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'Borlotto (Pole)' Beans

Sub-Category:	Pole Green

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Italian soup pole bean. Vines bear 8- to 12-inch, multicolored pods for fresh use, or harvest white beans with red speckles for dry use. Also known as 'Borlotto Lignua di Fuoco'.
Days To Maturity:	55
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Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 01/09/2008 by crabapple - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Monroe, West Virginia, 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
These were the only beans that produced for me in the ridiculously wet spring of 2006 in Vermont. And they produced plenty. Very tasty beans, too.

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