Pole or running bean. Long round green pods.
| 1898 | Nebraska Seed Co, Omaha, Neb. |
| Kentucky Wonder: Pole or running bean. Bears its pods in large clusters. Green pods, very long, often reaching 9-10". Vigorous vines, climbing very well. Productive. | |
| 1913 | Ontario Seed Co, Waterloo ON |
| Kentucky Wonder: Pole or running. | |
| 1914 | Ontario Seed Co, Waterloo ON |
| Kentucky Wonder: Pole or running. | |
| 1929 | Steele Briggs, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton |
| Kentucky Wonder Green: Pole or running. Splendid, vigorous and productive variety. Pods in clusters, round, succulent and delicious. Color, dark green. | |
| 1936 | James, Duncan, Vancouver Island B.C. |
| Improved Kentucky Wonder: A selection from this popular Pole Bean, which is of better quality and more heavy bearing than ordinary strains. The flavour is sweet and delicate; the pods are a deep green. 7 inches long and nearly 1/2 inch through, solid and deeply creased, and are entirely stringless until too old for use. The pods are clustered up the poles so thickly that they overlap each other like shingles, and they can be gathered in handfuls. There is no need to plant a succession of beans if you grow this variety; just keep the plants picked clean of mature pods at all times and you will gather tender beans until heavy frost. | |
| 1937 | McFayden, Winnipeg MAN, Toronto ON |
| Kentucky Wonder: Pole bean. Long, round green pods. Crisp and fleshy. | |
| 1938 | Abercrombie, Vancouver BC, 821 West Pender Street. (Also at Victoria B.C.) |
| Kentucky Wonder POLE Bean: Tender yellow - brown beans of extra-delicious flavour, very heavy-cropper. | |
| 1947 | Pike, Edmonton AB |
| Kentucky Wonder Green: Pole bean. Bears a fine crop of large green pods, 7 to 9 in. long, tender, brittle, and of good quality. | |
| 1950 | Lindenberg, Brandon MAN |
| Kentucky Wonder: Polebean. Most popular of the climbing beans, bearing heavy crops of large green pods 7 to 9 inches long. Pods are thick, meaty and brittle; of excellent quality suitable for canning or quick freeze. Seeds are light brown - sometimes used as shell beans. | |
| 1968 | Buckerfield, New Westminster BC, 600 Front Street |
| Kentucky Wonder Green Pod: Pole bean. The best climbing bean for home and market use. Pods medium green, brittle and tender. |
| 1999 | Kentucky wonder: [Pole, Snap] Light brown seed in pods that grow to 9" long. Stringless, excellent taste. Delicious for shelling and dry used in baked beans. |
| 1999 | Kentucky wonder: [Pole, Snap] 7 - 8 medium to large, elongated, blue-grey seeds per pod. Good snap variety. Long season. 100 days to maturity. |
| 2000 | Kentucky wonder: [Pole] Light brown seed in pods that grow to 9" long. Stringless, excellent taste. Delicious for shelling and dry used in baked beans. |
| 2000 | Kentucky wonder: [Pole] 7 - 8 medium to large, elongated, blue-grey seeds per pod. Good snap variety. Long season. 100 days to maturity. |
| 2006 | KENTUCKY WONDER: Same as above |
| 2007 | KENTUCKY WONDER: Same as above |
| 2008 | KENTUCKY WONDER: Same as above |
| 2009 | KENTUCKY WONDER: Same as above |
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STATUS DISTRIBUTION Secure Good
Currently propagated by Seeds of Diversity's seed-savers. Commonly available from several mail-order seed companies. Easy to find. Not maintained by the Canadian gene bank. Maintained by the U.S. gene bank.
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