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a scale would always help so you know what sized you are looking at, plus a cross section for height (a picture from the side).

The Red beans with the dark markings look like Potawatomi lima.

Also I may have been mistaken about Avalon being a pole variety as the pods bearing the blue/black seed are the ones choking my tomatoes...

So I'm safe to assume that the Avalon seed I planted was F1 since these variations are appearing now? I agree. The only difference is...

@SusanneinHastings Top Notch beans were our favorite wax beans for several years in a row. then i tried several other wax beans but...

it looks like Kahnawake is the name of a First Nations territory in Quebec so perhaps that was someone’s source originally. I got it...

So it looks like you have gotten two off type seeds from Avalon. The first person to grow Avalon did not mention any off types. So if a...

The second one looks like the reversed colors, instead of different genetics.

In beans, the seedcoat is always maternal tissue, and the size and shape of the seed is controlled by the mother plant as well. So the...

This book by Carol Deppe has excellent information on vegetable breeding. Each winter I take it out of the library in an effort to...

Sorry, but still more questions. If a particular plant has entirely different offspring than the seed planted, am I correct in assuming...

I have harvested dry pods from every main season cultivar in my garden except for Tarbais-- so you're in good company. It must need...

I forgot, I did find the packet for the tasty yellow wax beans, they are not a no-ID, they are Top Notch Golden Wax, which the internet...

I would say it sure looks like Khanawake Mohawk is exactly what you have.

I think @heirloomgal answered the questions I was going to comment on.