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'Uncle Steve's Italian' Beans
 
Sub-Category: Pole
Green
 
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Description: Pole green/purple-podded bean. Vines bear variegated green pods with purple stripes that are slightly curved at the end
Days To Maturity: 70
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Reviewed on 01/16/2009 by Bellatrix - An intermediate gardener

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Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

An extremely tasty and beautiful bean. In addition to being curved and green/purple speckled, they are also a flat bean. To me, they had a rich, buttery flavor. I found them to freeze reasonably well: the taste was still great, but the texture was slightly softer. They are cold tolerant and will accept an earlier planting date (April 15th for me). They were avoided by the Japanese Beetles (they liked the blue lakes), but that may have just been luck. The only negative is that woodchucks will eat them before any other bean.
 
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