According to Heritage Harvest Seed Company, Limelight was first released in 1968. It was developed as a "lima bean for the north," maturing in 70-80 days for dry beans. They are useful as both fresh "shelly beans" and as dry beans. This was my first year to grow them and I had only an 8-foot-long row, so I harvested most of the pods for seed; however, I did pick enough to give the shelly beans a try and found them very easy to shell out and quite similar to baby lima beans. I don't know why this variety went out of favor with the commercial companies, but I will definitely continue to grow it and save my own seeds.

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