Golden Wax Improved (aka Topnotch) Bush Snap Garden Bean
Price: $2.95
SKU: 30305311
50 days — Also known as 'Topnotch', the plants grow sixteen to eighteen inches tall, are upright and compact. The pods are about five inches long, golden-yellow in color, thick, flat, straight, stringless and tender. Excellent heavy yielding home garden variety. Seeds white with brown markings on the eyes that resemble 'Soldier' beans.
'Golden Wax Improved' was bred by Rogers Brothers Company of Idaho Falls, Idaho and released in 1959. It is a stabilized cross between 'Early Puregold' and 'Top Notch Golden Wax'. It is reportedly resistant to common, New York 15 virus. Each ounce is approximately 95 seeds.
Beans prefer well-drained, rich soil in a sunny location. Make sure you keep them well watered in the summer heat.
Beans are a tender vegetable and you should not plant them until all danger of frost has passed and the soil remains above 65ºF. Sow seeds 1-1½ inches deep, every two to three inches. Bush-type beans do not require support.
For seed saving, allow pods to remain on the plant until they are brittle and open easily. However, if you live in an area with a short growing season, harvest as close to dry as possible and finish drying indoors. Rain and freezing temps will damage beans.
Customer Reviews:
By Rachel Lewis on February 6, 2015
Each time I start this bean from seed I'm amazed how fast it takes off compared to other varieties. Not my favorite bean, nothing wrong with the flavor, but makes up for it in time. Due to the early, fast, high yield it's a must have for my garden.
By David Emigh on December 1, 2013
Perfect germination, no disease or pest problems, as weather hardy as the rest of my beans. Huge self-supporting bushes, very large beans; they start early and don't stop blooming and setting until the frost and snow kills them. I planted way too many, but will most certainly be planting them again.
