Kentucky Wonder Pole Green Garden Bean

Kentucky Wonder 65 days (to green bean stage) — 'Kentucky Wonder' is a green pole bean with seven to nine inch long, fleshy (rather coarse), fiberless pods that can be slightly stringy. They are curved, somewhat S-shaped, broad-oval and crease-backed in cross section, rough, wrinkled, with seeds filling to the tip and edge but not crowded. Very reliable, early maturing, and productive. An old favorite enjoyed fresh, canned, frozen or dried. Its buffy-brown seeds can also be used dry as an excellent baking bean.Although this variety is now almost exclusively known as 'Kentucky Wonder', it is a very old heirloom that has been known by many other synonyms over the decades. Some of its other common names included, 'American Sickle Pole', 'Eastern Wonder', 'Egg Harbor', 'Georgia Monstrous Pole', 'Improved Southern Prolific', 'Missouri Prolific', 'Old Homestead Pole' and 'Texas Pole'.[1] This popular variety was grown throughout the South by the 1850s and first mentioned in publication