{"product_id":"waltham-butternut-squash-seeds","title":"Waltham Butternut Squash Seeds","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-outline-level: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"\u003eNamed for the old University of Massachusetts’ Waltham Field Agricultural Research Station, where – in the 1930s – an insurance company salaryman, Charles Leggett, turned up with a bell-shaped, smooth-skinned squash that he had developed in his home garden. This home breeding project became the original seed stock used by UMass crop breeders in the development of a stable, consistently-producing new squash type, the butternut. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-outline-level: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"\u003eThis heirloom ‘Waltham’ variety is as close as we can get to the original grown in Leggett’s garden: long-storing (great to keep around for winter meals), rich, smooth orange flesh (not stringy, and slightly nutty-sweet), averaging about 3-pounds and about 10-inches in length. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-outline-level: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"\u003eWaltham is the perfection of a northern climate squash. Maturing in as little as 85-days, it lasts many months in storage, with the flavor only getting better as it cures. The small seed cavity means it has a very high proportion of flesh. In our experience, this variety performs especially well in dry summer conditions with targeted root zone irrigation (rather than overhead sprinklers). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-outline-level: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"\u003e25-seeds (2.5 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453703258358,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/Waltham.jpg?v=1786428759","url":"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/waltham-butternut-squash-seeds","provider":"Northwest Meadowscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}