VEGETABLES / BEAN
SNAP-POLE
Snap bean. Also spelled Alubias de Tolosa and Alubias Tolosana, from the Tolosa area of Basque Spain.
Skinny leathery dry pods to 6.5" long, 1/2" by 1/4" round, with 6 or 7 pale tan seeds. Edible dry or snap.
100% ripe and vines dead by August 24 (85 days) in drought year 2016. Super productive in dry 2017 even in part shade, and ripened seed from mid September until frost. Can send 25 seeds from 2018, 2020 or 2022. Ripened late in 2022 in shade. Climbs pawpaws.
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Listed In: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025