Breeder: Syngenta
Length: 5.5 inches
Sieve Size: 3/4
Market: Fresh Disease package: Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV)
Days to maturity: 53
Region(s): Eastern U.S.
Other: Early maturing variety that is well suited for high temperatures. Can be used as a rain gap filter.
RuppSeeds.com
Affirmed from Seminis Vegetable Seeds and Stokes Seed
Length: 5.1 inches
Sieve size: 3 to 4
Market: Fresh and processing
Disease package: High resistance: BCMV; Anthracnose (Cl); halo blight (Psp) 1,2. Intermediate resistance: bacterial brown spot (Pss)
Days to maturity: 56
Region: Eastern U.S. and Canada
Other: Straight bean; upright plant.
Seminis-US.com; StokesSeed.com
Desperado from Syngenta
Type: Fresh
Days to maturity: 53
Length: 5.3 length
Sieve size: 4 (distribution 4 – 4.5 sieve)
Pod color: Medium green
Disease package: High resistance to BCMV
Region(s): Fresh bean growing areas in the USA and Canada
Other: High-quality straight pods, pod pubescence protexts against wind scar and thrips damage, quick to maturity
Syngenta.com
Orient Wonder from Sakata Seed America
Length: 15 to 18 inches
Sieve size: 2
Market: Fresh
Days to maturity: 85
Region(s): Warm and humid; sets better in cool, dry conditions
Other: ‘Orient Wonder’ is an extra-long pole bean with seeds that are slow to develop, resulting in tender beans that can be harvested over an extended period of time.
SakataVegetables.com
Outlaw from Syngenta
Length: 5.2 inches
Sieve size: 3.8 (3.5 to 4 sieve distribution)
Market: Fresh
Disease package: High resistance to BCMV
Days to maturity: 57
Region(s): All areas of U.S. and Canada
Other: Attractive dark-green color; versatility across growing regions; high resistance to bean mosaic virus; upright plant structure for improved marketable yield
Syngenta-US.com
PV-857 from Siegers Seed Company and Seedway
Breeder: Pop Vriend
Length: 5.5 inches
Sieve size: 3 to 4
Market: Fresh
Disease package: High resistance: BCMV and Cl; Intermediate resistance: Pss and rust
Days to maturity: 54
Other: This variety offers growers dark pods and a concentrated set on an upright plant.
Siegers.com; Seedway.com
Sybaris from Rupp Seeds
Breeder: Seminis
Length: 5.5 inches
Sieve size: 3 to 4
Market: Fresh
Disease package: BCMV
Days to maturity: 55
Region(s): Eastern U.S.
Other: Very high yields; shiny; high-quality fruit up the plant
Seminis-US.com; RuppSeeds.com
Wyatt from Rispens Seeds
Breeder: HM Clause
Length: 5.7 inches
Sieve size: 30% sieve 3; 60% sieve 4; and 10% sieve 5
Market: Fresh
Disease package: High resistance: BCMV, Psp, Pss, beet curly top virus, and common blight
Days to maturity: 54
Region: Northeast U.S.
Other: Upright plant; strong heat set potential; and has performed well under conditions that favor root rots
HMClause.com; RispensSeeds.com
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