Ideal Market Pole Snap Bean, 1914 Heirloom, also known as Black Creaseback

Ideal Market Pole Snap Bean - It is a perfect bean for our zone 4 heirloom gardens. We grow it year after year and it is the first pole bean to bear tender pods for eating. Our source for the seed we started with is Seedsavers Exchange. We offer this Ideal Market both in Seedsaver's Exchange retail packets and our Firefly Farm label. Additionally seed in the Firefly label is grown right here in our heirloom gardens. 

The Seed Savers Exchange - Flawless. An early-producing, stringless pole bean with vines that bear 5"-long snap beans all along its 6'-tall vines. This variety has a fine texture and excellent taste and is suitable for eating fresh or freezing. Introduced to the seed trade in 1914 as Black Creaseback by Van Antwerp’s Seed Store of Mobile, Alabama, it was reintroduced in 1924 by Chris Reuter Seed Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, as Reuter’s Ideal Market. Pole habit, snap, 65-70 days. ±1,900 seeds/lb.

• Pole bean
• Stringless pods
• Open-Pollinated
• Excellent quality
• Early and productive
• Snap bean
• 65-70 days
  
• Instructions - Sow seeds outdoors after the danger of frost has passed and soil and air temperatures have warmed. Harvest frequently for increased yields.

Direct Seed 2" apart 

Plant 1" deep

Support using Trellis, tepee, or fencing

Full Sun 

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