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Lima & Butterbeans
(Phaseolus)

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Burpee Improved Bush Lima
75 Days
— Fatter than Fordhook limas, there are typically three to five pale green seeds per four to five inch long pods.  The pods are borne in clusters of five to six pods.  About 20 seeds per ounce.
Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030822

Carolina Sieva BeanCarolina Sieva BeanCarolina Lima (a.k.a. Sieva Lima, Southern Pole Butterbean)
75 Days
— Very popular in the Southern United States.  The small pods (3 to 3-1/2 inches) contain three or four small flat beans.  Pole-type growth, nine to ten feet.  About 70 to 80 seeds per ounce.
Qty:    1 ounce Sampler - $2.95
Item 3030261

Christmas Lima Beans - Victory Heirloom SeedsChristmas Lima Slow Food USA - Ark of Taste
(a.k.a. Giant Butter, Giant Florida Pole)
90 days
— This is a large, quarter dollar-sized, flat bean that is colored light cream with maroon spots, splashes, and swirls.  An heirloom bean dating back to the 1840s, it has been a favorite for many generations. The vines are vigorous and reach up to ten feet, produces heavy yields, and does well even in extreme heat.  It has a butter-like texture and a subtle chestnut-like  flavor.  Can be used as either a green shelled or dry bean and retains the markings after being cooked.  About 25 seeds per ounce.

Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030272

Dixie Butterpea SpeckledDixie Butterpea Speckled
75 days
— The seeds are almost round, small, reddish-brown speckled with darker brown.  The plants are bushy, vigorous growing to about two feet in height.  The pods are slightly curved, about four inches long, and contain three to four seeds each.  Adapted for the Southern U.S., they are very productive in hot, dry conditions.  About 95 seeds per ounce.

Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030382

Fordhook 242 Bush LimaFordhook 242 Bush LimaFordhook 242 Bush Lima
80 days
— This is an improved variety of the old W. Atlee Burpee release that was an "All-American Selection
®" winner in 1945.  Bred by the USDA, Beltsville, MD. The plants are sixteen to twenty inches with pods containing three to five large, flat greenish-white seeds.  Good for northern and maritime climates.  About 25 seeds per ounce.

Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030392

Henderson's Bush Lima BeanHenderson's Bush  Lima
70 days
— It is also known as 'Henderson's Dwarf', 'Henderson's Baby Lima', and 'Earliest Bush Lima'.

Henderson's Bush LimaIt was found by chance along a Lynchburg, Virginia roadside in about 1883.  It was grown by a local market gardener and passed along to T. W. Woods & Sons.  They grew it for two years and then sold the whole stock to Peter Henderson & Company in 1887.  Henderson increased and improved the stock and released it to the public in the spring of 1889.

An old-time favorite used for canning, freezing and dry.  The seeds dry to a creamy white.  The erect, bushy plants are reliable and set pods until frost.  About 75 seeds per ounce.

Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030402

Jackson Wonder Lima BeanJackson Wonder Lima
68 days
— This heirloom originated on the farm of Thomas Jackson near Atlanta, Georgia in the 1880s.  The three inch pods are set on twenty to twenty four inch plants and contain three to five seeds that are light brown splattered with purplish-brown.  Does well even in dry, hot weather.  Good as a butterbean or dried for soups. About 50 seeds per ounce.

Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030252

King of the Garden Lima
70 Days
— A very popular, old fashioned lima bean.  The pods contain four or five cream colored flat beans each.  Recommended for dry lima crop.  Pole-type plant.  Approximately 25 seeds per ounce.

Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030282

Willow Leaf
95 days
— An old pole-type variety that will reach eight to ten feet and has some tolerance to drought and heat.  Reportedly a sport of 'Sieva' beans released by W. Atlee Burpee in 1891.  The leaves are linear-lancelolate and narrow which explains the name.[1]  About 60 seeds per ounce.

Qty:    2 ounce Packet - $2.95
Item 3030882

Wood's Prolific LimaClick for what's new this year.Wood's Prolific Lima
87 Days
— An improved version of Henderson's Bush Lima, it is a bit larger and a bit more vigorous and productive.  Pods hold three to four, nice white seeds.

It was released by T. W. Woods & Sons or Richmond, Virginia in 1899.  Approximately 55 seeds per ounce.

Rare and very limited supply.

Qty:    1 ounce Sampler - $2.95
Item 3030261
DUE 2/14

Documentary Sources:

  1. "The Vegetable Garden," by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie, William Robinson, W. P. Thomson, 1885.


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