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| Cherokee Trail of Tears
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 5 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
85-85 |
| Description: |
Pole dry and snap bean. Plants bear 6-inch green pods with purple overlay and shiny, jet-black seeds. |
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| Asparagus Yardlong
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 4 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean with large pods best picked before they reach 18 inches. Prefers hot climate. Also known as 'Red-Seeded Asparagus'.
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| Willow Leaf
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
90-90 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole lima bean with 3 1/2-inch pods containing 3 or 4 creamy white beans. Heat and drought resistant.
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| Grandma Nellie's Yellow Mushroom
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Pole yellow (wax) bean. Vines bear yellow pods that are tender when picked at 5 inches and taste somewhat like mushrooms when cooked. |
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| Hidatsa Shield Figure
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
90-90 |
| Description: |
Pole dry bean. Vines bear white beans with speckled tan "shield." |
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| Sieva Lima
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
60-75 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. Dark green, 9- to 10-foot vines bear broad, flat, medium-green, 3- to 4-inch pods with small white seeds. |
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| Red Noodle
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear 16- to 22-inch, red, stringless pods with small seeds with pods in clusters of up to four. Color fades when cooked. Plants thrive in heat. Also known as 'Chinese Red Noodle'. |
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| Ura
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Green pole bean. 8-foot or taller plants bear 6- to 7-inch dark green, pencil-thick, white-seeded pods. |
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| Blue Coco
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
59-59 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole bean. Vines with purple-tinged leaves bear bluish-purple, fleshy, slightly curved, flattened 6- to 7 1/2-inch pods with chocolate-colored seeds. |
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| Black Seed
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear 12- to 24-inch, dark-green pods. |
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| Liana
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Sub-tropical, Asian specialty bean. Vines up to 10 feet long bear 12- to 18-inch by 1/4-inch stringless pods with black beans. |
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| Romanette
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
55-55 |
| Description: |
Bush Italian-type green/Romano bean with 6- by 3/4-inch, flat pods with white beans that can be used shelled. Resistant to one or more races of bean mosaic.
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| Stringless Blue Lake
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
60-65 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean with 6- to 7-foot vines bearing 6- to 6 1/2-inch, slender, smooth, clustered pods. All American Selection 2003
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| Yellow Romano
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
74-74 |
| Description: |
Pole yellow (wax)/Italian Romano type with 8 foot vines bearing creamy yellow, 5-inch, flat pods. |
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| Borlotto (Pole)
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
55-55 |
| Description: |
Italian soup pole bean. Vines bear 8- to 12-inch, multicolored pods for fresh use, or harvest white beans with red speckles for dry use. Also known as 'Borlotto Lignua di Fuoco'. |
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| Golden of Bacau
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
60-70 |
| Description: |
Pole Romano bean. Vines bear 6- to 10-inch by 1-inch, flattened, golden beans that remain stringless and edible even when the seeds begin to form. |
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| Jeminez
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Romano-type pole bean with red-purple streaked pods. |
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| Chinese Mosaic Long Bean
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian pole bean. Vines bear lavender-pink, 12- to 18-inch pods. |
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| Violet Podded Stringless
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
70-70 |
| Description: |
Open-pollinated, purple-podded, pole bean. 5-foot vines bear 6- to 7-inch, brown-seeded, purple beans that turn green when cooked. |
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| Louisiana Purple Pod
Beans |
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(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
67-67 |
| 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. |
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| Tobacco Worm
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| 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. |
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| Meraviglia Venezia
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
55-60 |
| Description: |
Early Italian yellow pole Romano type. Vines bear yellow pods that grow to 10 inches or more while remaining tender and stringless. |
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| Weinlanderin
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
65-65 |
| Description: |
Swiss heirloom pole green bean. Vines bear 5- to 6-inch, stringless, light-green pods with purple mottling. |
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| Uncle Steve's Italian
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
70-70 |
| Description: |
Pole green/purple-podded bean. Vines bear variegated green pods with purple stripes that are slightly curved at the end |
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| Dr. Martins
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
90-100 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole lima bean. Vines up to 12 feet tall bear 5-inch pods with 3 or 4 large beans. |
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| Blue Lake S-7
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. (Improved 'Blue Lake'-type.) 7-foot vines bear 6- to 6 1/2-inch, smooth, round, stringless, dark-green pods with white seeds that are slow to develop |
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| Smeraldo
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(5.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
55-55 |
| Description: |
Romano-type pole bean from Northern Italy. 4- to 6-foot vines bear 8- to 10-inch, flat, stringless pods. |
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| Emerite
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.9 Stars):
 11 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
53-64 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean with slim, straight, round, smooth, light-green pods. Harvest at 4 to 5 inches for filet or 7 inches for snap. |
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| Pole Romano
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.6 Stars):
 7 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
60-70 |
| Description: |
Pole Italian-type green/Romano bean with medium-green, stringless, flat pods. Also known as 'Romano Snap Pole'.
