On 9/20/2014 4:50 PM, JohnJohn wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 08:10:10 -0500, Becca EmaNymton
> > wrote:
>
>> On 9/20/2014 3:50 AM, JohnJohn wrote:
>>
>>> We grow Madagascar beans
>>> (http://rastaseed.files.wordpress.com...scar_bean.jpg). I
>>> read they're the warm climate alternative to lima beans. I like them a
>>> lot, but I haven't tried lima beans yet.
>>>
>>
>> These are the butter beans that my sister grows.
>>
>> http://i57.tinypic.com/50pa8z.jpg
>
> That's what I grow under the name of Madagascar beans. Does your
> sister live in a (sub)tropical climate? Wikipedia lumps lima,
> Madagascar and butter beans together under Phaseolus lunatus.

My sister lives in Texas.

Becca