10/24/2012 by Roots & Wisdom - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Schenectady, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Great taste!

Reviewed on 10/22/2012 by nmeohen1 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cortland, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Reviewed on 10/17/2012 by Debbie L - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Orange, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Not sure what went wrong with the beans. They had poor germination and did not grow well. No fruit set.

Reviewed on 10/02/2012 by LouLou - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Wayne, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Slightly longer to germinate in the vegetable trial. Grew well and exceeded 6 feet. Pods were well filled . Buckwheat/rye ground cover planted beneath did a good job of suppressing weeds.

Reviewed on 08/01/2012 by Chautauqua CCE - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Chautauqua, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
We grew 3 varities of pole beans in the same 3 X 3 bed and Fortex were the first to be ravaged by Japanese Beetles. Other than that, high yield so far and tastes great.

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Reviewed on 06/13/2012 by Ribes60 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I have grown Fortex for a number of years and think it is the overall best of the pole beans

Reviewed on 08/24/2011 by Ferdzy - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Ontario, Canada Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Fortex is a vigorous pole bean, and will need good support. We had what I believe is bean yellow mosaic virus in the garden this year, and while Fortex showed good resistance at the start of the summer, by late august it is starting to look quite tatty. Production was very high to start with but has slowed down, likely affected by the virus. I have to say the mixed reviews of this bean were reflected in our household: half of us thought it was an excellent bean, and half of us thought it was just okay. The very long beans are also a bit soft and I prefer my beans crisper. Since I am in the just okay camp, I will not grow it next year. Better beans out there...

Reviewed on 08/21/2011 by endresult0710 - A novice gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Orange, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This is the second year in a row that I\'ve grown Fortex. The plants do grow extremely tall--taller than my 5 foot bean pole. This year I compensated for that by not growing so many around each string pole. The beans are stringless and can get as long as 10\". They taste great--even when not picked right away. Very high yielding as well. It\'s a good idea to set Japanese beetle traps out because they love to feast and mate on the leaves.

Reviewed on 12/31/2010 by emmers - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Morris, New Jersey, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Best tasting green bean I've grown so far (6-8 varieties). The flavor is complex, floral, sweet and beany. The groundhog and japanese beetle populations seem to agree with me, though. The beans are long, slightly twisted, tender and stringless even if I don't pick them on time.

Reviewed on 09/25/2010 by flowerbill1952 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Prince Georges, Maryland, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I've grown this variety for several years now and in prior years would have rated it higher. I have no problem with vigor, they consistently climb taller than my 6' trellises allow. Other years they have produced at a steady reliable rate rather than all at once which is perfect in a home garden. This year we have had in excess of 60, 90 degree days in Maryland. I believe this is what affected yield this year. Very poor yield with only 5 or 6 meals from a 15 foot row. Other years I've consistently gotten a large meal+ picking at least once a week. This year only set beans low on the trellis. My guess is it's shaded and a little cooler there, and the pollen lasts longer. Flavor on this bean is definitely best if you let the beans fill out a bit rather than picking when they are the size of filet beans.

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Reviewed on 08/31/2010 by Jen - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Very large, good-tasting beans and keep producing as long as they're picked. However, these were out-competed by some sort of other vine in my garden for part of the season. Only the Fortex planted half of my bean bed seemed to harbor this weed for some reason and it definitely affected the overall productivity of the plants.

Reviewed on 01/09/2010 by lewisn - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Fortex was a good producer of nicely flavored, long beans, but I don't understand what the big issue is here. We had a good summer crop, but a very small fall crop. Flavor holds up well when frozen. Fortex was the only thing in the garden that was attacked by Japanese Beetles (Provider bush beans were never touched). I was pleased, but not overly impressed.

Reviewed on 01/05/2010 by Maever - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Hubbard, Minnesota, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
These beans were very easy to grow; after reading more about these beans, I really need to pick them earlier than I have been. They are to be more like a french filet bean. I imagine the taste will improve the earlier I pick them. Good Beans!

