Barksdale
From Beancyclopedia
Barksdale | |
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Uses | snap |
Growth Habit | pole |
Maturity | |
Flower Color | white |
Pod Color | yellow |
Seed Color | white |
Seed Pattern | solid |
Name and History
Given to the Barksdale Family of Salem, Illinois by Aunt Lavera Halsclaw, who was 101 years old in 1983. Exactly matches a 1907 description of Golden Cluster wax bean, a variety supposedly lost due to cross-pollination with commercial beans.
Uses
Snap. Pods remain stringless and tender for a long time.
Description
Growth:
Range of 62-90 days to snap bean harvest; 72 on average. Vigorous, branching vines 8-10 feet tall or more. Very productive, but needs cooler nights/weather to set seed well. Germinates well in cool soil.
Flowers:
White.
Pods:
Large, straight, flat, and yellow. Pods 6-8 inches long and borne in bunches of up to 10. 6-8 seeds per pod.
Seeds:
mall, elongated, and solid white.