BILBO is a well established white field pea with moderately long straw and good standing ability. It is fully recommended on the PGRO Recommended List for 2009.

Breeder’s Reference: LD 90003.2

Breeder: Lemaire Deffontaines

Agent: Nickerson

YIELD POTENTIAL (% Control)
  
BILBO100
Nitouche94
Ragtime104

Bilbo has shown a yield potential of 6% above Nitouche. 

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
 BILBONitoucheRagtime

Pea Type

WhiteLarge BlueWhite

Earliness of Ripening 

556

Shortness of Straw  

544

Standing Ability 

778

Pea Wilt*

RSR

Downy Mildew Resistance

787

Thousand Seed Weight (g)

256291306

Protein content (% dry)

24.6 24.2 23.6 
*R = resistant; S = susceptible

Bilbo has moderately long straw with good standing ability at harvest as well as good resistance to downy mildew.


All data is from the PGRO Recommended List of field peas, available at www.pgro.org  

 A high figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree.

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