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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Exhibit C 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE

OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION OF VARIETY

Garden Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

NAME OF APPLICANT (S) TEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNATION VARIETY NAME

ADDRESS (Street and No. or RD No., City, State, Zip Code, and Country) FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

PVPO NUMBER

PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY:

Place the appropriate number that describes the varietal character of this variety in the boxes below. Place a zero in the first box (e.g., 0 9 9 or 0 9 )

when number is either 99 or less or 9 or less respectively. Data for quantitative plant characters should be based on a minimum of 100 plants. Comparative 

data should be determined from varieties centered in the same trial. Measured data should be for SPACED PLANTS. Ranges should also be given. Royal 

Horticultural Society or any recognized color standard may be used to determine plant colors; designate system used: ________________________________. 

Please answer all questions for your variety; lack of response may delay progress of your application.

1. TYPE:

1 = Garden 2 = Flageolet 3 = Romano

2. MARKET MATURITY:

Days to Edible Pods Comparison Varieties

Heat Units to Edible Pods 1 = Tender crop 2 = Kentucky Wonder

3 = Gold rush 4 = Slenderette

Number of Days Earlier Than 5 = Gitana 6 = Provider

7 = Bush Blue Lake 290

Same As Comparison Variety

8 = Other (Specify Below) ________________________________

 Number of Days Later Than

3. PLANT:

cm Spacing Between Plants in a Row

Habit 1 = Determinate

2 = Indeterminate, Erect Stem and Branches

3 = Indeterminate with Weak and Prostrate Stem and Branches

4 = Indeterminate Climbing Habit with Weak, Long, and Twisted Stem and Branches

cm Height

cm Shorter Than

Same Height As Comparison Variety Use Comparison Varieties from Section 2

cm Taller Than
Exhibit C (Garden Bean)

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3. PLANT: (continued)

cm Spread

cm Narrower Than

Same Width As Comparison Variety Use Comparison Varieties from Section 2

cm Wider Than

Pod Position: 1 = Low 2 = High 3 = Scattered

Bush Form (Illustrated Below)

1 = Spherical Bush Form 2 = Stem Bush Form 3 = Wide Bush Form 4 = High Bush Form

5 = Other (Specify) _______________________________________________________________________________

4. LEAVES:

Surface: 1 = Dull 2 = Glossy 3 = Indeterminate

Size: 1 = Small (Gitana) 2 = Medium 3 = Large (Tender Crop)

Color: 1 = Light Green (as Light or Lighter than Gold Rush)

2 = Medium Green

3 = Dark Green (as Dark or Darker than Bush Blue Lake 290)

5. ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT: (1 = Absent 2 = Present)

Flowers Stems Pods Seeds

Leaves Petioles Peduncles Nodes

6. FLOWER COLOR AND DAYS TO BLOOM:

 Color of Standard Flower Color Choices

1 = White 2 = Cream

 Color of Wings 3 = Pink 4 = Lilac

5 = Purple 6 = Blue

 Color of Keel 7 = Other (Specify) _________________________

 

 Days to 50% Bloom

7. PODS (Edible Maturity):

 Exterior Color: 1 = Light Green (as Light or Lighter than Provider)

 (Fresh) 2 = Medium Green

3 = Dark Green (as Dark or Darker than Bush Blue Lake 290)

4 = Yellow (Gold Rush)

5 = Green-red Variegated (Horticultural)

6 = Other (Specify) ______________________________________________________

Processed Pods (Exterior Color): 1 = Light (Tender Crop) 2 = Dark (Bush Blue Lake 290)

Dry Pod Color: 1 = Buckskin (Sprite) 2 = Green, Persistent Chlorophyll (Hystyle)
Exhibit C (Garden Bean)

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7. PODS (continued):

Cross Section Pod Shape: 1 = Flat 2 = Heart (Pear) 3 = Round 4 = Figure Eight

 (Middle of the Pod)

Crease Back: 1 = Present 2 = Absent

Pubescence: 1 = None (Slenderette) 2 = Sparse 3 = Considerable (Provider or Sprite)

Constriction (Interlocular Cavitation): 1 = None 2 = Slight 3 = Deep

mm Spur Length

Fiber: 1 = None (Bush Blue Lake 290) 2 = Sparse 3 = Considerable (Sprite)

Number of Seeds per Pod

Suture String: 1 = Present 2 = Absent

Seed Development: 1 = Slow (Bush Blue Lake 290) 2 = Medium 3 = Fast (Provider)

