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Lazy Housewife Pole Bean - (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Item Number: V1009

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Detailed Description

The Lazy Housewife Pole Bean is completely stringless. First listed in W. Atlee Burpee's 1888 catalog, "We presume it derives its name, which seems discourteous, from its immense productiveness making it easy to gather..." Brought to America by German immigrants, these beans were so named because they were the first beans to not require destringing!

Can be used as a shell bean as well, and has a superb flavor. Plants bear continuously until frost. One of the oldest documented beans. Very old and very productive.

75-80 days to snap stage. (Snap, Shelly and Dry Bean)

Approx 50 seeds per pack

Planting Instructions

Outdoor Sowing Recommended.

Beans need well-drained soil and at least 6 - 8 hours of full sun. When all danger of frost is past, and the ground is thoroughly warm, plant beans 1.5" deep, every 3 - 4", firming soil over seeds. Water weekly in dry weather.

Planting every 3 weeks until midsummer assures a continuous supply of beans.

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	vigorous climber/producer
This is the first year that I have grown this variety of pole bean; I got it because of the name and wanted to see how it would do. I planted them next to the deck because the rabbits dont come this close, and the plants were happy with their location. Lots of blossoms, lush foliage, beans have excellent flavor. Were perfect for my Salad Nicoise. Will grow again.
- Beverly Finn, IL

	This pole bean was very disappointing.
The Master Gardeners at the historic Francis Land House Heirloom Vegetable Garden in Virginia Beach, Virginia are providing feedback on the donated seeds. Our garden consists of 35 raised beds, each four feet by twenty feet. The garden receives full sun all day and is fertilized with a combination of compost and commercial organic fertilizer. This pole bean was very disappointing. It in fact had strings in the pod and was tough when cooked. It was one of nine varieties we grew and was by far the least desirable. It was noted that you also offer variety Rattlesnake which we also grew and it was far superior in quality, yield and taste. Here in southeastern Virginia we had an extremely dry and hot summer. While our bush beans stopped yielding and collapsed most of the pole beans recovered and Rattlesnake in particular began to thrive again.
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