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| Rattlesnake
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.5 Stars):
 11 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
65-85 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean bearing 7- to 10-inch, dark-green pods with purple streaks and tan beans with dark stripes. Excellent for freezing. Drought tolerant. Not well-adapted for northern climates. |
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| Christmas
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. 7- to 9-foot vines bear 6-inch pods with 3 large, buttery-flavored, light-cream seeds with bright red stripes. Also known as 'Large Speckled', 'Giant Butter', 'Florida Speckled', 'Speckled Calico' or 'Giant Calico'.
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| Kwintus
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
60-80 |
| Description: |
Early pole bean with long, flat, green pods that stay tender and flavorful even when large. |
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| Spanish Musica
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
62-62 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. Vines bear broad, flat, 7- to 9-inch pods with slightly scalloped edges. |
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| Black Seeded Blue Lake
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
55-63 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. 6- to 8-foot vines bear straight, stringless pods. |
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| Goose
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Bush snap/shell bean. |
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| Blue Lake Pole
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.3 Stars):
 3 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
55-65 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. 5 1/2-foot vines bear stringless, 6- to 7-inch, dark-green pods. Pick fresh or allow to mature as a dry bean. Resistant to bean mosaic virus (race 1) and common bean mosaic. |
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| King of the Garden
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.2 Stars):
 4 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
85-88 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean with 8- to 10-foot vines bearing 4- to 8-inch, dark-green pods with 4 to 6, large, white, easy-to-shell beans. |
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| True Red Cranberry
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.2 Stars):
 5 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
60-95 |
| Description: |
Pole green snap or dry/shell bean. 6-foot vines bear slender, green, stringless 7- to 9-inch nearly round pods with round, reddish seeds. Harvest shell beans at 80 days or dry beans at full maturity. |
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| Purple Podded Pole
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.2 Stars):
 5 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
65-75 |
| Description: |
Purple-podded, heirloom, pole bean. Purple-tinged, 6-foot vines bear deep-wine-red, stringless, 5- to 7-inch by 1/2-inch pods. |
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| Kentucky Blue
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.2 Stars):
 6 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
57-65 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean, cross of Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake. 6- to 8-foot vines bear round, straight, stringless, 6-to 7-inch pods with white beans. Resistant to rust. 1991 All American Selection.
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| Kentucky Blue Wonder
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 4 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
58-68 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Plants bear clustered, oval, gently curving, 7- to 9-inch pods. Stringless when young. Light brown beans can be used for shelling. Also known as Old Homestead Brown Seeded Pole bean.
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| Garden of Eden
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 3 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
65-65 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean with 6-inch, broad, flat pods. Seeds are brown with dark-brown stripes. European heirloom.
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| Northeaster
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 3 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
55-56 |
| Description: |
Dutch pole green bean with flat, stringless, 8- by 3/4-inch pods with white beans. |
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| Florida Speckled Butter
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
85-86 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean with light-brown beans splashed with maroon. Plants withstand heat and humid weather. Also known as Speckled Butter Bean.
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| Helda
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
58-58 |
| Description: |
Pole Romano bean with 9-inch pods. Long harvest season. Resistant to common bean mosaic.
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| Super Marconi
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Romano-type green pole bean. Vines bear broad, flat, stringless beans that stay tender up to 10 to 11 inches long. Also known as 'Supermarconi'. |
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| Green Anellino
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Heirloom, Italian, pole bean. Small, crescent shaped beans with rich Romano flavor. Also known as 'Green Annelino'.
