Kishwaukee Yellow

Bush wax snap. Yellow poded snaps in about 60 days. 20 inch tall productive some what spreading plants produce 6 inch medium yellow stringless pods. Discovered in my garden in early September 1977 and named by me after the Kishwaukee river (from the Potowatomi language means "river of the Sycamore") that flows through three northern Illinois counties. I first listed this bean in the SSE yearbook in 1980 along with it's (at the time) green podded companion Kishwaukee Green. This bean produces the majority of its seed that is black with light tan mottling and 2 other seed coat colors of light cream tan and jet black for which I had always thought the bean was unstable. However observing the beans growth in '12,'13, and '14 it appears to me that the plants and pods have very uniform growth characteristics. Someone has recently suggested to me that the bean may possibly carry double dominant genes for seed coat colors. I don't really know if that's possible. Amy Hawk of Calhan, Colorado has told me that her family prefers the flavor of this bean over all the commercial wax varieties that they have grown. My most recent seed source. Amy Hawk of Calhan, Colorado '11, O.S. IL CR R '77 SSE Bean 5320.