UC Tiger's Eye

Developed by the UC-Davis SCOPE Program. Their of the variety description: “a BC3F7 line of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) bred by recurrent backcrossing between the heirloom Tiger’s Eye (recurrent parent) and UC Canario 707 (donor parent). It produces edible seed similar to the heirloom parent but is resistant to Bean common mosaic virus and provided 28% higher yields in multiyear, multi-location replicated trials on organic farms. Cooking evaluations have also shown that its culinary quality is similar to Tiger’s Eye. UC Tiger’s Eye will serve a growing market interest in heirloom-type common bean with improved agronomic properties.” When grown in Wisconsin (zone 4B), the plants sent out lots of runners and flopped over. Very short days to maturity (90) in Wisconsin and look identical to normal Tiger’s Eye.