Idaho Refugee

Bush, green snap pods. 90 + days to first dry pods and about 60 days for snaps. Productive medium height plants produce 5 inch pods round, stringless and very uniform. Idaho Refugee was bred by Walter Pierce and J.C. Walker. A mosaic resistant bush type released through the University of Idaho and bred in cooperation with the university of Wisconsin. The project yielded two varieties the one named here and Wisconsin Refugee which lost favor because of inconsistent characteristics. Idaho Refugee was released to the public in 1934. This variety was one of the first BCMV resistant varieties created as the result of deliberate breeding. Parentage is Corbett Refugee and Stringless Green Refugee. Seed is small cylindrical, deep blue mottled with cream tan when harvested new. Sent to me and being grown by a Netherlands gardener '13.