Gold Marie Vining Bean

The few plants that came up (after a second showing) looked promising and produced wonderfully for the first two or three weeks. And the pods made a nice raw snack out in the garden. Then they succumbed to virus that I wasn't able to get rid of and to heat. The vines had many small pods that just shriveled. I'm not as seasoned a gardener as most, but right next to other pole bean varieties they looked sickly.

I have grown these beans every year for the last four years. I grow them along with Emerite (green), Seychelles (green), and Blue Coco (purple). These are by far the best performer with incredible yields. The vines are big and sturdy, the leaves are bigger than most and they seem to be less susceptible to the common bean diseases. When bearing, they are just beautiful. The flat, long yellow beans look like ribbons hanging from the vines. Mine are never tough, even when they reach ONE FOOT in length. They are delicious, tender, and mild when cooked. I always have enough to give away and everybody just loves to have something fresh, good and a little different! If I could only grow one bean it would be this one. You get an incredible amount of beans for very little "floor space". They are easy to pick because they are easy to see and don't "hide". Everybody should have this!

Vines grew very well, without pest problems and without any special care. Started producing later than I thought, but then once going production was excellent. Good flavor, stayed tender until larger than some Romano types.

These beans started well. We liked their flavor so much that we often ate them raw. As the season progressed, they lost their crispness and flavor. I kept picking the beans, but immediately threw them into the compost since no one liked them them fresh anymore and they were flavorless cooked. As the season ended and it cooled down, the flavor improved again.

These have grown to be some of the largest bean vines I have planted to date, I am not sure how or why but when I plant pole beans I seem to get excessive production; not that this is a real problem mind you. So far after a 7 day vacation I came back to almost 10 lbs of beans on my vines, since I have a succession planting I expects this number to grow in a somewhat exponential fashion. The purple podded pole beans (separate review) & my scarlet runner beans (heirloom) have kept up with these rapid growers to produce prodigious amounts of delectable beans, as far as production per vine these are the winners to date with copious amounts in a short period of time; although the purple podded pole beans may overtake these guys in the next week or two.,..