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| Brockton Horticultural
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
85-85 |
| Description: |
Pole dry bean. Plants bear red striped pods and brown-speckled, tan seeds. |
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| Genuine Cornfield
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
70-90 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole snap bean. 5- to 6-foot vines bear 5- to 7-inch pods. |
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| Taiwan Black Long Bean
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian pole long bean. Vines bear light-green 38-inch pods black beans. |
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| Anellino Verde
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Italian pole green bean. |
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| Lamon
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(4.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
75-80 |
| Description: |
Italian pole borlotto type for fresh-cooked shell beans. Vines bear rose-mottled creamy white beans. |
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| Kentucky Wonder
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.9 Stars):
 7 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
65-65 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Vines bear 9-inch oval, thick, curved, green pods that are stringless when young. Widely adapted. Can be harvested for dry/shell beans. Also known as 'Old Homestead'.
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| Trionfo Violetto
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.8 Stars):
 5 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
60-72 |
| Description: |
Purple pole bean. Southern European variety with 7-inch, slender, oval-rounded pods with brown beans. Pods turn green when cooked. Also known as 'Trionfo' and 'Purple Trionfo Violetto'.
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| Gold Marie
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.7 Stars):
 3 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
55-60 |
| Description: |
Pole yellow (wax) bean. 6- to 8-foot vines bear 6- to 7-inch flattened, bright golden yellow pods that maintain quality even when large. |
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| McCaslan
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
65-65 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean with 8-inch, round, stringless pods. Also good for shell beans.
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| Missouri Wonder
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole dry bean. Vines bear pinto like beans. |
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| Scarlet Runner
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.0 Stars):
 13 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
65-115 |
| Description: |
Heirloom ornamental runner bean with 8- to 12-foot vines bearing edible, red blossoms and 12- to 16-inch, flat pods with mottled purple and black seeds. Can be used for snap, shell or dry. Young snap beans in 70 days and dry beans in 115 days.
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| Winged Bean
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
65-75 |
| Description: |
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, also known as asparagus pea, winged pea, asparagus bean. Spreading, low-growing or climbing tropical plant with bright red blossoms. Harvest winged pods while still immature (1 to 4 inches) before they become tough and stringy. Use like snap beans. Flowers, leaves and tubers are also edible. |
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| Gita
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
78-78 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. Day-neutral subtropical Asian vines bear 16- to 20-inch, dark green, pencil-thick, stringless pods. Black seeds. |
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| Golden Lima
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(3.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
85-90 |
| Description: |
Pole lima/dry bean. Similar in appearance to limas, but actually a dry bean. Plants bear flattened, golden seeds with darker striping. |
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| Lazy Housewife
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(2.5 Stars):
 2 Ratings |
Days to Maturity: |
75-80 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Vines bear stringless pods. |
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| Ram's Horn
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(2.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Pole green/dry bean. Plants with dark-green foliage bear green pods and beige beans with a black swirl that resembles a ram's horn. |
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| Marvel of Venice
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
(1.0 Stars):
 1 Rating |
Days to Maturity: |
54-54 |
| Description: |
Italian heirloom, pole yellow bean bearing 8- to 9-inch by 3/4-inch pods with white beans.
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| Apricot Runner
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
100-100 |
| Description: |
Primarily an ornamental like scarlet runner beans. Rambling vines with bright-apricot flowers followed by slender pods.
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| Aunt Jean's
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
90-90 |
| Description: |
Pole dry bean with round, shiny, white beans with maroon eye, creamy texture and sweet, nutty flavor.
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| Burpee's Best Pole Lima
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
92-92 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. 12 foot vines produce pods with 3 to 5 beans per pod.
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| Kentucky Wonder Wax
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
61-65 |
| Description: |
Pole yellow (wax) bean with 6- to 8- inch pods for snap or later for brown dry shell beans.
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| Malibu
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean with straight, 7-inch, green pods. Resistant to bean mosaic virus (race 1), curly top virus and halo blight. |
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| Painted Lady
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
100-100 |
| Description: |
Heirloom runner bean. 9- to 12-inch pods with mottled, buff beans for shell or dry. Bicolored red and white blossoms.
