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'Bush Blue Lake 274' Beans

Sub-Category:	Bush Green

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Bush green bean. Dwarf, 18-inch plants bear 6-inch, dark-green, straight, round pods with small, white seeds. Resistant to bean mosaic virus (BV-1) and NY-15 mosaic.
Days To Maturity:	53-58
Seed Sources:	Gurneys Seed & Nursery Co. - updated in 2019 Henry Field's Seed and Nursery Co. - updated in 2013 Lake Valley Seed - updated in 2011

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.4 Stars) Taste: (4.4 Stars) Yield: (4.1 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.2 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 12

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KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 03/12/2021 by dakota31400 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Nelson, North Dakota, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Beans, beans and more beans. Good taste and freeze better than most. No issues with disease or pests. Plants easily blow down in strong winds but it doesn\\\'t seem to effect yield.

Reviewed on 03/03/2013 by JoeBaum - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Peoria, Illinois, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
There\'s not much I can say about this variety that hasn\'t been said - it\'s a staple to me and to many others. You can rely on heavy yields and great taste even when the weather doesn\'t cooperate, though last years hot/dry summer really limited me to two good pickings before the quality really dropped off.

Reviewed on 01/08/2012 by Artjr - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Butler, Pennsylvania, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
My parents always raised blue lake bush beans. This year to make them happy I grew them as my main bush bean. They did very well and produced alot of beans. I did not get them planted until after June 10th. I had just moved from KS to PA. Overall they are a nice got o bean they are not fancy or produce the perfect bean to look at but they did really well for me and they canned really well also. They are not my favorite bean and I might plant some again this year but I always like something different. I have raised Jade in the past and I believe it to be a superior bean than this blue lake bean. This year I am going to try Inspiration green bush beans and Bronco bush beans to see how I like them. Already ordered my seeds! I am also going with Blue lake S-7 pole beans, Blauhilde pole bean and Fortex pole beans. I am also going to give the yellow wax bean Gold Mine a try also. I also raised Yellow beans this year and they out preformed the Blue Lake 274 even though they did not have the \"Prime\" spot in the garden.

Reviewed on 07/15/2011 by greenleaf - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Washington, Wisconsin, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
We planted one 25 foot row of these this year, direct seeded. They came in very vigorous, more vigorous than any other row we planted. The beans have above average flavor - good crunch, very slightly sweet, no stringiness. I\'d like a bit more robust of a flavor. They do send out vines once the plant has grown to about 15\" and do need to be tied up or trained on a trellis/pole.

Reviewed on 10/26/2010 by OrganicDan - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Nova Scotia, Canada Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
A great green bean. Production is good and enduring with juvenile picking. A good variety as companion with potatoes for repelling Colorado potato beetle (CPB; only two non-companioned potato plants drew CPB. In silt loam they grew 8-10" long, in sand they still attained 7-8" length. With my four year rotation I still inoculate.

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Reviewed on 01/13/2010 by Haleh - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Mahaska, Iowa, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Harder time emerging from the soil if it's too cold. Takes a little longer to produce than some beans, but the beans are long and large with very little bean in them. I can get up to a month and a half out of them before pulling the plants. Each plant takes approximately 1 week to reset new beans after being stripped of any of good size. It's best to wait until they are larger than most beans as they are slow to being stringy and will produce lots more flesh before producing beans (you can tell starting out at what size to pick by splitting the bean length wise and looking at the developing bean). Flavor is excellent if eaten raw, and doesn't need much time in the steamer. If the beans being cooked have gotten mushy it means you've cooked them too long.

Reviewed on 08/05/2009 by NJGardengal - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Bergen, New Jersey, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
These were the healthiest and best performing of the 4 varieties of bush beans I grew this year! Harvest comes all at once. Beans are straight, at approx 7", and mine were stringless. Seed was from Burpee.

Reviewed on 11/21/2006 by John11840 - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Nice straight, tender beans on first flush. Not as long lived as other varieties.

Reviewed on 02/05/2006 by plainsman - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Washington, Nebraska, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I consider a very mediocre variety, modest flavor with tough but mushy texture. Not my favorite.

Reviewed on 08/27/2005 by Nancy B - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Illinois, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Excellent taste. Standard green bean.

Reviewed on 08/17/2005 by mimi49 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Virginia, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Great bean for early harvest. I got several pickings before I pulled the plants. The bean does get a bit mushy when cooked, but I like it this way.

Reviewed on 01/20/2005 by Achtabowski - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Michigan, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Very good fresh. Heavy yeild all ready to pick at once. Had thre to four large pickings. Canned well good held flavor. Very easy to grow.

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