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Love these beans, September 4, 2009
Submitted by Kendra from Plainfield, IL (read all my reviews) (read all my reviews)
"These were very easy to grow. We'd done these beans in our garden when I was growing up, and this was the first year I did them in the garden with my son. He loved them. They taste great fresh or cooked. They grow well, but give them some room to bush out, or close to a fence to help them with support. We started them from seeds and didn't get them out to seed until the first weekend of June. They still grew fast enough to eat during july."

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Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening: Large Garden
Gardening skill: Beginner
State of residence: IL
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 0-1 years
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A dud bean?, May 1, 2009
Submitted by crazytxmom from Greenville, TX (read all my reviews) (read all my reviews)
"I have planted several other varieties of bean (Tendergreen Improved, Italian Rose, Contender, Royal Burgundy, and Purple Queen) in my square foot garden, and they have all flourished... except my Purple Queen. All the other seeds have had a nearly 100% germination rate but out of the 9 Purple Queen seeds I planted, only 2 germinated! I planted these back on March 21st and other beans I planted at the same time are flowering, but these ones (the only 2 that sprouted of the 9 seeds) are half the size of the other bean plants, including my Royal Burgundy, which these are supposedly a strain of). I've had success with all the other seeds I have ordered from Burpee, but these ones just aren't growing!"

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Would recommend: No
Type of gardening: Large Garden
Gardening skill: Moderately skilled
State of residence: TX
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 1-5 years
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Quite a beauty!, September 20, 2008
Submitted by Mermie from Mid-Michigan (read all my reviews) (read all my reviews)
"These beans just keep coming. We planted a 6 oz. package very late in the season, but it didn't make any difference, up they came and are still coming on strong. When they first started producing I was picking 5-7 quarts every 3 days, then it went to 5-7 quarts every other day, late in the season they tapered down to 3 quarts once a week. Needless to say I've given quite a few bags away, and people just love the novelty of the purple color. I wish they stayed purple once they've been cooked, but they turn green - too bad. We've let the patch go to peelers, but the bushes are loaded, so it looks like I'll be making some kettle beans come November, which is just fine by me."

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Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening: Large Garden
Gardening skill: Moderately skilled
State of residence: MI
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 10+ years
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Great Bean, May 15, 2008
Submitted by CAGardener from Northern CA (read all my reviews) (read all my reviews)
"Last year was my first time with these beans, and they are fantastic. Great production and the beans kept coming well into August. The color also was a big hit with my neighbors, as they had never seen purple beans before. My only complaint is that they seem to rot in the ground more than the regular green beans do under similar conditions. All-in-all, though, well worth planting."

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Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening: Large Garden
Gardening skill: Moderately skilled
State of residence: CA
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 10+ years
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