pole bean

Some gardeners like bush beans better than pole beans because bush beans produce a lot of pods in a short time frame; they do, however, take up more space in the garden than pole beans.

Ejner planted a walnut orchard, raised loganberries, grain and hay, and was among the first local farmers to plant pole beans in 1936.

One of my favorite pole beans is Cherokee Trail of Tears, a tall, vigorous pole bean with 6-inch fruits.

A previous topic was the beautiful Calypso Bean, and now we have another beautiful bean: the Cosse Violetta pole bean! This is another variety that I ordered last year from Annie's Heirloom Seeds.

Strangely enough, they dislike the pole bean while approving of its bush cousin.

People should also try the collard green tree, which can reach 10 to 12 feet tall; and 'Incan Giant White'--a pole bean with limas that are four times the size of normal ones!--INTERVIEW BY JULIE CHAI

If you've grown green beans in a small garden, you'll probably agree that pole bean varieties help optimize your production within a given patch of ground.

These are more like the spacings indicated by a recent study: Crop Plant Row spacing spacing Radish_ Globe 4" 4" Rat-tail (podding) 3" 3" China rose 6" 6" Round black Spanish/ Mun- chen/Bier 7" 7" Chinese long 5" 9" White icicle 3" 6" Daikon (Miyashige) 6" 10" Bean and pea Pole bean; peas; cowpeas 2" 12" Chickpeas (garbanzo) 6" 12" Bush bean 2" 18" Tomatoes; indeterminate Main crop (full size) 10" 18" Italian/ egg/ Roma 14" 18" Currant 10" 14" Cherry 12" 18" Grape 12" 16"

Pole bean plants, which grow up to 8 feet tall, must have support; they reach maturity in 60 to 70 days and bear over a long season.

My favorite bean is the Caseknife pole bean. I have always eaten this bean, and I'm 75 years old."

Legumes: Dry soup bean, pole bean, shell pea, Southern pea

'Purple Peacock' is a flavorful pole bean whose green leaves contrast with its purple pods, stems, and flowers; it's also very heat tolerant.

This past year, it supported two cucumber vines, two birdhouse gourd vines, 12 tomato vines, and 16 pole bean vines.

Cucumbers, pole beans and small squashes are all candidates for growing up trellises or on obelisks.