Blue Jay and Comtesse de Chambord...
 

Does anyone have any experience with these varieties? Thoughts?

I trialed Blue Jay, along with about 60 other bush beans, in 2011. Flavor was good, and production was very high (for a bush bean). I prefer pole beans, both for flavor and production.

Gary

[LEFT]Interesting... I was just discussing these two varieties yesterday with another bean collector, from Canada. Blue Jay has been fairly popular up there. Blue Jay was developed from a cross found in a patch of Comtesse de Chambord. You can find more info from the source of the variety here: [URL]http://www.abeancollectorswindow.com/bluejay.html[/URL]

I haven't grown Blue Jay yet, but hope to next year.

Just out of curiosity, Baizanator, how did you hear of these two? Has there been an article written about them recently, other than the ones mentioned in the link above?
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[QUOTE=Zeedman;311246][LEFT]Interesting... I was just discussing these two varieties yesterday with another bean collector, from Canada. Blue Jay has been fairly popular up there. Blue Jay was developed from a cross found in a patch of Comtesse de Chambord. You can find more info from the source of the variety here: [URL]http://www.abeancollectorswindow.com/bluejay.html[/URL]

I haven't grown Blue Jay yet, but hope to next year.

Just out of curiosity, Baizanator, how did you here of these two? Has there been an article written about them recently, other than the ones mentioned in the link above?
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Well, I just saw them on a SSE audio interview and did a bit of research.

Comtesse de Chambord is a poor performer in the deep south heat and humidity. It is a bush plant that requires hilling up to keep it from falling over. the beans are just about twice the size of a grain of rice.

DarJones