‘Lazy Housewife’ Pole Bean

A prolific bean introduced by W. Atlee Burpee and Co in 1885 – from their original description: “the pods are green, entirely stringless, of extra fine flavor, exceedingly rich and buttery when cooked.” 

This is a late-cropping bean, so you definitely need to grow another type as well for the start of the season. But the beans are incredible; they have these huge fat white seeds that taste fantastic – all soft and buttery – when boiled. The pods stay stringless for a long time and you get a lots of them -it’s just great. This was Ben’s favourite bean in 2016.

In 1907 this was judged to be almost the very best flavoured bean on the market (sadly the one single variety that beat it is now extinct so we can’t offer it.)