Holmes Seed Company — 2013 V egetable Growers Price List

Bush Beans - Green (cont.) — Listed by Maturity
0189 Valentino 0137 Kentucky Dreamer 0141 Nash
0193 Tenderette
Relative Pod Pod Seed Pod Disease
Variety Days Length Shape Color Color Reaction Characteristics
0189 Valentino 51 5½" Round White Dark Green BCMV, Ua Fancy, slender pods are straight and well-positioned
for mechanical harvest. Concentrated set held high up
on the plant to stay clean.
0100 Ambra 52 6" Round White Medium Green BCMV, BCTV Consistently excellent in yield, earliness and field holding
ability. This prolific yielder develops straight and smooth,
refined pods that pick clean. Very adaptable and a consistent
top performer.
0135 Green Ruler 52 6" Flat White Medium Green BCMV Low fiber and string, spreading upright 19"plant.
0163 Romano Bush 52 6" Flat Brown Medium Green BCMV, BMV15 Wide stringless pods set on a 15 - 20" slow spreading plant.
0197 Topcrop 52 5 - 6" Round Mottled Medium Green BCMV, BMV15 This reliable early bean has pleased growers for years.
18 - 24" strong, upright plants, produce straight and
stringless pods for concentrated pickings and high yields.
0115 Bronco 53 5½" Round White Dark Green BCMV Very attractive straight, slender, and shiny pods. Extremely
high yielding, very popular with large acreage growers.
0136 Hialeah 53 6" Round White Dark Green BCMV Trustworthy performance. Excellent pack outs of top yields are
set high on sturdy plants; Great for machine harvest or hand
picking.
0187 Tema 53 5" Round Brown Dark Green BCMV Tema’s colored seed (brown) provides enhanced emergence
and early growth in cool soils. The pods have low fiber and
excellent flavor.
0137 Kentucky Dreamer 54 6 - 7" Round White Medium Green BCMV, BMV15 This improved bush Kentucky 125 type has a high concentrated
pod set on a 17" high plant. Low fiber makes it good for fresh
and shipper market. Patent pending.
0141 Nash 54 5½" Round White Dark Green BCMV This high-yielding fresh market bean features smooth straight
pods. It also provides good stress and heat tolerance with a
concentrated set.
0145 Prevail 54 5½" Round White Dark Green BCMV, BCTV This main season variety demonstrates excellent stress tolerance.
It consistently delivers straight pods set high in an upright
plant. Sieve size is 3-½ x 4.
0178 Slenderette 54 5" Round White Dark Green BCMV, BCTV, Dark-green, stringless pods with small white seeds which
BMV15, PM develop slowly. The 14 – 20" plants hold the pods on the upper
half of the plant. Great for freezing or canning.
0194 Tendergreen Improved 54 5 - 6" Round Mottled Dark Green BCMV Large 16 - 20" plants are heavy yielders of smooth, very meaty,
purple seeds mottled with tan.
0116 Concesa 55 6" Round White Dark Green BCMV, BCTV, Ua Produces beautiful, shiny pods on upright plants that set high
which allows for easy hand harvest. Produces over an extended
period of time, allowing fresh, high quality beans for roadside
or fresh market.
0133 Greencrop 55 7" Flat White Medium Green BCMV Bush KY Wonder type. Pods have excellent flavor, are tender
and half the width of most Romano types.
0166 Royal Burgundy 55 5 - 6" Round Buff Purple The beautiful, dark purple 5" pods can be used raw in salads to
add color. Pods turn green when cooked. The upright plant is
dark green with a purplish tinge on the stems.
0184 Strike 55 5½" Round White Medium Green BCMV, BMV15 Vigorous, upright plants produce high yields of straight,
stringless, slender, and very smooth pods. Continuous set for
easy picking.
0193 Tenderette 55 5 - 6" Round White Dark Green BCMV, BMV15 Vigorous, straight, does well in hot weather. The pods are borne
high on 18 - 20" upright plants. Excellent quality. Resembles
Tendercrop but with Blue Lake pods. Stringless, fiberless and
widely adapted. Machine harvest.
0142 Renegade 56 5½" Round White Very Dark Green BCMV, BCTV Sets a new standard for dark beans with extremely darkcolored
pods that meet customer expectations. Renegade
features an upright plant that may be machine or hand
harvested.
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