Varieties Grown

1998 Dry Bean Grower Survey of Pest Problems and Pesticide Use in Minnesota and North Dakota

ER 58
1998

Varieties Grown

Maverick pinto was the most commonly grown dry bean variety, planted on 22% of Northarvest respondents' acres (Table 5). Montcalm dark red kidney was the second most commonly grown dry bean variety, planted on 10% of Northarvest respondents' acres, followed by Winchester pinto on 8% of their acres, T-39 black on 7% of their acres; and Norstar navy on 6% of their acres. These numbers are in contrast to 1997, when Norstar navy was the leading variety and Maverick was the seventh most commonly grown variety. A major reduction in navy bean acres in 1998 and inadequate supplies of Maverick seed in 1997 may have affected these changes.

Table 5: Varieties grown in 1998 by Northarvest respondents in Minnesota and North Dakota

Acres Planted^a
Variety	Class^b	MN	%	ND	%	Northarvest	%
Arapaho	P	0	0	1,370	1.9	1,370	1.4
Chase	P	300	1.2	2,600	3.6	2,900	3.0
Hatton	P	150	0.6	660	0.9	810	0.8
Maverick	P	1,449	5.8	19,703	27.4	21,152	21.9
Othello	P	0	0	1,153	1.6	1,153	1.2
Remington	P	240	1.0	2,995	4.2	3,235	3.3
RS 101	P	221	0.9	1,015	1.4	1,236	1.3
Topaz	P	810	3.3	3,590	5.0	4,400	4.6
Winchester	P	1,337	5.4	6,350	8.8	7,687	8.0
Bill-Z	P	340	1.4	825	1.2	1,165	1.2
Other Pinto	P	245	1.0	1,290	1.8	1,535	1.6
Mayflower	N	185	0.7	3,071	4.3	3,256	3.4
Navigator	N	240	1.0	768	1.1	1,008	1.0
Norstar	N	1,595	6.4	4,206	5.9	5,801	6.0
Schooner	N	662	2.7	1,170	1.6	1,832	1.9
Vista	N	742	3.0	1,370	1.9	2,112	2.2
Envoy	N	250	1.0	940	1.3	1,190	1.2
Montcalm	K	8,898	35.7	260	0.4	9,158	9.5
Other Kidney	K	2,478	10.0	0	0	2,478	2.6
Shadow	B	0	0	4,385	6.1	4,385	4.5
T-39	B	925	3.7	6,080	8.5	7,005	7.2
UI-911	B	660	2.7	750	1.0	1,410	1.5
Other Black	B	60	0.2	1,035	1.4	1,095	1.1
Pink	PK	1,623	6.5	1,120	1.6	2,743	2.8
Other Class		320	1.3	1,730	2.4	2,050	2.1

^{aIncludes varieties planted on more than 1% of respondents’ total acres.

^bP=pinto; N=navy; K=kidney; B=black; PK=pink}

Maverick was the most commonly grown pinto variety, planted on 27% of Minnesota, 45% of North Dakota and 43% of Northarvest respondents' pinto acres. Winchester was the second most commonly grown pinto variety, planted on 25% of Minnesota, 15% of North Dakota and 16% of Northarvest respondents' pinto acres (Table 6). These numbers show a dramatic switch from 1997, when Othello was the most commonly planted pinto in North Dakota and Topaz was the most commonly planted pinto in Minnesota. In 1996, almost no pinto acres were planted to varieties resistant to the common races of rust. In 1998, the rust resistant varieties Maverick, Winchester, Remington and Chase accounted for 71% of Northarvest pinto acres.

Norstar was the leading navy variety, planted on 39% of Minnesota, 35% of North Dakota and 36% of Northarvest respondents' navy acres. Mayflower was the second most commonly planted navy, planted on 5% of Minnesota, 25% of North Dakota and 20% of Northarvest respondents' acres, followed by Vista, planted on 18% of Minnesota, 11% of North Dakota and 13% of Northarvest respondents' acres, and Schooner, planted on 16% of Minnesota, 10% of North Dakota and 11% of Northarvest respondents' navy acres (Table 6). Norstar, the leading navy variety in 1997, continued as the leading navy variety in 1998, but Mayflower acres increased dramatically in North Dakota in 1998.

Montcalm dark red kidney continued to be the leading kidney bean variety, planted on 78% of Minnesota, 100% of North Dakota's very few kidney acres and 79% of Northarvest respondents' kidney acres (Table 6).

T-39 was the leading black bean variety, planted on 50% each of Minnesota, North Dakota and Northarvest respondents' black bean acres, followed by Shadow, planted on none of Minnesota, 36% of North Dakota and 31% of Northarvest respondents' acres, and UI-911, planted on 36% of Minnesota, 6% of North Dakota and 10% of Northarvest respondents' black bean acres (Table 6).

Table 6: Leading varieties of dry bean, by market class, grown in Minnesota and North Dakota in 1998

% of Respondents’ Acres^b
LEClass/Variety^a	Minnesota	North Dakota	Northarvest
Pinto
Maverick	27.0	44.8	42.9
Winchester	24.9	14.5	15.6
Topaz	15.1	8.2	8.9
Navy
Norstar	39.2	34.5	35.7
Mayflower	4.6	25.2	20.0
Vista	18.3	11.2	13.0
Schooner	16.3	9.6	11.3
Kidney
Montcalm	78.2	100.0	78.7
Black
T-39	50.1	49.6	49.7
Shadow	0	35.8	31.1
UI-911	35.8	6.1	10.0

^{aVarieties grown on more than 10% of respondents’ acres for that class, in
at least one state.

^b% of respondents’ acres planted to that class of bean.}