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Default What are Butter Beans?

On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:55:47 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
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>On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 2:46:44 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 pborthspec wrote:
>> >
>> >Did anyone ever find butterbeans in Houston, Texas?
>> >They are NOT Lima beans. They are Southern butter beans. I am from Mississippi also and my Grandmother always raised them in her garden. Looking for them around Houston.

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>> Butter beans and lima beans are the same bean... what they are called
>> is regional. Full sized limas are Fordhooks, however different
>> varieties are different sizes and different colors.
>> Baby limas are botanically a diferent bean, not an immature Fordhook.
>> Walmart carries this brand, I've tried many Margaret Holmes products
>> and liked them all.
>> Read the discription and notice I'm correct:
>> https://margaretholmes.com/products/...-butter-beans/

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>Of COURSE ShelDUM is a bean expert! Notice I TOO am Correctol.
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>John Kuthe...