|
| Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a citizen science program
|
|
|
|
'Purple Podded Pole' Beans |
| |
| Sub-Category: |
Pole
Purple
|
| |
|
| Sub-Category 2: |
| | Description: |
Purple-podded, heirloom, pole bean. Purple-tinged, 6-foot vines bear deep-wine-red, stringless, 5- to 7-inch by 1/2-inch pods.
|
| Days To Maturity: |
65-75
|
| Seed Sources: |
Gurneys Seed & Nursery Co. - updated in 2019
Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014
|
| |
| Rating Summary |
| |
Overall: (4.2 Stars)
Taste: (4.3 Stars)
Yield: (4.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.2 Stars) |
| |
| Reviews |
| |
Login to share your Review of Purple Podded Pole.
Number of Reviews: 6
Posted Pictures by Reviewers:
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 01/18/2015 by
pks
- An intermediate gardener
|
Overall
Taste
 Yield
Ease
|
Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
|
| So long as I provide a good bit of afternoon shade , I usually get plenty of beans for fresh eating from just a couple of plants. This variety has been more reliable and disease resistant than several other pole beans I've grown. |
 |
| |
|
Reviewed on 08/25/2011 by
WorldsEnd
- An intermediate gardener
|
Overall
Taste
Yield
Ease
|
Alameda, California, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
|
| Always a reliable performer in my garden. The taste is sweet and crunchy and the beans are always prolific. As most beans, you have to keep on picking when young. Once pollinated, the beans mature quite fast. |
| |
|
Reviewed on 12/20/2008 by
spencerules
-
|
Overall
Taste
Yield
Ease
|
Washington, Arkansas, United States
Frost Free Season:
Soil Texture:
Garden Size:
Sun Exposure:
|
| Purple Podded Pole (PPP) was a workhorse for us this season. We grew around 40 ft of these beans this year and they will be all of our pole beans next season. The seeds germinated and came up in clay soil during an sopping wet spring with chilly temps. All my other bean seed rotted in the ground. Yields were heavy, and PPP was barely touched by an surge of Japanese Beetles that defoiliated the other pole varieties we grew. They beans are meaty, although they are best eaten fresh. We had a lot of customers like them at the market. This variety was discovered in our area. |
| |
|
Reviewed on 01/18/2007 by
rolarase
- An intermediate gardener
|
 Overall
Taste
Yield
Ease
|
St. Lawrence, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
|
| Lovely to look at, very flavorful, high-yielding. In my experience, not the best freezer because of an onionskin-like outer layer that affects its appearance after cooking. This is common with purple beans (or maybe it's my hard water?) I now grow just enough for fresh eating. |
| |
|
Reviewed on 12/18/2006 by
starflakes
- An experienced gardener
|
Overall
Taste
 Yield
Ease
|
Roberts, South Dakota, 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
|
| 2006 was unfair to beans as the heat burnt the blossoms off which meant no beans until late. The plants which survived though was wonderful in the bean pods tasted like asparagus and were refreshingly crisp and juicy. They cooked up to green perfectly and I was impressed with the Schumway seed to plant them again with hope. This bean is delicious. |
| |
|
Reviewed on 05/14/2006 by
farmerdill
- An experienced gardener
|
Overall
Taste
Yield
Ease
|
Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
|
| I started growing this cultivar when Henry Field was offering it in the 60's. It is a relatively good producer of snap beans. More value as a novelty, but it is a decnt home garden bean. Like most of the purple podded pole beans, I currently grow Blue Peter, it gets shucky or fibrous as the beans develop. |
| |
|
|
|
|
Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a citizen science program, © 2004-2024, All Rights Reserved
Cornell Garden Based Learning, Cornell University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Horticulture Section
|
VVfG home