Reviewed on 07/27/2009 by Farmer Phil - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Washington, Pennsylvania, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
From reading previous reviews, it looks like you love them or hate them. Past 3 years I grew Blue Lake, S-7 (one of the best, see my review). They produced so heavily and the shelves are still full of last year's canning, so I tried Fortex. Certainly is stringless, even at 12". This is an excellent bean. It's not as vigorous as S-7, but it fares well. I won't raise another bush variety because pole beans are superior in most every criteria, starting with picking. I built 2-10' long wooden frames, 5' high. That's 5'x10'. Stainless steel screws spaced about every 4" on the top and bottom rail allow me to string with bailer twine each spring for the new crop. The only problem...More beans than we can eat fresh/can/freeze and give away. Twenty feet of racks grow a lot of pole beans the easy way. ps: Works well on super sugar snap peas too!

Reviewed on 03/17/2009 by Raven - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	San Juan, Washington, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
A very good pole bean. Popular with our restaurant accounts.

Reviewed on 06/18/2008 by containergardener - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Los Angeles, California, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
We planted a double 4-foot row (one on either side of a trellis) in our community garden plot in early April. By mid-June are picking 4 good sized portions every other day. We pick the beans at full length (almost a foot) when they are still thin. They are excellent, so much better than the bush beans (Provider, which we liked well enough) that we harvested in May. In the future, we will grow bush beans only when it is still too cool to seed pole beans. Our only problem is that we are hostage to our pole beans. We have to pick every other day to make sure that they don't stop producing.

Reviewed on 10/24/2007 by sunwarm - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Franklin, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Grew Fortex last year as a change from Rattlesnake. Definitely not as flavorful.

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Reviewed on 05/02/2007 by darwin - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	La Porte, Indiana, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Easy to evaluate. High yield. Good flavor. Beans stayed tender at a large size. Growing again this year.

Reviewed on 02/11/2007 by oldVermonter - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Ulster, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Very disappointing. This was the first pole bean I've grown, always had great results with bush beans. Grew in very good soil, in a raised bed, good water, mulched with cocoa shells when it got hot. Growth was very vigorous, no disease, yields were reasonable, but beans were very bland - - I've had better from the grocery store (which is saying a lot). I won't grow these again.

Reviewed on 11/16/2006 by Zeedman - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
60 days in NE Wisconsin. Exceptional cool-soil germination, I can plant “Fortex” earlier than most beans & still get a good stand. Vigorous climber to 8+ feet, with one primary & several secondary runners, all moderately branched. The secondary runners need some training, they tend to run out horizontally & tangle with adjoining rows if left on their own. The pods are borne in small clusters of 2-4, and are round, 8-11" long, sometimes slightly twisted, mostly straight if protected from strong winds. They have an extremely long harvest window, remaining stringless until quite large. The yield does not come in the large flushes common to most pole beans, but as a light to moderate yield over a prolonged period... many summers here, they never completely stop. This does, however, give the illusion of poor yield; the overall yield for the season is still quite high. The flavor is _outstanding_ eaten out of hand, sweet & crisp; and the quality both cooked & frozen is exceeded only by “Emerite”, in my experience. “Fortex” is much more disease resistant, however; it appears to be immune to rust & strongly resistant to verticillium wilt, worth my highest recommendation even in the absence of its high quality. But it does have a few weaknesses; the longer pods are more susceptible to wind bruising, so the vines should be grown in a sheltered location for best results, preferably on the downwind side of the garden, behind other tall crops. It also seems to be more sensitive to crowding than some, perhaps leading to the poor results experienced by a few. I thin them to 2 @ 12" (along a 6-foot-tall trellis), which seems to be their optimal spacing. Pod quality is improved significantly by a thick layer of mulch to conserve moisture.

Reviewed on 08/18/2006 by adamm321 - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Essex, Massachusetts, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
This came highly recommended to me so I was expecting a lot. Grew two other varieties and they outdid this one. They were slow to start, not vigorous and not very plentiful. The beans were ok tasting and what I disliked was the foliage really deteriorated very quickly. I won't be trying them again next year.

