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'Tobacco Worm' Beans

Sub-Category:	Pole Green

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Heirloom pole snap bean from eastern Kentucky. Vines bear large green pods with an average of 6 beans. Pods stay tender until they begin to turn yellow.
Days To Maturity:	60
Seed Sources:	Underwood Gardens - updated in 2011

Rating Summary

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 12/01/2006 by pajohnso - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Marquette, Michigan, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 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 best tasting beans. They are very late to ripen in my northern garden, but they did beat out the frost and ripened. The yield was amazing and they freeze very well. They are somewhat hard to de-string as they have a string on both edges of the bean. But I highly recommend.

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