Machine Harvest: 1 = Adapted 2 = Not Adapted

Percent sieve size distribution at optimum maturity for not-flat pods

4.76 to 5.76mm 5.76 to 7.34mm 7.34 to 8.34mm 8.34 to 9.53mm 9.53 to10.72 mm >10.72mm

% % % % % %

3 Sieve cm Length mm width Total mm Thickness

4 Sieve cm Length mm width Total mm Thickness

5 Sieve cm Length mm width Total mm Thickness

6 Sieve cm Length mm width Total mm Thickness

8. SEED COLOR:

Seed Coat Luster: 1 = Shiny 2 = Dull 3 = Semi-Shiny 4 = Variable

Seed Coat: 1 = Monochrome 2 = Polychrome

Primary Color: 1 = White 2 = Yellow 3 = Buff 4 = Tan 5 = Brown 6 = Pink 7 = Red 8 = Purple

9 = Blue 10 = Black 11 = Other _________________________________________

Secondary Color: 1 = White 2 = Yellow 3 = Buff 4 = Tan 5 = Brown 6 = Pink 7 = Red 8 = Purple

9 = Blue 10 = Black 11 = Other _________________________________________

Seed Coat Pattern: 1 = Solid 1 = Splashed 3 = Mottled 4 = Striped 5 = Flecked 6 = Dotted

Hilar Ring: 1 = Absent 2 = Present

Hilar Ring Color: 1 = White 2 = Yellow 3 = Buff 4 = Tan 5 = Brown 6 = Pink 7 = Red 8 = Purple

9 = Blue 10 = Black 11 = Other _________________________________________

9. SEED SHAPE AND SIZE:

Hilum View:

1 = Elliptical 2 = Oval 3 = Round

Cross Section: 1 = Elliptical 2 = Oval 3 = Cordate 4 = Round
Exhibit C (Garden Bean)

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9. SEED SHAPE AND SIZE: (continued)

Side View:

1 = Oval to Oblong 2 = Round 3 = Reniform

gm/100 Seeds

gm/100 Seeds Lighter Than

gm/100 Seeds Same As Comparison Variety

gm/100 Seeds Heavier Than

10. DISEASE RESISTANCE: 0 = Not Tested 1 = Susceptible 2 = Resistant 3 = Intermediate 4 = Tolerant

Anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum)

Race Alpha Race Beta Race Gamma

Race Delta Race Epsilon Race Lambda

Race Kappa Specify Race _____________________________________________

Bean Rust (Uromyces appendiculatus)

Race 38 Race 39 Race 40 Race 44

Race 45 Race 46 Race 49 Race 50

Race 51 Race 52 Race 54 Race 56

Race 59 Race 72 

 

Powdery Mildew (Ersiphe polygoni)

Fusarium Root Rot (Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli)

Pythium Root Rot (Pythium spp.)

Aphanomyces Root Rot (Aphanomyces euteiches)

Rhizoctonia Root Rot (Rhizoctonia solani)

Pythium Blight or Aereal Pytium (Pythium ultimum)

Angular Leaf Spot (Isariopsis griseola)

Bacterial Wilt (Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. flaccumfaciens)

Bacterial Brown Spot (Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae)

Common Bacterial Blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli)

Halo Blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaselicola)

Race 1 Race 2

Clover Yellow Vein Virus (CYVV)

Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV)

BV1 NY15 NL2 NL3

NL4 NL8 Florida Idaho

Mexican Western Type

Other (Specify) ________________________________________________

 
Exhibit C (Garden Bean)

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10. DIESAES (Continued):

Yellow Bean Mosaic Virus (BYMV)

Curly Top Virus (BCTV)

Other (Specify Disease and Race or Strain _____________________________________________________

 Other (Specify Disease and Race or Strain _____________________________________________________

 Other (Specify Disease and Race or Strain _____________________________________________________

 Other (Specify Disease and Race or Strain _____________________________________________________

11. INSECT RESISTANCE: 0 = Not Tested 1 = Susceptible 2 = Resistant 3 = Intermediate 4 = Tolerant

Aphid Root Knot Nematode

Leafhopper Seed Corn Maggot

Lygus Thrips

Pod Borer Weevils

Other (Specify) ___________________________________________

 Other (Specify) ___________________________________________

 Other (Specify) ___________________________________________

12. PHYSIOLOGICAL RESISTANCE: 0 = Not Tested 1 = Susceptible 2 = Resistant 3 = Intermediate 4 = Tolerant

Heat Cold Drought

Air Pollution Ozone

Other (Specify) ____________________________________________

COLOR: Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart; Munsell book of color or any recognized color fan may be used to determine color of the described variety.

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13. COMMENTS: