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Butter beans / Lima beans

Posted by sam_kx4sam 9B (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 19, 08 at 14:49

Are there two types or two names for the same bean?

Also looking for a bush lima speckled.


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RE: Butter beans / Lima beans

Depends on where you are. In the south butterbeans are baby limas. In the middle of the country along the Mississippi, butterbeans are the big limas. The Dixie Butterpea, speckled is a popular speckled bush cultivar in the south. Jackson Wonder is not exactly speckled but it is a popular colored bush lima. Dixie Butterpea


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RE: Butter beans / Lima beans

That picture of the butterpeas is a feast for the eyes.

Jim


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