Lists 1-27 Combined
Edited by Dermot P. Coyne
Department of Horticulture
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0724
BeSweet 2020s – Breeder and vendor: Rupp Seeds, Inc. Characteristics: new vegetable soybean; produces large beans that are sweet if picked and preserved in the proper stage; used primarily as a shelled green bean with eating quality superior to limas; higher in protein than peas or limas. 2005.
Blackeye – Breeder: Div. of Hort., Central Expt. Farm, Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Parentage: selection from material introduced from Manchuria. Characteristics: vegetable soybean, excellent for freezing green, home garden and field production for shelled green beans. Adaptation: wide regional. Div. of Hort. Ottawa, Prog. Rpt. 1934-48. p. 61.
Green Pearl – Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed Co. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
Kahala (288 BB 4-6-3-3) – Breeder and vendor: Univ. Hawaii Agric. Expt. Sta., Honolulu. Parentage: UD 288 and Bansei. Characteristics: vigorous, leafy plant, pods held high. Resistance: root-knot nematode. Similar: UD 288. Adaptation: tropical and subtropical climates. Hawaii Agric. Expt. Sta. Research Rpt. 178. 1969.
Kaikoo (288 BB 24-9-3-6) – Breeder and vendor: Univ. of Hawaii Agric. Expt. Sta., Honolulu. Parentage: UD 288 and Bansei. Characteristics: white flowered; pods held high on plant; grows on cultivar of soils. Resistance: root-knot nematode. Similar: Bansei. Adaptation: tropical and subtropical climates. Hawaii Agr. Expt. Sta. Res. Rpt. 178. 1969.
Kailua (288 BB 4-7-1-3) – Breeder and vendor: Univ. of Hawaii Agr. Expt. Sta., Honolulu. Parentage: UD 288 and Bansei. Characteristics: dark-green foliage, white flowers, pods easy to pick. Similar: UD 288. Resistance: root-knot nematode. Adaptation: tropical and subtropical climates. Hawaii Agr. Expt. Sta. Research Rpt. 178. 1969.
Mokapu Summer (288 BC 28-1-2-2) – Breeder and vendor: Univ. of Hawaii Agr. Expt. Sta., Honolulu. Parentage: UD 288 and Bansei. Characteristics: purple flowers, large pod and seed, good flavor; for summer harvest. Similar: Bansei. Resistance: root-knot nematode. Adaptation: tropical and subtropical climates. Hawaii Agr. Expt. Sta. Res. Rpt. 178. 1969.
Pando (Panda in England) – Breeder: Dept. of Hort., Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham. Vendor: Hepler Seed Co. Parentage: unknown, collected in city market, Seoul, Korea, July 4. 1947. Characteristics: extremely early&emdash;neutral edible cultivar maturing dry seeds in 75 days on plants 1 foot tall. Adaptation: general regional, but will mature even in the far northern United States. 1952.