source for butter bean seeds?

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

my FIL mentioned those to me last season. he was hoping i could grow them for him but i couldn't figure out what they were. he kept saying they were like a lima bean. i kept finding the soy beans and thinking that might be what he was talking about but he said 'no' every time i tried to show him what the soy bean ones looked like. i guess i won't be able to find out for sure since he passed away in November.

 

[cmclean]

wsmoak- Hi, I live in Pasadena, Texas and also LOVE butter beans!! I grew up eating what my grandparents grew. They were called Speckled Butter Beans. I have seen the seeds in bulk at our local feed store. There are many people from "up North" who call other beans "butter beans." They are NOT what I grew up eating. A green lima is NOT a speckled butter bean. Good luck with your search. I have been very disappointed by labels that read "purple hull" peas, too!!

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

my FIL had an uncle from down south that had given his family some seeds many years ago and he used to remember eating them as a kid into his young adulthood. he kept saying they don't sell them anymore here in the north! so i am not surprised that it seems to only be a southern thing now.

 

[HunkieDorie23]

Annie's Heirloom seed has a whole catagory for lima beans.

http://www.anniesheirloomseeds.com/categories/Beans/Lima/