Temperate Vegetables

BROAD BEAN

VARIETIES
Pusa Sumeet:

• Plants are 75 cm tall having on an average 5-7 branches/plant and bear about 100 pods.
• The pod length and thickness is 6.0cm and 1.3cm, respectively.
• It has attractive dark green pods and borne in cluster average yield potential is 180q/ha.

• Besides the above, variety “Selection BR-1” and “Selection BR-2” are black and yellow seeded varieties, respectively developed from Bihar.
• Jawahar Viva 73-81 is a dormant type, reported from Madhya Pradesh.

Some Exotic Varieties introduced from Abroad
Long pod type:

• Aquadule Claudin, Imperial White Long Pod, Masterpiece Green Long Pod, Imperial Green Long Pod, Red Epicure.

Windsor Type:

• Imperial White Windsor, Giant Four Seeded Green Windsor, Imperial Green Windsor.