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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
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  Carolina 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. |
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 Christmas
Lima
(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. |
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 Dixie
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.
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  Fordhook
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. |
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 Henderson's
Bush Lima
70 days — It is also known as 'Henderson's
Dwarf', 'Henderson's Baby Lima', and 'Earliest Bush Lima'.
 It
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.
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 Jackson
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.
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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.
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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.
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  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. |
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