One bite of this gourmet French climbing bean and your mind will be made up; Algarve must become a permanent part of your veggie patch. The flavour is fabulous, the yields huge and the harvests earlier than most others. 

Algarve is a vigorous, very robust vine, reaching 6 to 7 feet long over the course of the season. It sets plentiful white blooms in spring, followed by masses of very uniform, flattish mid-green pods that reach up to 10 inches long and about an inch wide. Completely stringless, they are smooth and attractive, looking as good as they taste.