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Market Classes and Cultivar Selection
Several dry beans market classes can be grown successfully in North Dakota. These market classes are generally described based on seed characteristics, notably color and shape. The predominant market classes grown in North Dakota are the pinto, a tan bean with dark brown mottling and medium seed size (38-42 g/100), and the navy (pea) bean, a white bean with seed size of 17-22 g/100 seed. Other classes include: black (or black turtle) beans which produce seeds of similar size to the navy bean; the dark red kidney a large (50-60 g/100 seed) bean with a dark red color, light red kidney, similar in size and shape to the dark red kidney but lighter in color; cranberry a medium-large (45-55 g/100 seed), white-red mottled bean; small red (or red Mexican), a red bean with a seed size slightly smaller than a pinto bean; pink, a bean also similar in size to the pinto but with a pink seed coat color; and the great northern, a bean similar in size and shape to the pinto but with a brilliant white seed coat. The pinto, great northern, pink, and small red market classes are genetically closely related; the navy bean and black beans are closely related and also related to the pinto types, although more distantly than to each other; the kidney and cranberry are closely related (also to snap or garden beans) and distantly related to the other groups described.
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