La Purple Pod Pole

Pole/snap bean. Immature and mature pods solid purple. Snap bean is juicy, sweet, and crunchy. Excellent flavor and texture. Round pods are curved with a downward curved beak medium in length. Weak suture string. Shelling (horticultural) beans are grainy, starchy and dry with a surprisingly buttery taste. Dry beans are fruity, tangy, and hearty. Leaves are dark green with purple veining and stems almost solid purple. Flowers dark purple-pink. Pods 6-8" long and about 0.5" wide. 7-10 seeds per pod. Dry pods are shattering. Intermediate vigor, high productivity and early to mid-season maturity when grown in 2014 at Heritage Farm. Acquired by SSE from SPB Sales of Nash, Texas. SSE Accession # 102570