Bush Snap Bean, Wade

New for 2012  60 days. A classic dark green, bush snap bean with smooth round 6-7” pods. With its high yields and dependability we recommend this bean as a market farm production variety. Excellent when eaten fresh, frozen, or canned. The pods hold well once picked so they make it to market in good condition. A near predecessor of "Provider" with which it shares many positive traits, such as good cold soil emergence and cool weather tolerance. Developed in 1952 by Dr. B. L. Wade of the USDA Southeastern Vegetable Breeding Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. It was noted for being more prolific than "Tendergreen", one of the first widely planted stringless beans, which it was bred to surpass. Resistant to bean common mosaic virus and was an All-American Selections winner in 1952. Long unavailable commercially in the US. We found this variety in Germany with Bingenhiemer Saatgut.
 
1/2 oz packet ≈ 40 seeds  $3.00