Holmes Seed Company — 2013 V egetable Growers Price List

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Beans - Horticulture & Pole — Listed by Maturity
0217 Kentucky Blue PVP 0211 Dwarf Horticultural Taylor
0219 Kentucky Wonder
Relative Pod Pod Pod Seed
Variety Days Length Shape Color Color Characteristics
0217 Kentucky Blue PVP 58 6 - 7" Round Medium-Dark Green White Kentucky Blue has an outstanding combination of quality
characteristics from its Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake
parents. Flavor is similar to KY Wonder, but sweetened and
enhanced by its Blue Lake parent. It is ready to harvest
one week earlier than KY Wonder.
0211 Dwarf Horticultural Taylor 60 6" Thick Flat Red Flecked Yellow Buff w/maroon Can be used early as green snaps but mostly used as green
streaks shell beans. Plants are semi-runner and do well in cool climates.
0223 McCaslan 63 7 - 8" Flat Oval Medium Green White A vigorous grower and heavy producer, unlike other varieties,
producing from the ground up over a long season. The pods
are thick and meaty, stringless, brittle, fine grained and of
excellent quality if harvested young.
0219 Kentucky Wonder 65 7½" - 8½" Flat Oval Medium Green Buff Brown Plant: 5 - 7 feet, good climber, hardy, prolific, widely adapted.
Pods are meaty, stringless and tender when young. Distinctive
flavor and excellent quality when young. One of the most
widely used and best home garden pole varieties for cut beans
and freezing.
0221 Romano Pole 66 6" Flat Medium Green Buff Brown w/ This Italian flat pole bean gives high yields of meaty, thick,
white eye and stringless pods that are edible when young. This variety
has a distinctive, unique flavor. Plants are 72" tall with
resistance to BCMV.
0215 French Horticultural 68 7 - 8" Thick Oval Green / Red Mottled Red SEMI-RUNNER - Pods heavily splashed with that attractive
red color that brings premium prices on the market.
0216 Horto 72 6" Thick Oval Red Flecked Mottled Red Horto is a true bush plant with stringless pods. Can be used for
snaps, and the red speckled beans are great shelled or dry.
0220 Supremo 72 7" Oval Red Speckled Specked Red Buff This horticultural bean has a true bush habit that does not set
runners. The long pods contain 6 - 8 kidney shaped beans.
Pods develop color 5 - 7 days before beans.
0221 Romano Pole
Edible Vegetable Soybeans (Edamame)
0220 Supremo
Relative Plant Bean Seed
Variety Days Height Size Color Characteristics
0299 BeSweet 292 85 24" 900 / lb. Yellow Seeds are very large and uniform
with high protein, used primarily as a
green shell bean with superior eating
quality. The top commercial variety for
vegetable soybeans / best flavor.
Pole Beans — Pole beans yield two to
three times more than bush beans from
the same space and are easier to harvest
however they require a 5 to 8 ft. tall support
(trellis, teepee, or single-pole). Germination
temperature: 70° F to 80° F. Germination is
slow and poor when soil temperatures are
below 60° F.
0299 BeSweet 292