The Latest Bean Varieties For 2014 [Slideshow]
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Adele (PVPA-1994)
Adele is a fine-sieve bean for fresh markets. Pods are dark green with an attractive gloss. It is well adapted to both short and long day length and is suitable for a wide range of environments. Looks great in tray packs! Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Dominator (PVPA-1994)
The true standard in pod quality, Dominator, is an attractive bean that is very dark green, smooth, well-filled and flavorful. Pods, measuring 5.8" x 10mm, hold well in the field for an early variety. High yields on a medium-large, very dark green, upright bush. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Eliminator (PVPA-1994)
Showing good disease tolerance, this dark green bean matures in 56 days on a large, strong plant. The round, straight, smooth pods have an attractive, “fresh” look, which holds exceptionally well on the plant or in the box. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Napoleon (PVPA-1994)
With beans of all shapes and sizes, Napoleon is fittingly deemed the right size! This variety is suitable for whole bean processing with its great uniformity and excellent medium-green color; a very attractive variety with early maturity. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Terminator (PBRA-1994)
This bean grows on a large, strong plant producing straight and smooth, uniform dark green pods. Maturing in approximately 55 days, Terminator has very fresh looking pods with great holding ability and good disease tolerance. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Lewis
Lewis is an amazingly consistent green bean that sports attractive straight pods and a stunning dark-green color. It is primarily 5.5 inches in length with a sieve size of 3 to 4. In addition to its great looks and taste it has a fully loaded disease package. Available from Harris Moran.
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Oakley
Oakley matures in 55 days and is a gourmet bean that will be a big hit with home cooks looking for specialty gourmet items or for sales to restaurants. High-quality, uniformly sized pods have a dark-green color, and outstanding flavor and texture. It features a 100% 2 sieve bean, 4.5 inches in length. Available from Harris Seeds.
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Momentum
New in 2014. Momentum is a new 56-day green bean from Syngenta. It produces a concentrated set of straight pods on an upright bush-style plant. Momentum offers outstanding yields and is widely adapted to most growing regions. Available from Rupp Seeds.
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Prevail
Prevail provides strong seedling vigor and consistently high yields of very dark green 6” pods. It offers excellent disease resistance package and high stress and heat tolerance. Plant structure and pod setting result in high percentage of marketable beans. Bred by Syngenta, also available from Rupp Seeds, Rispens Seeds, and Stokes Seeds.
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Sybaris
Sybaris is a new 55 day, straight, medium-sized, deep green, approximately 5.6-inch bean with very good uniformity and exceptional quality. Generally, its pods set high in the plant and off the soil surface. This bean is a great addition to any portfolio in the fresh or processing markets.Available from Rupp Seeds.
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Bison
A main-season bean with very dark pods, Bison is highly resistant to bean common mosaic virus. Its bush is sturdy and compact, and pods run 20% 3 sieve, 80% 4 sieve. Available from Siegers Seed Co.
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BA0958
Matures in 57 days. Outstanding straight, smooth, medium green, 5.75 in/14.5 cm pod quality. Upright plants have improved tolerance to stress. Tolerant to CBMV plus intermediate tolerance to Brown Spot. Excellent yields. White seed. Available from Stokes Seeds.
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BA0999
BA0999 is an excellent medium-green 5.5 inch bean with 65% one to four sieve and 35% five to six sieve. It is a mechanical harvest Storm type for first early sowings only. Maturing in 50 days, BA0999 has good tolerance to Common Bean Mosaic Virus and intermediate resistance to Brown Spot. This variety has high yield potential and broad regional adaptability. White Seed. Available from Stokes Seeds.
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Ambition
Great eating quality, flavor and texture; Excellent quality and appearance in size and shape for reduced culls; Produces long, straight pods that are smooth and very dark-green in color; Extremely stress-tolerant with tolerance to whitefly pressure; Consistent high yields with long shelf life. Available from Syngenta and Stokes Seeds.
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Cosmos
Fancy, dark green beans average 6-6 1/2" and are of superior eating quality. Medium, upright bush keeps pods off the ground. Good heat tolerance and intermediate resistance to bacterial brown spot. Similar to, but a bit longer and 3 days later than Sage, which it replaces. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Bowie
This processing/fresh market adapted green bush bean produces very straight pods, sieve four in size, with an excellent uniform dark-green color. Its upright plant structure enables an easy harvest. Available from Harris Moran and Stokes Seeds.
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Caprice
This high-quality bush garden bean features straight and smooth pods with excellent medium-dark green color. With slow seed development, excellent broad adaptability and high yields in the face of virus pressure, this bean is perfect for your fields. Available from Harris Moran.
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Wyatt
This upright plant produces a high pod set for easy harvest and has an early maturity of 54 days. It provides consistent yields of beautiful dark green pods, sieve 4 in size with excellent bacterial disease and virus resistance. Available from Harris Moran and Stokes Seeds.
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Adele (PVPA-1994)
Dominator (PVPA-1994)
Eliminator (PVPA-1994)
Napoleon (PVPA-1994)
Terminator (PBRA-1994)
Lewis
Oakley
Momentum
Prevail
Sybaris
Bison
BA0958
BA0999
Ambition
Cosmos
Bowie
Caprice
Wyatt
Browse this slideshow for more information on 18 bean varieties you need to know about from the nation’s leading seed breeders and distributors.
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Rosemary Gordon is editor of American Vegetable Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.