• Snap Bean Production and Value
• Leading Snap Bean-Producing Counties --- 1995-96
• Snap Bean Facts

Bushel = 30 pounds
Source: Florida Agricultural Statistics Service

• Before the discovery of America, the Old World was familiar with many types of beans, but not with the "common bean". Snap beans are believed to have originated in Central America and were distributed widely over both Americas by the Indians. Soon after their discovery, they were introduced into Europe and Asia and quickly became popular. They were mentioned in Europe about 1542. It has only been during the last 100 years, however, that truly stringless snap beans, as we know them today, were developed.
• Dade County is the states fresh snap bean capital, producing nearly 53 percent of Floridas crop in 1996-97.
• Florida produces 100 percent of the U.S. - grown fresh snap beans during the months of January, February and March.