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'Louisiana Purple Pod' Beans
 
Sub-Category: Pole
Purple
 
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Description: Heirloom pole bean. Drought-tolerant, purple-green vines with textured leaves and bright purple stems and flowers bear bright purple, 7-inch pods that turn green when cooked. Harvest when young and stringless. Seeds are light to medium brown.
Days To Maturity: 67
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Reviewed on 02/25/2008 by Little Bit Farm - An experienced gardener

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Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I grew this variety in a deserty area in California. It was a very hot summer. These beans were my best producer by far. There should be a rating for beauty, because these beans were beautiful. The plants has a lovely purple tinge, and the pods were lovely both raw and cooked. They were tasty eaten right in the garden. Cooked they turned the brightest green, brighter than the Blue Lakes and Kentucky Blue beans I also grew that year. I had one teepee of these beans, and they nearly out-produced my 20 foot row of the other beans. Excellent bean!
 




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