Dean’s Purple Pole Snap Bean

Description from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

75 days. [Family heirloom from TN. Supplied to us courtesy seed savers Mark Schonbeck, Valerie Lyle, and Dean Turley. Dean received the beans as a gift from a student whose family brought it to Frost Bottom, TN, where they settled 150 years ago.] Plants form a gorgeous purple and green screen loaded with vivid 5-6 in. purple beans. Save both light and dark seeds to replant for more tender pods and a finer taste. Good bean beetle resistance. Seed Saver Packetâ„¢ (14 g, 46 seeds)

Packet: 1 oz (28 g) unless stated (approximately 60-110 seeds depending on variety, average 75 seeds) sows 12-18 poles.

• Catalog #: 13602