Saved French bean seeds.

[greenishfing]

Last year I grew two sorts of climbing French beans. One sort was purple, the other green. They were side by side. Both sorts tasted great. I froze lots and they taste great out of the freezer. (The ones I grew the year before were a bit tough after they had been frozen.)
I saved seeds from both sorts but it has suddenly occurred to me would they have cross-pollinated. If I plant them what am I likely to end up with.
Should I just write them off.

[mothhawk]

FBs are self pollinating, (although they can be insect pollinated too), so yours should pretty much have stayed pure. I think they do their pollinating before the flowers even open (cleistogamy), sneaky things, like peas and violets.

[veggiechicken]

Even if they have crossed it won't matter if you liked both to eat. You might have green beans with purple stripes or purple beans with green spots - it make life more interesting when its unpredictable!

[greenishfing]

Wow! Great news! I'm going to plant them. If I end up with something picasso looking I'll post a photo!

[greenishfing]

By the way, when I say so blithely "I saved seed" what I really mean is that they grew so tall I couldn't actually reach to pick them.