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| Ramdor
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
45-50 |
| Description: |
Pole yellow (wax) bean with straight, clustered, 7-inch, yellow pods.
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| Sunset Runner
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Runner bean with salmon-pink flowers and short pods. Harvest throughout the season.
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| Yard Long
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
90-90 |
| Description: |
Asparagus pole bean with 4-foot vines bearing 2-foot, green pods with red beans. Best picked at 1 foot. |
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| Blauhilde
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
German pole bean with dark-blue, round to oval, 10- to 12-inches pods. Similar to Italian heirloom Trionfo Violetto. Disease resistant. |
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| Emperor
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Red-flowered runner bean from England. Harvest pods at 4 to 6 inches long for best eating quality. |
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| Anellino Mix
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Italian heirloom Romano-type pole bean. Small, crescent-shaped, green or yellow pods. |
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| French Duet
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Mix of two pole bean varieties: Ramdor (yellow) and Emerite (green). Vines bear slim, round, 7- to 9-inch pods. |
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| Tricolor Pole
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Mix of three pole beans: Blue Lake (green), Yellow Pole Wax (yellow) and Purple Peacock (purple). |
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| Yellow Annellino
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Round-podded, yellow pole bean. |
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| Italian Rose
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Italian pole bean used shelled in soups and pasta dishes. Vines bear multicolored pods that are harvested when 8- to 12-inches long and seeds fill out. Use fresh or allow pods to mature fully, then shell and dry beans for storage. |
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| Cascade Giant
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
58-58 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. 6- to 8-foot vines bear green pods with reddish mottling. |
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| Dow
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-80 |
| Description: |
Purple-podded, heirloom, pole bean. 6- to 8-foot vines bear dark purple, flat beans. Long harvest season. Emerges well from cool, wet soils. Illinois origin. |
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| Italian Snap Pole
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-70 |
| Description: |
Italian Romano-type pole bean. 6- to 8-foot vines bear wide, flat, stringless pods. |
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| Jack and the Beanstalk
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
85-85 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. 10- to 20-foot vines bear green pods eaten fresh or later white seeds for soup. Polish heirloom.
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| Climbing French
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
65-75 |
| Description: |
French pole bean. Plants bear lilac flowers and 4- to 7-inch, stringless pods and shiny, dark-purple seeds. |
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| Ideal Market
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
65-70 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. Vines bear 5- to 6-inch, stringless pods. |
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| Mayflower
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
100-100 |
| Description: |
Heirloom, pole, green snap and dry bean. Vines bear short, stringy pods with small square seeds. |
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| Wren's Egg
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
63-63 |
| Description: |
Heirloom, pole, dry bean that can also be harvested as a snap bean when pods are young. Plants bear slender, green, 7-inch, stringless pods. |
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| Speckled Cranberry
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-90 |
| Description: |
Pole shell/dry bean. Vines bear slender, green, stringless, 7- to 9-inch, nearly round pods until the first frost. |
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| Jicama
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Pachyrrhizus erosus, a sweet potato relative grown for tuber. Caution: Seeds and pods are poisonous. 20-foot long vines require a very long, hot season. Originated in North America, jicama is more popular in Asia where it is used as a substitute for water chestnuts or bamboo shoot. Also known as Mexican turnip, Mexican yam bean, potato bean, and yam bean. |
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| Big Mama
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. 8- to 10-foot vines bear 8-inch, pods filled with large beans. Developed from a New Jersey heirloom lima. |
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| Thai Red Seeded Long Bean
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian pole long bean. Plants bear smooth, 24-inch pods with deep red-speckled seed. |
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| Chinese Green Noodle
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian pole long bean. Early-producing plants bear straight, smooth, bright-green, 20-inch pods. |
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| Worchester Indian Red
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. Vines bear medium-sized dull red to maroon beans. Heat- and drought-resistant. plants and is a prolific producer under adverse conditions. Seeds range in color from . |
