Perhaps some of these links will help you. Good luck!
Gary Mennonite Purple Stripe - An old heirloom from the Waterloo Mennonites of Waterloo, ON. The long pods are white with purplish mottling and are excellent as snaps or for dry beans. Very productive and early for a pole bean. (70 days for snaps) http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/pages/catalogue4.html Peregion - An heirloom bean from Oregon that can be used as a snap when small or as a dried bean later on. The small oval seed is beige with dark stripes and some seed is dark brown or black. The dried beans keep their color when cooked and are excellent as a soup bean or for baking. The plants produce quite a bit of runners and would do better with some support. Planting this bean at the base of corn stalks would be ideal. Very productive. (95 days for dried beans) Bush.
http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/pages/catalogue5.html Refugee - A very old bean believed to have been brought to England by French Huguenots. This bean was also canned commercially in the early 1900βs in Ontario. The 1908 McKenzie Seed Catalog states that the Refugee bean is βAn immense producer and valuable for pickling.β The green pods are striped and contain small pinkish beige seed mottled with black. Some dark seed among the others is normal. A very productive and early bush bean. Can be used as a very tasty snap bean when young or as a dried bean. Very dependable and disease resistant. One of the most productive beans available. (80 days for dry beans) Bush.
http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/pages/catalogue6.html Painted Lady (1600s) - Runner beans were introduced into England in 1633. A bicolor sort was one of the varieties known at the time. The Painted Lady Runner Bean has red and white bicolor flowers that are very ornamental. As with the other Runner Bean varieties, hummingbirds also are attracted to these flowers. (115 days for dry beans) Pole.
http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/pages/catalogue8.html Heritage Plants Database - Seeds of Diversity Canada
Bean - Varieties Sold in Canada http://www.seeds.ca/hpd/csci.php?species=Bean Southern Seed Legacy http://www.uga.edu/ebl/ssl/activities/seedlist/ South Carolina Foundation Seed Association -- Heirloom List http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/seed/heirloom.htm John Coykendall who lives in Knoxville, TN is the most knowledgeable person I know who is an expert on Bean varieties. Read this article which was published at the University TN. http://web.utk.edu/~tsaito/article2.pdf | 
