Dry Bean Varieties for Niche Markets in the USA

All varieties listed are common beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L., unless noted next to variety name. Days to maturity, plant height, and pod and bean measurements are based on data collected from our replicated field trials grown from years 2001 to 2004, in Vancouver, Washington and in 2013 in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Black

Black Coco Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 480 g 100 bean weight: 42 g	Black Valentine(new 2005). Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 596 g 100 bean weight: 31 g	Coco (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 101 Yield (10-ft row): 515 g 100 bean weight: 43 g
Eclipse Days to maturity: 120 Yield (10-ft row): 804 g 100 bean weight: 20 g	Major Days to maturity: 105 Yield (10-ft row): 546 g 100 bean weight: 34 g	Midnight Black Turtle Days to maturity: 118 Yield (10-ft row): 577 g 100 bean weight: 20 g
UI-911 Days to maturity: 115 Yield (10-ft row): 608 g 100 bean weight: 27 g	Skyriver (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 122 Yield (10-ft row): 627 g 100 bean weight: 53 g

Great Northern

Beryl Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 552 g 100 bean weight: 33 g	Great Northern Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 518 g 100 bean weight: 34 g	Marrow Fat Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 591 g 100 bean weight: 40 g
Matterhorn Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 647 g 100 bean weight: 39 g	Orion Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 691 g 100 bean weight: 39 g

Small White/Navy

Arthur Days to maturity: 114 Yield (10-ft row): 513 g 100 bean weight: 18 g	Navy Bean Days to maturity: 114 Yield (10-ft row): 680 g 100 bean weight: 20 g	Navy Pea Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 593 g 100 bean weight: 20 g
Norstar Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 491 g 100 bean weight: 19 g	Roma II Days to maturity: 108 Yield (10-ft row): 358 g 100 bean weight: 48 g	White Marrow Days to maturity: 104 Yield (10-ft row): 430 g 100 bean weight: 50 g

White Kidney

Beluga Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 479 g 100 bean weight: 54 g	Cannellini Days to maturity: 104 Yield (10-ft row): 492 g 100 bean weight: 50 g	Dwane Baptiste Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 465 g 100 bean weight: 51 g
Nugget Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 585 g 100 bean weight: 35 g	Silver Cloud Days to maturity: 119 Yield (10-ft row): 520 g 100 bean weight: 53 g

Pink

Pinks Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 504 g 100 bean weight: 33 g

UI-537 Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 440 g 100 bean weight: 38 g

Dark Red Kidney

Fiero Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 499 g 100 bean weight: 48 g	Kintoki Days to maturity: 104 Yield (10-ft row): 574 g 100 bean weight: 65 g	Montcalm Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 423 g 100 bean weight: 58 g
Red Hawk Days to maturity: 108 Yield (10-ft row): 432 g 100 bean weight: 50 g	Red Kidney Days to maturity: 101 Yield (10-ft row): 475 g 100 bean weight: 53 g

Light Red Kidney

Blush Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 630 g 100 bean weight: 64 g

CELRK Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 508 g 100 bean weight: 60 g

Kardinal Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 543 g 100 bean weight: 59 g

Small Red/Red Mexican

LeBaron Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 490 g 100 bean weight: 44 g	Montezuma Red Days to maturity: 108 Yield (10-ft row): 520 g 100 bean weight: 36 g	NW-63 Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 623 g 100 bean weight: 36 g
Red Mexican Days to maturity: 108 Yield (10-ft row): 589 g 100 bean weight: 36 g	UI 239 Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 738 g 100 bean weight: 34 g

Cranberry

Andrew Kent Days to maturity: 116 Yield (10-ft row): 596 g 100 bean weight: 68 g	Bale (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 104 Yield (10-ft row): 680 g 100 bean weight: 59 g	Borlotti Days to maturity: 121 Yield (10-ft row): 660 g 100 bean weight: 46 g
Candy Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 334 g 100 bean weight: 102 g	Capri (Old Coral) Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 451 g 100 bean weight: 59 g	Cardinal Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 517 g 100 bean weight: 61 g
Celina’s Romano Days to maturity: 114 Yield (10-ft row): 161 g 100 bean weight: 54 g	Etna Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 572 g 100 bean weight: 64 g	Francis Kring (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 104 Yield (10-ft row): 531 g 100 bean weight: 58 g
Krimson Days to maturity: 108 Yield (10-ft row): 463 g 100 bean weight: 61 g	Mansell Magic Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 547 g 100 bean weight: 75 g	Serene Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 421 g 100 bean weight: 70 g
Speckled Bays Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 421 g 100 bean weight: 51 g	Supremo Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 471 g 100 bean weight: 67 g	Taylor Horticulture/Thort Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 513 g 100 bean weight: 54 g
Tongue of Fire Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 453 g 100 bean weight: 59 g	UI-686 Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 484 g 100 bean weight: 61 g	Vermont Cranberry Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 512 g 100 bean weight: 50 g
Volcano Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 336 g 100 bean weight: 64 g

White with Partial Color

Calypso (Black Calypso) Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 326 g 100 bean weight: 53 g	Hidatsa Shield Figure Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 616 g 100 bean weight: 66 g	Magpie Days to maturity: 113 Yield (10-ft row): 563 g 100 bean weight: 36 g
Molasses Face Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 485 g 100 bean weight: 48 g	Orca Days to maturity: 114 Yield (10-ft row): 496 g 100 bean weight: 34 g	Rockwell (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 107 Yield (10-ft row): 624 g 100 bean weight: 49 g
Stevenson Blue Eye Days to maturity: 114 Yield (10-ft row): 554 g 100 bean weight: 51 g

Colored with Partial Color

Amish Knuttle Days to maturity: 140 Yield (10-ft row): 842 g 100 bean weight: 24 g

Decker (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 101 Yield (10-ft row): 632 g 100 bean weight: 64 g

Peregion Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 562 g 100 bean weight: 29 g

Brown Beans

Beka Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 531 g 100 bean weight: 42 g	Brown Dutch Days to maturity: 111 Yield (10-ft row): 558 g 100 bean weight: 45 g	Maefax Days to maturity: 103 Yield (10-ft row): 530 g 100 bean weight: 42 g
Norwegian Days to maturity: 103 Yield (10-ft row): 599 g 100 bean weight: 39 g	Royal Burgundy Days to maturity: 138 Yield (10-ft row): 395 g 100 bean weight: 43 g	Swedish Brown Days to maturity: 117 Yield (10-ft row): 431 g 100 bean weight: 45 g
Swedish Brown Days to maturity: 117 Yield (10-ft row): 431 g 100 bean weight: 45 g

Yellow Beans

Childer’s Golden Days to maturity: 115 Yield (10-ft row): 404 g 100 bean weight: 26 g	China Yellow Days to maturity: 108 Yield (10-ft row): 411 g 100 bean weight: 34 g	Hutterite Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 528 g 100 bean weight: 45 g
Hutterite (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 124 Yield (10-ft row): 490 g 100 bean weight: 36 g	Indian Woman Yellow Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 490 g 100 bean weight: 28 g	Ireland Creek Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 544 g 100 bean weight: 50 g
Ireland Creek Annie (NW Heirloom) Days to maturity: 101 Yield (10-ft row): 675 g 100 bean weight: 41 g	Lake Kivu Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 487 g 100 bean weight: 50 g	Peruano Days to maturity: 134 Yield (10-ft row): 1033 g 100 bean weight: 47 g
Zert Days to maturity: 110 Yield (10-ft row): 432 g 100 bean weight: 47 g

Pinto

Burke Days to maturity: 105 Yield (10-ft row): 628 g 100 bean weight: 41 g	Lariat Days to maturity: 114 Yield (10-ft row): 782 g 100 bean weight: 35 g	Othello Days to maturity: 104 Yield (10-ft row): 644 g 100 bean weight: 42 g
Pinto Days to maturity: 103 Yield (10-ft row): 560 g 100 bean weight: 38 g	Quincy Days to maturity: 106 Yield (10-ft row): 729 g 100 bean weight: 44 g

Soldier

Old Fashioned Soldier Days to maturity: 112 Yield (10-ft row): 504 g 100 bean weight: 66 g	Red Coat Soldier Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 327 g 100 bean weight: 51 g	Red Soldier Days to maturity: 107 Yield (10-ft row): 373 g 100 bean weight: 54 g
Soldier Days to maturity: 108 Yield (10-ft row): 540 g 100 bean weight: 62 g

Yellow Eye

Maine Yellow Eye Days to maturity: 109 Yield (10-ft row): 300 g 100 bean weight: 44 g

Jacob’s Cattle Markings

Autumn Bounty Days to maturity: 107 Yield (10-ft row): 502 g 100 bean weight: 60 g

Trout/Jacobs Cattle Days to maturity: 107 Yield (10-ft row): 356 g 100 bean weight: 62 g

Purplish Beans

Mrocumiere (109 days) Days to maturity: 113 Yield (10-ft row): 675 g 100 bean weight: 54 g

Flageole

French Flageolet Days to maturity: 119 Yield (10-ft row): 522 g 100 bean weight: 31 g	French Flageolet Flagrano Days to maturity: 102 Yield (10-ft row): 455 g 100 bean weight: 25 g	French Flageolet Flaro Days to maturity: 103 Yield (10-ft row): 429 g 100 bean weight: 27 g
French Shell Flambeau Days to maturity: 125 Yield (10-ft row): 507 g 100 bean weight: 30 g