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| Potomac
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
67-67 |
| Description: |
Pole green bean. Vines bear 6 1/2-inch, slightly curved, stringless beans. |
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| Cannelino
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Italian heirloom pole Romano shelling. Vines bear flat, crescent-shaped pods with white seeds. |
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| Ruth Bible
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Long vines bear 3 1/2-inch pods with brownish-tan seeds. Best picked when small and tender before strings form. Drought-resistant. |
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| Turkey Craw
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Vines bear 3 1/2- to 4-inch pods with buff seeds frosted with brown on one end. |
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| Black-Seeded Kentucky Wonder
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
84-84 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Vines bear 6- to 8-inch stringless, fleshy pods with 8 to 10 seeds per pod. |
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| Cherokee Cornfield
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
70-70 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green/dry bean. Vines bear 6-inch pods. |
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| Greasy Pod Cutshort
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
85-85 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Vines bear 4- to 5-inch, smooth, shiny, slightly curved pods filled with oval white beans. Remove strings before eating. |
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| White Christmas
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. Vines bear pods with large, ivory-white seeds with a purplish blush on one corner. |
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| Brown Speckled Greasy
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
73-73 |
| Description: |
Cutshort type pole snap bean. Vines bear 3 1/2-inch pods with 8 round, brown, speckled seeds. |
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| Ohio Cutshort
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Cutshort pole bean. Vines bear 3- to 4-inch, tender, green pods. |
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| Old Time Cutshort
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-75 |
| Description: |
Cutshort pole bean. Vines bear 3- to 4-inch pods with speckled seeds. |
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| Akahana Fujimame
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
100-100 |
| Description: |
Japanese hyacinth pole bean. Vines bear red flowers and flat, thick and curved pods. Young pods can be sliced or used whole, either boiled or stir-fried. |
|
| Murasakiirohana Fujimame
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
100-100 |
| Description: |
Japanese hyacinth pole bean. Green-leaved vines with purplish stems and veins bear flat, thick, curved, red pods. Young pods can be sliced or used whole, either boiled or stir-fried. |
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| Purple Moon
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
100-100 |
| Description: |
Hyacinth pole bean. Vines bear red-purple flowers and flat, thick, curved, red-purple pods. Young pods can be sliced or used whole, either boiled or stir-fried. |
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| Shirohana Fujimame
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
100-100 |
| Description: |
Hyacinth pole bean. Vines bear white flowers and flat, thick, curved, green pods. Young pods can be sliced or used whole, either boiled or stir-fried. |
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| Akahana Mame
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
85-85 |
| Description: |
Asian pole shell bean. Vines bear red flowers and pods up to 8 inches long with 1-inch, deep red beans dappled with purple and black. |
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| Shirohana Mame
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Asian pole shell bean. Vines bear white flowers and 8-inch pods with 1-inch, white seeds. |
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| Akasanjaku
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-75 |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear light green, stringless pods with red seeds best picked when 12 to 16 inches long. Plants thrive in hot weather. |
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| Kurojuroku
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-75 |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear dark green, slender, stringless pods with black seeds best picked when 14 to 18 inches long. Plants thrive in hot weather. |
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| Mosaic
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear 16-inch, mottled purple, red and green pods. Plants thrive in hot weather. |
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| Orient Wonder
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
70-70 |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear long, slender, bright green, stringless pods with brown-red seeds. Plants thrive in hot weather. |
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| Tsu In
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-75 |
| Description: |
Asian/Indian yard long type. Vines bear purple, stringless pods best picked when 16 to 20 inches long. Plants thrive in hot weather. Pods retain color when cooked. |
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| White Seeded
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear light green, stringless, 20- to 24-inch pods with white seeds. Plants thrive in hot weather. |
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| Santa Anna
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Italian green pole bean. Vines bear long, slim, deep-green pods. |
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| Anellino Giallo G. Rosso.
