FUEGO is an exceptionally high yielding spring bean with a pale skin and pale hilum suitable for the premium export market for human consumption. Agronomically Fuego is sound, combining very good standing power with early maturity and good downy mildew resistance. Fuego has excellent quality, producing grain with a high thousand grain weight and a bold grain preferred by the export market.

BREEDER: NPZ Lembke, Germany.
AGENT: Nickerson.
STATUS: NIAB/PGRO Recommended List 2007

Fuego has a very high yield potential and is the highest yielding variety on the 2007 NIAB/PGRO Recommended List of spring beans.

Source: NIAB 2006

Fuego has maintained its excellent yield potential in all regions of the UK, performing 6% above its UK mean in the South

Fuego has a sound combination of agronomic characters being moderately tall with good standing power. It is also relatively early to ripen.

Fuego has good resistance to downy mildew and is unlikely to need a fungicide treatment in most situations.

Fuego has a high thousand seed weight and produces a bold looking sample. Its pale skin and pale hilum make it potentially suitable for the premium export market, for samples that are free of staining and insect damage

All information is a partial extraction from the Nickersons website and also the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8. See http://www.nickersonuk.com/ and also www.hgca.com for the full dataset