Reviewed on 07/07/2006 by VTBox - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Addison, Vermont, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I have had very good results with Fortex over the past 8 seasons that I have grown them, saving the seed for the next crop. They tend to have a flush of production in early summer, then wither back. I tend them somewhat and they always produce a smaller second crop in the cooler fall. I grew Emerite at the same time as Fortex, and found Fortex to be slightly sweeter with a more beany taste. Fortex beans can get a bit tougher than Emerite, but their flavor seems to last much longer on the vine. I grow these in a raised bed box supported by a 10' frame trellis and the vines always flop over the top even before the beans begin to form. Frankly the best fresh eating bean I've tried, sweeter and more of that green bean flavor then some of the watery filet bush beans.

Reviewed on 02/20/2006 by Maryannski - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Rockbridge, Virginia, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I've grown Fortex beans for at least five years in New Jersey, first just to try them, then in addition to bush beans. For several years, in NJ and now in Virginia, they've been my only green bean. The beans are very long, delicious and amazingly productive. I garden organically, so they only get hand-picked beetle relief and really good compost as fertilizer, but they come through solidly every year, even using up seeds from a previous year's purchase. I freeze lots of them and they retain their great beany taste months later.

Reviewed on 12/27/2005 by tom -
Overall Taste Yield Ease	3, King, Washington Frost Free Season: Soil Texture: Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Every year I try new beans and none compare to quality and productivity of Fortex. Other varieties of haricot vert types have been pretty weak contenders when compared to Fortex. We have cool summers and it does very well. I really like that no matter how big it seems to get, it is still quite tender and tasty.


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Reviewed on 12/09/2005 by Lisa in Oregon - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Oregon, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
For some reason this much-admired bean did terrible for me - very few beans, thin vines, lots of insects (far worse than the other 4 varities this year). Perhaps it's more sensitive than most to grass allelopathy, it was near the edge of the garden.

Reviewed on 12/01/2005 by Joachim - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
When I read the reviews I am surprised that this bean which is hyped by seed suppliers got such high marks. When it comes to taste and yield try and grow Emerite next year and you will change your mind. I have grown Fortex for a number of years but this variety always had a bland flavor, and the yield is disappointing. Fortex is also not a true pole bean and stays relatively small. Towards the end of the season the plant produces small, malformed beans.

Reviewed on 10/22/2005 by MaineMan - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Maine, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Fortex has been our main pole bean since we "discovered" it two years ago. It tastes great and remains stringless as the beans get bigger. Some so-called "stringless" varieties actually develop strings, but Fortex doesn't do that. And we have had good success here in Maine starting Fortex several weeks early (in the middle of May) under overdriven fluorescents in 1-liter pots made from the bottom 5¼" of 2-liter soft drink bottles. We set out plants that are beginning to vine early in June. This solves the germination problems that cold soil can cause for beans. Our deep-frozen soil is slow to warm in the spring. But Fortex direct-seeded in our garden in mid June or later also do fine. Sam should repeat his "blind" taste test. Fortex pole beans taste great to all the members of our family. And they snap nicely.

Reviewed on 04/20/2005 by beast13 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Nassau, New York, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
The best of the best! I try 2 or 3 new varietys of pole beans every season and Fortex is still the best after growing it for 20+ years.

Reviewed on 01/25/2005 by Deb - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Ohio, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Absolutely the best green bean we've ever grown! Flavor is perfect, beans did not suffer much damage from beetles, and the pods stayed tasty even when they got large. Beans can get very long (our longest was 15 inches). A must for pole bean fans.

Reviewed on 01/07/2005 by Becky - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Maine, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I'm a big fan of Fortex. It's always reliable, stays tender and flavorful even when it gets quite long. It's the only pole bean I grow now, as I always get consistent results

Reviewed on 09/10/2004 by Debby J - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Washington, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
In a blind taste test a few years ago, we thought Fortex had a weird texture and astringent aftertaste. Maybe some Fortex fans will come out and defend it!

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