Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America

Soybean, Lists 1-26 Combined

Edited by Dermot P. Coyne

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.