Winter Bean Varieties
Vespa
✚ High yielding, stiff strawed variety.
✚ Treated Yield 111%
✚ Vespa is a consistently high yielding variety which sits at the top of the PGRO Descriptive list.
✚ It yields considerably more (17%) than its predecessor Tundra.
✚ It is of average maturity and has robust disease resistance.
✚ Vespa has good seed size, slightly larger than Tundra and has strong standing ability at harvest.
Breeder: Senova UK
Vincent
✚ New Variety with high treated yield 108%
✚ Vincent yields just 3% behind Vespa.
✚ Vincent has a good standing ability at harvest and has an average maturity score, alongside Vespa.
✚ It has the best resistance to downy mildew of all the varieties on the PGRO Descriptive List.
✚ It has a large seed size, which will suit export markets, along with a high protein content.
Breeder: Senova
Tundra
✚ Treated Yield 94%
✚ Tundra has been the most widely grown variety in recent years.
✚ Now superseded by other varieties in terms of yield but Tundra has proven consistency on farm with good all round agronomics.
✚ Tundra has average maturity, similar to Vespa.
✚ Seed size is good and has been suited to export markets.
Breeder: Limagrain, UK
Spring Bean Varieties
Lynx
Lynx is a consistent variety that has performed well over recent seasons of changeable weather patterns.
A top yielding variety, Lynx also offers the best downy mildew resistance
available and is one of the stiffest strawed varieties in the marketplace,
a combination that is not currently matched by other varieties.
Seed size is slightly smaller than Vertigo and Victus, however other attributes make Lynx a prime candidate for growers to choose.
Breeder: NPZ UK
Genius
✚ A high yielding spring bean, yielding on par with Lynx
with many similar characteristics.
✚ Slightly taller, but the same maturity as Lynx and good disease resistance.
✚ Genius has a larger seed size than Lynx, which makes it desirable to
end users where a large seed size is required.
Breeder: NPZ UK
Pea Varieties
Daytona
A Market Leader
✚ It has consistently delivered samples of good colour retention across a range of conditions better than other blue pea varieties.
✚ This gives growers the best chance of maximising premiums offered into the human and micronising pet food markets.
✚ Daytona is one of the earlier maturing green peas and has good scores for downy mildew resistance and standing ability.
Carrington
✚ Carrington has a slightly smaller seed size, compared to other varieties.
Kameleon (White Pea)
✚ Kameleon is a high yielding white pea that has performed consistently well for several years.
✚ It has a large seed size, making it ideal for the splitting market.
✚ With no particular weaknesses, Kameleon is a sound choice for growers choosing this type of pea.
Mantara (Maple Pea)
✚ A short strawed variety with moderate straw stiffness offering moderate to good agronomic characteristics.
✚ Mantara should be grown on a forward contract to maximise returns. GB Seeds can offer more information if required.
Sakura (Marrowfat Pea)
✚ Sakura performs consistently, has good colour retention and a very large seed size.
✚ It can only be grown on a buy-back contract which ensures defined market security for growers.
✚ Yields can be within 15- 20% of popular green peas (or better), but with attractive premiums for the right sample, this will more than compensate in terms of gross margin.
✚ Standing ability and maturity are relatively good, but disease resistance is poorer than other green or white varieties.
UK Agent: Dalton Seeds
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