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Provider
- Nothing provides like Provider.
For highest early yields, even under
adverse conditions, and rich beanie
taste, old reliable Provider can’t
be beat. Also excellent for
canning.
Royal Burgundy -
Straight 5" meaty purple pods turn
bright green after two minutes of
blanching. Grows well even in cold
conditions.
Jade - A
favorite with both market and home
gardeners, Jade produces great
yields of tasty 5–7" straight
slender round dark green beans that
keep coming until late in the
season, long after others have quit.
Known for their holding quality, the
tender pods with traditional bean
flavor retain rich color longer than
others, both on the vine and after
picking.
Golden Rocky -
Heirloom
from France, also known as Beurre
de Rocquencourt, noteworthy for
its slender juicy pods that melt in
your mouth, light and not beany.
Germinates well in cool wet
conditions and retains vigor even
under night temperatures in the 40s
and 50s. Stands out as a vigorous
and consistent cropper when many
others falter in excessive rainfall
and insufficient heat.
Dragon Langerie -
Also known as Dragon’s Tongue. Tasty
attractive 19th century heirloom
hails from the Netherlands. Its
compact stocky bushes bear abundant
flat 6" creamy yellow pods mottled
with purple tiger stripes. Sunlight
helps the colors become vivid, so
plant farther apart in the row than
normal bean spacing so interior set
develops good color. Crisp,
stringless and amazingly juicy when
eaten fresh. Cook or market promptly
after picking; turns rubbery and
loses snap when stored. Not
recommended for freezing. Loses
purple coloration in cooking.
Gold of Bacau -
This
tender Romano-type wax bean from
Bacau, Romania, is extremely
productive and yummy. The wide pods
grow 6–10" gaining color as they
sized up, and remained sweet and
stingless even when the seeds began
to form.
Kentucky Wonder
- Also
known as Old Homestead. Of all the
climbing kinds, we do not believe
there is a better one than Kentucky
Wonder; it is an old variety with
solid meaty pods, 7–9" long, that
are stingless when young, and when
cooked no bean is better. It is
enormously productive, the pods
hanging in great clusters from top
to bottom of the pole.
Rattlesnake
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This heirloom has unusual,
dark-green pods streaked with
purple. This vigorous grower often
grows to 10 feet, and is filled with
7 inch, great tasting pods.
Beautiful, light buff seeds splashed
with dark-brown markings. An old
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