| GREEN BEANS |
| Variety |
Days |
Length Shape |
Pod Color |
Disease Resistance / Tolerance* |
Description |
| COMMERCIAL VARIETIES |
Ambra
|
53-54 |
5.5"-6" Round |
Medium Green |
R: BCMV 1 (US1); BCTV |
Upright plant with a concentrated set makes this new variety great for machine harvest. Good field holding ability. |
Boone
|
58 |
5.5"
Round |
Deep Green |
R: BCMV 1 (US1); BCTV; Psp; Pss; Ua; Xap |
Very attractive, deep green pods. Upright plant produces very uniform beans. Strong disease package. |
Caprice
|
60 |
5.5"
Round |
Dark Green |
R: BCMV 1 (US1); Cl; Psp; Xap; IR: Pss |
High yielding variety with attractive pods that are straight and smooth. Good eating quality. Upright bush has good heat tolerance. |
Crockett
|
58 |
5.25"
Round |
Deep Green |
R: BCMV 1 (US1); BCTV; Psp; Pss; Ua; Xap |
Beautiful round pods with uniform color. Straight pods of two and three sieve diameter. Outstanding disease package. |
Dusky
|
57 |
6”
Round |
Dark Green |
HR: BCMV; Cl; IR: Psp; Pss |
Upright bush with good cover holds pods off ground. Pods are
straight and smooth; strong plant resists lodging. Good shipper. |
Hickok
|
54 |
5.5"
Round |
Medium to Dark Green |
R: BCMV1 (US1); R: Ua; IR: BCTV |
Beautiful bean with a strong disease package. |
(New)
Nash
|
54 |
5.75”
Round |
Medium
Green |
HR: BCMV |
High-yielding fresh market bean with smooth, straight pods. Good stress and heat tolerance with a concentrated set. |
Pike
|
55 |
5.25"
Round |
Medium to Dark Green |
R: BCMV1 (US1); R: BCTV; IR: Pss |
Produces high yields of very attractive beans with an impressive disease package. |
| LOCAL MARKET VARIETIES |
| Blue Lake Pole
|
60 |
6"
Round |
Medium Dark Green |
CBMV |
Excellent bean for canning and freezing. |
| Bush Blue Lake |
57 |
6" Round |
Green |
|
A high yielding variety with relatively tall, vigorous plants. Best for institutional packing. |
| Bush Kentucky Wonder 125
|
58 |
6"-7"
Flat |
Medium Green |
CBMV |
Good flavor, ships and handles well. |
| Contender
|
50 |
6"
Round |
Medium Green |
CBMV; PM |
Flavorful bean with large, kidney-shaped seeds. Widely
adaptable plant performs well under adverse conditions. |
| Greencrop |
45-55 |
7.5"-8.5"
Flat |
Medium Green |
|
This bush Kentucky Wonder type has great flavor. Produces
excellent yields with uniform maturity. Ships well. |
| Provider |
52 |
5.5"-6" Round |
Medium Green |
CBMV
DM, PM
|
Very popular early shipper. Fleshy, round pods on compact bush. Yields well in adverse conditions. |
| Roma II
|
58 |
6" Flat |
Medium Green |
|
Stringless pods have a very distinctive flavor. Roadside favorite. |
| Strike |
52-55 |
5.5”
Round |
Medium Light
Green |
BMV1 |
High yields, good appearance and long shelf life. Pods are
slender, stringless and very smooth. Can be machine harvested. |
| Tendergreen |
51 |
6" Round |
Green |
|
A large, productive plant with high yields of high quality, round fleshy pods. |
|
| LIMA, HORTICULTURAL, HALF RUNNER BEANS |
| Variety |
Days |
Length Shape |
Pod Color |
Seed Color |
Description |
| LIMA BEAN |
| Bridgeton |
65-76 |
3"
Flattened |
Green |
Green |
This baby lima produces lots of pods with 4 small thick seeds per pod. The compact plant is widely adaptable. |
| Carolina Sieva |
78-89 |
3"-3.5" Round |
Dark Green |
Medium Green |
An early pole lima that is popular in the south. Small, flat
butterbeans dry white. Excellent shelled or dried. Last until fall. |
| Dixie Butterpea |
75 |
3.5"-4" Round |
Green |
White |
Produces small, white, nearly round seeds.
Popular with home gardeners and local markets in the south. |
| Florida Speckled |
78 |
3" |
Medium Green |
|
A tall vigorous plant that does well in summer weather and is productive over a long season. Popular in the South. |
| Fordhook 242 |
75 |
3.5"-4" Thick/Broad |
Medium Dark Green |
Pale Green |
Heat and drought tolerant, well suited for processing or home
garden. Large, flat seeds turn creamy in dry stage. |
| Henderson
|
65 |
3"
Slight Curve |
Dark Green |
Light Green |
Early baby lima that produces a continuous crop until frost.
Flavorful seeds dry creamy-white. Great for canning or freezing. |
| Jackson Wonder
|
65-75 |
4"
Flat, Thick |
Dark Green |
Pale Buff Streaked |
Early, heavy yielder, heat and drought resistant. Medium seeds
are mottled with purplish black at dry stage. Plump and meaty. |
| Thorogreen
|
65-72 |
3"
Slight Curve |
Dark
Green
|
Light
Green
|
Small seeds are light green at dry stage. Vines are vigorous in hot
conditions and drought resistant. Great for canning or freezing. |
| HORTICULTURAL AND HALF-RUNNER BEANS |
| French Horticultural
|
68 |
6"-7"
Thick/Oval
|
Red
Speckled
|
Buff/Purple
Flecked
|
Half-runner produces long, straight pods brilliantly splashed
with scarlet at dry stage. Used as green shell bean or dried. |
| State Half-Runner |
52-60 |
|
Silvery
Green
|
White |
Vigorous plant produces medium length, non-climbing runners.
Heat and drought resistant. Flavorful. Snap or dry use. |
| Taylor Horticultural
|
58-62 |
5"
Oval, Flat
|
Light Green Red Splashed |
Buff Red
Mottled
|
Hardy and heavy yielding. Pods set high off ground. Popular
along the Atlantic coast for fresh market and shipping. |
|
| WAX PODDED BEANS |
| Variety |
Days |
Length Shape |
Pod Color |
Disease Resistance / Tolerance* |
Description |
| Carson
|
56 |
5.3"
Round |
Yellow |
HR: BCMV; IR: Pss |
An early high yielding specialty bean with improved characteristics.
Slimmer shape than Indy gold with high percentage of 4-sieve pods. |
| Cherokee
|
52 |
6"
Round |
Dark Yellow |
|
Highly productive, very dependable, easy to care for variety. Popular with local markets. |
| Goldenrod |
55 |
5"
Round |
Yellow |
R: BMV 1 (US1) |
Widely adaptable even in short day, low light conditions.
Consistent yellow color. Used for fresh market and processing. |
| Indy Gold
|
54-58 |
5"
Round |
Yellow |
HR: BCMV; IR: Pss |
Straight, smooth, refined pods have a very uniform yellow color.
Tender with good flavor. Suitable for machine or hand harvesting. |
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