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Italian yellow pole anellino type bean. Vines bear round, curved, yellow pods. |
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| Un Metro
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Italian asparagus yardlong type. Vines bear slim green, pods up to 40 inches long but best harvested at 10 to 15 inches. Also known as 'Gran Bruno'. |
|
| Lingua di Fuoco (pole)
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-80 |
| Description: |
Italian pole borlotto type for fresh-cooked shell beans, similar to bush type with the same name. Vines bear cream-colored, red-speckled pods with 5 to 7 creamy white beans with red splotches per pod. |
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| Signora Della Campagna
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Italian pole bean used fresh shelled or dry. Vines bear curved, green and red pods with cream-colored beans with red splotches. |
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| La Spagna
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
80-90 |
| Description: |
Italian pole bean usually used fresh shelled or dry, but also as green bean if picked young (around 5 to 6 inches). Vines bear 9- to 10-inch pods with huge white seeds. Harvest around 80 days for fresh shelled, 90 days or more for dry beans. |
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| Canton White Pod
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines bear long, light-green pods. |
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| Kaoshiung
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type from Taiwan. Vines bear long, thick, meaty, green pods with black seeds. |
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| Red Seedpad
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines produce long, dark-green pods. |
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| Black Stripe
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type from Taiwan. Vines bear long, green pods with black- and white-striped seeds. |
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| Orient Extra Long
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Asian yard long type. Vines produce long, meaty, dark-green pods with black seeds. |
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| German Pole
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
64-64 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green bean. Vines bear wide, flat, 1-foot, green pods with small white seeds. |
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| Surinam
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Heirloom Asian asparagus bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, also known as asparagus pea, winged pea, winged bean). 8- to 9-foot vines bear purple flowers and green pods with brown seeds. Also known as 'Surinam Asparagus Bean'. |
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| Red-Seeded Asparagus Bean
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-75 |
| Description: |
Chinese heirloom. 10-foot vines bear stringless, green pods up to 24 inches long, though best when picked at 12 to 14 inches. |
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| Molly Frazier's White Cutshort
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole green/dry bean from the Ozarks. Short vines bear green beans with bright white seeds. |
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| Thai Winged
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, also known as asparagus pea, winged pea, asparagus bean. This tropical variety requires long season and bears poorly when days are long, often not bearing well until fall. |
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| Hunan Winged
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, also known as asparagus pea, winged pea, asparagus bean. This Chinese variety performs well in much of the North. |
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| Baccicia
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Heirloom Italian bush green bean. 18- to 24-inch plants bear thick, flat, green beans. Can be harvested for dry beans at maturity. |
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| Neckargold
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
French/Italian yellow (wax) pole bean bred in the Netherlands. Vines bear long, oval to slightly flattened, deep-yellow, white-seeded pods. |
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| Musica
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
67-67 |
| Description: |
Romano pole bean. 6-foot vines beaer flat, 7- to 8-inch green beans. |
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| Marengo
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-75 |
| Description: |
Italian pole Romano bean. Vines bear large, flattened, bright yellow pods. |
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| Good Mother Stallard
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
85-95 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole dry bean. Seeds are mottled cream and purplish-red. |
|
| Carolina Red
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
80-80 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. Vines bear red seeds. Drought tolerant. |
|
| Frosty
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
88-88 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. Vines bear large, mauve and pink-speckled seeds with a frosty "icing" coating. |
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| Illinois Giant
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
90-90 |
| Description: |
Pole lima bean. Vines bear large red seeds with greenish undercolor. |
|
| Logan Giant
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
61-70 |
| Description: |
Heirloom snap pole bean. 6- to 8-foot vines bear green pods with brown seeds. |
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| Dean's Purple
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
55-55 |
| Description: |
Heirloom purple snap pole bean. Vines bear long, round purple pods with light and dark seeds. |
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| Amish Gnuddel
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
90-90 |
| Description: |
Heirloom half-runner dry bean. 5- to 6-foot plants bear short pods. Also known as 'Amish Knuddel', 'Amish Knuttle', or 'Amish Gnuttle '. |
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| Purple Marconi
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
67-67 |
| Description: |
Purple Romano pole bean. 8-foot vines bear violet-purple, 5- to 7-inch, flat, stringless pods that turn green when cooked. |
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| Harwig's
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
NA-NA |
| Description: |
Heirloom filet-type pole green bean originally from Belgium. 6- to 8-foot vines bear thin, 4- to 6-inch green pods. Also known as 'Harwig's Heirloom Belgium'. |
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| Tanya
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
60-60 |
| Description: |
Pink pole 'green' bean. Vines bear long, flat, slender, pink pods that turn green when cooked. |
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| Sultan’s Golden Crescent
Beans |
Overall Rating: |
Not Rated |
Days to Maturity: |
75-75 |
| Description: |
Heirloom pole yellow snap bean. Vines bear stringless, curly yellow pods. |
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