Ideal Market Bean
Historic Variety
- Pole bean
- Stringless pods
- Excellent quality
- Early and productive
- Snap bean
- 65-70 days
- ±1,900 seeds/lb
Item Details
Flawless. An early-producing, stringless pole bean with vines that bear 5"-long snap beans all along its 6'-tall vines. This variety has a fine texture and excellent taste and is suitable for eating fresh or freezing. Introduced to the seed trade in 1914 as Black Creaseback by Van Antwerp’s Seed Store of Mobile, Alabama, it was reintroduced in 1924 by Chris Reuter Seed Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, as Reuter’s Ideal Market. Pole habit, snap, 65-70 days. ±1,900 seeds/lb.
Learn to Grow Ideal Market Bean
Direct Seed: 2" Apart
Seed Depth: 1"
Support: Trellis, tepee, or fencing
Light: Full Sun
Sow seeds outdoors after danger of frost has passed and soil and air temperatures have warmed. Harvest frequently for increased yields.
Ratings & Reviews
5 reviews
The perfect green bean
by Natalie
Totally recommend! Productive and beautiful green bean. Grew with no pest issues, and kept producing even during a slight drought
Amazingly productive beans!
by MARJORIE
They kept right on producing until we had a heavy frost.
Great Producer, Vigorous!
by Brenton
Very Prolific. Long vines and big bean pods. Tender when young, tougher and more fibrous when older. Super filling, great in sir fry or on it's own. I'll plant this again next year.
Barely productive. Outproduced even by my bush beans. Disappointed.
by Will
Pole beans are supposed to produce a steady supply of beans over an entire season. These beans barely produced more than ten bean pods per plant before giving up, to the point where they were vastly outproduced by my bush beans in identical soil. A few of these plants also turned out purple and mottle-colored bean pods, so I know some of the seeds I got in the package weren't the cultivar advertised.
I'll be sticking with basic Burpee Kentucky Blue pole beans from now on.
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Ideal Indeed!
by Vicki
These are wonderful green pole beans that I will plant again next year. The plants have strong vines, and the beans have a good flavor and are stringless when picked young. They do get quite tough quickly, so be sure to pick early before the pods bulge.