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'Brittle Wax' Beans

Sub-Category:	Bush Yellow (wax)

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Description:	Heirloom bush wax bean. Plants bear curved, round, 6- to 7-inch, light-yellow, stringless pods.
Days To Maturity:	50
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Rating Summary

Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (2.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

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

Reviewed on 03/03/2011 by NJGardengal - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Bergen, New Jersey, 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
Nice mild taste, and pretty pods. Always stringless even when left on the plant too long. Have grown a number of years, but I think I am going to try to find another wax bush bean that does better for me. Germination is always poorer and overall yield per plant is always less compared to the other varieties of bush beans I grow. Seeds were from Burpee. Also, the plants grow pretty tall for a bush bean.

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