Beginner Gardening: what type of peanuts grow best in north central texas area?, 1 by Farmerdill

Farmerdill wrote:
Check with your local extension agent or Texas A & M. The Spanish type will grow just about anywhere a peanut will grow. But they are best suited for certain usuage like candies. Valencias are relatively easy to grow little longer season tha Spanish types. Virginias are grown in sandy soils primarily in Southe east Virgina and coastal Carolina.
Use mostly fo fancy roasted, salted peanuts. Runners have the longest season and are grown primarily for processing like peanut butter. Most of the name cultivars are not available from mailorder vendors. Generic Spanish and Virginia are the usual, with a few selling the old Tennessee, Valencia. If you are in or close to an area with commercial peanut growers,the farm stores will have the dominant cultivar in bulk.
http://www.texaspeanutboard.com/
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/cropbriefs/pean...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/PP/afp1.h...
One option is buy local raw peanuts and use them for seed. One warning, other than the novelty, growing your peanuts for food is not the easiest. Lots of disease problems without major chemical control.