Green Bean Varieties
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Contender (Buff Valentine) BeansThis tender, productive variety is still a contender in any garden! Great taste, too. The U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, in Charleston, S.C., bred this impressive variety and released it in 1949.
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Blue Lake Bush 274 BeansA superb bean with huge yields of excellent quality pods. Earlier than most others and perfect for market. Introduced in 1949, this tender, productive variety is a treat in any garden! Great taste, too!
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Cantare BeansThis French variety is a superior producer of nice straight dark-green pods for snaps. The slim 4- to 5-inch pods are stringless, and the flavor is every bit as outstanding as the yield!
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Beurre De Rocquencourt BeansFavored by cooks for their fine-flavored pods that are a bright waxy yellow in color. This heirloom wax bean named for Rocquencourt, a town in France’s rich farming country.
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Dragon Tongue Bush BeansWith its incomparable flavor and eye-catching beauty, Dragon Tongue bean is also known as Merveille De Piemonte or Dragon Langerie, and dates back to at least the 19th century. The tender and superbly delicious 7-inch pods are yellow with amazing purple streaks! It also makes a tasty shelled bean.