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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).

Does anybody recognize these beans? from a photo in one of our exhibits about a Dakota (Sioux) community garden.

It seems safe to assume that SOME of the Avalon you planted was F1, since you are seeing multiple different colors and shapes. But even...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

I know this much @ruralmamma , the seeds you send back should look like the original you planted (or what's on @Blue-Jay's website) and...

I am thinking this bean I grew simply named 'Mohawk Pole' is actually 'Kahnawake Mohawk'. Does it appear that to be the case?

I've been shelling a few dried pods every morning in an effort to be prepared for the mad rush of pods that are ready for harvest. Of...