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Wed, May 12, 10 at 22:46
| Im planting bush beans for the first time this year and im wondering what your favorite varietys are? Im looking for heaviest yeilding. I bought some Provider Green beans and they look pretty good anyone have any opinions?
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| A lot of people like Contender, it is good bean, but I prefer Empress for a green snap and Cherokee Wax for a wax bean. I am trying Roma II, Annelino di Trento, Antea and Golden Wax this year as well to see if I have any winners. Dean |
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- Posted by farmerdilla (My Page) on Thu, May 13, 10 at 11:42
| Newer introductions like Valentino, Hialeah etc will have larger yield potential. Contender has been around for a while (1950) and has best flavor of any bush bean for southern style cooking. Not everyone likes it however. Good producer. Your Provider is also a pretty good bean. I don't care for the taste but the Blue Lake bush varieties are good producers and relatively popular. |
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| I tried Nano Vittoria and Hildora this season and they did very well for me, taste as well as production. Yesterday's harvest
Silvia |
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- Posted by alouwomack Fort Worth TX / 8 (My Page) on Sat, May 15, 10 at 15:15
| Nice harvest Silvia! Has anyone ever grown Heavyweight II from Burpee??? I've not had much luck getting it to sprout but the plants that did are already blooming. "Fingers Crossed" -Amber |
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- Posted by booberry85 z5NY (becky@leadsafe.us) on Sun, May 16, 10 at 8:19
| I take it you're looking for snap bush beans? I have a few favorites. Derby is a great green bush bean. It held up well to some less than desirable weather here in the Northeast the past few years (cool & rainy). Blue Lake Bush beans are another great green bean, produces well and is readily available at big box stores & gardening centers. Cherokee Wax & Kinghorn Wax are great yellow beans and you can find them in the "cheap" seeds. Purple Queen is my favorite purple bush bean. I think it produces a little better than Royalty Purple or Royalty Burgundy. I also love Dragon Tongue beans (yellow with purple streaks) for the novelty. |
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