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Bean Smeraldo (57-45)
Product Code:
57-45
$5.00 - $25.00
Pole Bean Smeraldo. Long flat roma type from Northern Italy. Pale green and stringless. Excellent taste & texture. Has a very good reputation for production. 30 gram packet. Note: 100 gram packet is actually 170 grams. Pole beans have approximately 1 seed per gram.
To see our growing guide for beans, click here.
Pole Bean Smeraldo. Long flat roma type from Northern Italy. Pale green and stringless. Excellent taste & texture. Has a very good reputation for production. 30 gram packet. Note: 100 gram packet is actually 170 grams. Pole beans have approximately 1 seed per gram.
To see our growing guide for beans, click here.
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Customer Reviews
14 Review
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The only bean I grow
I have been growing these beans for years, and they are simply the sweetest, most productive beans I have ever grown. People beg me for bags of them. The plants grow quite tall and produce over a very long period. I don't bother growing bush beans anymore either because Smeraldo grow so quickly I typically can get quite an early crop for a pole bean. Unlike other beans that people often cook al dente, you must cook this bean fully to bring out its sweetness and proper texture. Provide ample and sturdy trellises for this bean and plant seeds a bit further apart given the large vigorous vine.
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My new favorite bean
I can't believe the tender texture of these large beans and they are tender at great size too. They have a great beany taste too. This has been a terrible year in the garden with all the rain, but beans have done fairly well. I will grow these every year. I always plant some bush beans to produce first but these Smeraldos started producing at the same time as the bush beans. I'm so glad to have found them.
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Disappointed in 2013
Relying on the 2012 reviews, I ordered in 2013. Perhaps I got a bad lot, but production has been poor. Taste is good, but not quite as good as the Dutch Northeaster (Kwintus) or Garden of Eden from Johnny's. Moreover, Northereaster is very early and productive, as is Garden of Eden.