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Everglades Station Mimeo Report EES68-3 August, 1967

 PERFORMANCE OF BUSH SNAP BEAN VARIETIES FOR FRESH MARKET ADEpPR(j |1

 V. L. Guzman and J. H. John'sonl/


 The chairman of the Southern Cooperative Vegetable Trials, Dr. J. C. Hoffman,
supplied 22 bean varieties for the observational and 11 for the replicated trials.
In addition 20 other varieties were included in the observational trials.

 The objective of this test was first, to find the most adaptable varieties
or lines for the fresh market and second, to evaluate some varieties for processing
quality factors.

Weather conditions
 Temperatures in March averaged 69.30F and in April, 71.80F. Rainfall was
practically absent but water was not a limiting factor, since a water table of
20 inches was maintained during the growing period. Conditions were excellent
for good growth with only moderate incidence of rust and mildew.

Location and soil type
 The experiment was conducted at the Everglades Experiment Station, field F2SE,
on a peaty muck soil with a pH of 5.6.

Fertility conditions
 The field was cropped to beans during the past season. Soil analysis
showed 12 pounds of phosphorus and 140 pounds of potassium per acre. A 0-12-20
fertilizer with 1.0% of Mn, 0.3 Zn, 0.3 Cu and 0.2 of B was broadcast and disked
in the amount of 500 pounds per acre. Manganese oxide was applied twice for
correction of manganese deficiency.

Field plot technique
 Plots were single rows 25 feet long and 28 inches apart with 20 feet actual
harvest rows, arranged in complete randomized block design with four replications.
For the observational trials single unreplicated plots were employed. In addi-
tion, all entries were planted in a separate field and grown without fungicide
protection in order to determine susceptibility to diseases.

Planting and harvest dates
 Entries from 1 to 33 inclusive were seeded February 24, from 34 to 46
inclusive, March 3; and from 47 to 53, March 9, 1967. Two hundred seeds per
variety and replication were distributed in 25 foot rows and planted 1.5 inches
deep in the bottom of a shallow furrow. This gave an approximate plant distance
in the row of 1.5 inches. Germination was excellent to satisfactory in all
entries except for Nos. 3, 22, 37, 38 and 45. Harvest began April 22 and
ended May 1, 1967.


~/ Horticulturist, Everglades Experiment Station, Belle Glade, and Assistant
 Biochemist, Food Science, Gainesville, respectively.