8 Bean Varieties Perfect for Your Crop Mix

Posted by Carol Miller|March 13, 2019

Check out the particulars of these bean varieties to find the right one for you.

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Affirmed from Seminis

Type: Green bean
Length: 5.1 inches
Sieve size: 80%
Disease Package: High resistance to bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), halo blight 1,2 (Psp), and Anthracnose 55 (Cl)
Days to Maturity: 56
Region: Northeast and Southeast
Other: ‘Affirmed’ was previously trialed under precommercial designation SV0579GG. It is less prone to lodging and performs best in cool, wet seasons or on high fertility soils. Pods are longer, straighter, and better quality compared to leading competitive varieties. The plant sets well and is up off the ground. ‘Affirmed’ offers high yield potential.

Seminis-US.com
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Antiqua from PureLine Seeds and Harris Seeds Organic

Type: Green bush bean
Sieve: 4
Disease Package: BCMV, Cl, Psp
Days to Maturity: 52
Regions: Widely adapted
Other: Uniform 4-sieve beans are produced on an upright plant habit. Highly adapted variety with great yields can be grown for both processing and fresh markets.

PureLineSeeds.com; HarrisSeeds.com
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Desoto from HM.Clause and Clifton Seed Company

Type: Green bean
Length: 5.5 inches
Sieve size: 3 to 4
Disease package: High resistance to BCMV, beet curly top virus (BCTV), and rust (Ua)
Days to Maturity: 57
Other: Desoto produces straight, uniform, high-quality, easy to pick pods with excellent field holding ability.

HMClause.com; CliftonSeeds.com
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Desperado from Syngenta and Rispens Seeds, Inc.

Type: Snap bean
Length: 5.3 inches
Sieve size: 4
Market: Fresh
Disease Package: High resistance to BCMV
Days to Maturity: 53
Region: Midwest, Northeast
Other: Well adapted for heat and stress tolerance. Brown seeded.

Syngenta.com; RispensSeeds.com
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Faiza RZ from Rijk Zwaan

Type: Pole slicing bean
Market: Either Fresh Market or as a component of vegetable mixes.
Other: Has Rijk Zwaan's new concept Greentense - has dark-green color w/natural sweetness. Offers good shelf life, stringless and a high source of Vitamin A & K.

RijkZwaanUSA.com
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Lasalle from HM.Clause, Seedway, and Stokes Seeds Inc.

Type: Green bush
Length: 5 to 6 inches
Sieve size: 3 to 4
Market: Fresh
Disease Package: High resistance to BCMV; Intermediate resistance to Psp, bacterial brown spot (Pss), and common or fuscous blight (Xap)
Days to Maturity: 54
Regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southeast
Other: High yield potential. Dark-green color. Easy harvest. This erect and open bush provides more airflow over the long straight pods.

Seedway.com; StokeSeeds.com
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Outlaw from Syngenta and Rupp Seeds

Type: Bush green
Length: 5.25 inches
Sieve size: 3 to 4
Market: Fresh
Disease Package: BCMV
Days to Maturity: 57
Regions: Eastern U.S.
Other: Versatile across various growing regions, Prevail replacement

Syngenta-US.com; RuppSeeds.com
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Sybaris from Seminis, Harris Seed, and Rupp Seeds

Type: Bush green
Length: 5.5 inches
Sieve size: 3 to 4
Market: Fresh
Disease Package: BCMV and Ua
Days to Maturity: 55-56
Region: Widely adapted
Other: Shiny, high-quality fruit even in upper regions of the plant. (from Harris Seed: Sybaris offers straight uniform dark green pods of high eating quality and flavor. The 5.5-inch pods are set high in the plant, making them easy to harvest. Great for fresh and processing markets with good cap retention and high resistance to BCMV and intermediate resistance to Bean Rust.)

Semins-US.com; HarrisSeeds.com; RuppSeeds.com