Vegetables
Year Introduced: 1898
History: In 1898 Abel Steele of Ferguson, Ontario won a $25.00 prize for naming this new variety from Peter Henderson & Company, previously known as 'New Green Bush Bean No. 1.'

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Bees

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Bountiful'.

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Common names
  • Common Bean
  • Snap Bean
  • Green Bean
  • French Bean
  • String Bean

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2004-06-15

Descriptive information from the 1898 Peter Henderson & Company a

Descriptive information from the 1899 Peter Henderson & Company a

Lithograph from the 1899 Peter Henderson & Company annual.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2021-02-27
Seeds.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5
Date: 2011-09-28
Heirloom, Bush Type, Long-term Producer
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on May 29, 2013 2:16 PM concerning plant:
    This is an old pre-WWII stringless bush bean. Very prolific and an excellent bean in its era. Light green, 5-6 inch, semi-flat pods. My favorite in the 1940's and I still like it.

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