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'Pencil Pod Black Wax' Beans

Sub-Category:	Bush Yellow (wax)

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Heirloom bush yellow (wax) bean. Plants bear stringless, curved, round, 5 1/2- to 6-inch, yellow pods with black seeds. Developed from a cross of 'Improved Black Wax' and 'Black Eyed Wax'.
Days To Maturity:	52-56
Seed Sources:	Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)

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

Reviewed on 01/11/2014 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
We first time we planted these was just to give the slugs and snails something to slow them down on their way to the lima beans, but we were pleasantly surprised. They survived the onslaught very well, and produced generous quantities of very tasty beans over a surprisingly long period. Unfortunately they don't seem very disease resistant; anthracnose in particular absolutely did them in. But if you don't have problems with that, these are a fine bean. Bush, but they get fairly large and rangy. A little support is a good idea. Don't think they freeze particularly well.

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