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'Dixie Speckled' Beans

Sub-Category:	Bush Lima

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Description:	Bush lima bean with 21-inch plants. Drought tolerant. Can also harvest dry beans in 90 days.
Days To Maturity:	76
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Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 05/14/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
In the south, these are known as Dixie Butterpeas. The pods are small with small Speckled almost round beans. It is a lima , but of the potato lima types, with a taste and texture quite different fom the white or green tinted baby limas. Easy to grow and great yields. Small pods make picking a pain. Taste falls between a baby lima and a southern pea. Unique. One of the best of the colored limas.

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