Vegetables
Year Introduced: 1973
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Charter Seed Company

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 16-23 inches
Plant Spread: 8 inches
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self

Common names
  • Snap Bean (String
  • Green or French Bean)
  • Common Bean

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