Accession details
Passport data and everything else
SSE 104232
Accession number
SSE 104232
Holding institute
Institute code
USA974
Acquisition Date
February 10, 1995
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Type of germplasm storage
Seed collection
Curation type
Fully curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Status not provided
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Phaseolus
Specific epithet
vulgaris — Browse this species at USA974
Scientific name
Phaseolus vulgaris
Crop
beans
Crop name
BEAN
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Accession name
Parson
Remarks
99
Bush bean, 6-11" tall. Green stems and leaves. White flowers. Pods green when flat, yellow at shelling stage, shattering-type when dry. Pods are pear-shaped in cross-section, straight to slightly curved, with medium, upward-pointing beaks. Mature pods 3-4.5" long, 0.5-0.6" wide. Not a snap bean. Bland flavor as a shelling bean. 2-4 seeds per pod. Seeds kidney shaped, large, mostly white with dark brown pattern on dorsal side (vigarcus and anabip patterns). Early maturity when grown in 2013 at Heritage Farm. from the late Gene Mallette (IA MA G) who had received the bean from his son, Allen
Allen acquired it from a Parson family descendant in Lockesburg, AR who stated the variety was originally brought to Arkansas from Georgia in the 1860s
Used by Mallette as a shelling bean or a dry bean
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 5.1 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
0
SUBTAXA
0
SUBTAUTHOR
0
CROPNAME
45
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
80
DONORCODE
0
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
0
MLSSTAT
0
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
0
LATITUDE
0
LONGITUDE
0
ELEVATION
0
COLLDATE
0
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:c3541f4d-df30-4abf-ac14-5fa74f2f42e9
Last updated
June 19, 2026
Created
October 22, 2015