Bonneville
An older main-season variety sown between the early Arkel and the mildew-resistant Rachna — still common where growers time the harvest for the mid-season market rather than the earliest or latest price.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Peas
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Rabi
- Maturity period
- 75–80 days
- Expected yield
- 90–110 q/ha (green pods)
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- Introduced from the USA and released for cultivation via IARI, New Delhi, reportedly in the 1970s — exact notification year not confirmed by a directly-fetched primary document in this pass
About this variety
WebSearch-corroborated summaries describe Bonneville as a main-season, late-maturing, tall-type garden pea introduced from the USA and evaluated/released for cultivation via IARI, New Delhi, reportedly in the 1970s alongside Arkel — the same introduction wave (the original source page for this fact has since gone offline and could not be directly re-fetched, so it rests on WebSearch corroboration rather than a live document). It's described as medium-tall with flowers mostly borne in doubles, and — because it's an old, well-established genotype — has itself been used as a breeding parent: one WebSearch hit, not independently corroborated by a second source so treated cautiously, credits it as a parent of Azad P-2, a powdery-mildew-resistant pea bred at Kalyanpur from the cross Bonneville × 6587. Recommended irrigation is four waterings at the pre-bloom, pod-set and fruit-picking stages under Bangalore conditions, and the variety is separately noted as suitable for dehydration as well as fresh use.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
75–80 days
Expected yield
90–110 q/ha (green pods)
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Sits in the mid-season slot between the earliest Arkel and the mildew-resistant Rachna, matching this record's own note about timing the harvest for the mid-season market.
- A long-standing enough genotype that it has itself been used as a breeding parent for at least one later powdery-mildew-resistant release (Azad P-2, per a single uncorroborated WebSearch hit).
Things to consider
- The USA/1970s/IARI origin story and the Azad P-2 parentage claim both rest on WebSearch corroboration rather than a directly-fetched primary document — the source that surfaced them has gone offline since this research pass began, so neither fact could be verified against live text. The origin story appeared consistently across separate searches; the Azad P-2 parentage detail appeared only once and is flagged as less certain.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Punjab
- Haryana
- Uttar Pradesh
Frequently asked questions
Where does Bonneville fit relative to Arkel and Rachna?
Sourced summaries describe it as a main-season, late-maturing, tall type, filling the gap between the earliest Arkel and the mildew-resistant, later Rachna — matching this record's own note about being sown for the mid-season market.
Has Bonneville been used to breed newer pea varieties?
One WebSearch hit credits it as a parent (crossed with a line called 6587) of Azad P-2, a powdery-mildew-resistant pea bred at Kalyanpur — but this wasn't independently corroborated by a second source in this pass, so it's stated here as reported rather than confirmed.