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Squash - Winter - Butternut - Waltham
The Squash Winter Waltham Butternut, 'Cucurbita pepo', has so many great qualities that it is an All America Winner. The Waltham Butternut has vigorous vines, long storage capability, and a tasty nutty flavor to mention a few. Nothing beats the rich, sweet, flavor of winter squash. The Waltham Butternut is particularly exciting because the solid stems that resist boring type insects and the nutty flavor with the wonderful flesh texture. The Waltam is the most popular butternut grown. The Waltham...
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Butternut Winter Squash Cucurbita moschata 4-5 lb.fruit. Tender Annual Productive Waltham strain of butternut yields classic tan, bell-shaped 4-5 lb. fruits with bright-orange, moist, sweet, smooth flesh. Delicious in soups, baked, or steamed. Stores well into late winter/early spring.
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Zone 1 -July 15th -June 15th. Zone 2 -August 15th- May 15th. Zone 3 -September 15th May 15th. Zone 4 -September 15th May 15th. Zone 5 -October 15th April 15th. Zone 6 -October 15th April 15th. Zone 7 -October 15th April 15th. Zone 8 -November 15th March 15th. Zone 9 -December 15th February 15th. Zone 10 -December 15th January 31st (sometimes earlier). Zone 11 _No frost. No frost.
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Harvesting & Storage: Harvest when stems begin to shrivel or you can no longer pierce the skin with a thumbnail, but be sure to harvest before the first hard frost. Cut squash from the vine leaving 2"—3" of stem attached. Allow to cure in the sun for 10 days to finish hardening the skins. Store in cool, dry conditions. To minimize the spread of rots, store in a single layer and do not allow squashes to touch.
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(105 Day) An excellent butternut with thick cylindrical necks, a very small seed cavity and uniform size 8 to 10 inches long. Rind is creamy-tan with delicious golden-yellow flesh. Heavy yields and a good keeper. 1970 AAS Winner.
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(C. moschata): 95 days. [Introduced 1970 by the Massachusetts/AES. AAS winner.] A popular winter storage squash of excellent quality. Stores very well. Can be harvested when small and used like a summer squash. Excellent resistance to vine borers. Fruits average 8 to 9" long, 3 to 4 lbs., and have buff-colored skin, and fine-textured, sweet, orange flesh. Very vigorous and dependable variety. Pkt. (4 g)
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Squash Seed, Butternut Waltham 3.5 g
This is a popular and wonderful tasting winter or storage squash. The oblong, tan-skinned fruits grow about 8" long and are bulbed at one end. The seed cavity is small, so there's lots of flesh with a sweet, nutty flavor. Excellent baked, steamed, or microwaved. Stores extremely well. 100-110 days to maturity.
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AAS - An improved variety of the original Butternut introduced in 1944. The tan colored, bottle shaped, 5 lb. fruits are 10 in. long. The flesh is dark orange, thick, dry, fine grained and sweet. They store well for up to 6 months. Vine plant. For growing instructions, click here
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(105 Day) An excellent butternut with thick cylindrical necks, a very small seed cavity and uniform size 8 to 10 inches long. Rind is creamy-tan with delicious golden-yellow flesh. Heavy yields and a good keeper. 1970 AAS Winner.
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1970 All-America Selections Winner! 110 days. Cucurbita moschata. Plant produces good yields of 9" long tan squash. The squash has bright orange flesh and is very sweet. Suitable for home garden and market growers. A winter squash variety. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 73985. pk/20
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Squash Tip Harvest summer squash when they are 4-8 inches long and when their skin is still shiny. Winter squash can be cut later in the summer or early fall before frost. The skin should should be hard enough so that you can't cut it with your fingernail.
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Productive Waltham strain of butternut yields classic tan, bell-shaped 4-5 lb. fruits with bright-orange, moist, sweet, smooth flesh. Delicious in soups, baked, or steamed. Stores well into late winter/early spring. (avg. 5,600 seeds /lb.)
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Waltham Butternut
C. moschata - This 1970 AAS winner from Waltham, Massachusetts is by far the most widely-grown butternut variety. Forms uniform, 4-5 lb fruits with smooth, tan skin that is easily peeled with a potato peeler. Flesh is finely textured and dark orange. Our HMS strain has been hand selected by our growers and our farm for uniformity of size and shape, disease resistance, and yields. If cured well and stored properly Waltham will keep well into the winter. Great rich butternut flavor!
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Squash : Winter : Barbara Butternut F1 Hybrid Trailing. Unique introduction in the butternuts. Barbara has a rich orange, delicious tasting flesh with an unusual striped green skin. Sowing: Sow 1 inch deep in 3 inch pots of good seed compost at 70-77F. Place in a propagator or seal container in a polythene bag until after germination which takes 5-7 days. Can also be sown direct outdoors once the soil has warmed. Do not sow in cold soils. Sow 2 seeds every 36 inches and thin out to the best seedling...
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(105 Day) An excellent butternut with thick cylindrical necks, a very small seed cavity and uniform size 8 to 10 inches long. Rind is creamy-tan with delicious golden-yellow flesh. Heavy yields and a good keeper. 1970 AAS Winner.
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PVFS Squash Winter Butternut
Harvesting & Storage: Harvest when stems begin to shrivel or you can no longer pierce the skin with a thumbnail, but be sure to harvest before the first hard frost. Cut squash from the vine leaving 2"—3" of stem attached. Allow to cure in the sun for 10 days to finish hardening the skins. Store in cool, dry conditions. To minimize the spread of rots, store in a single layer and do not allow squashes to touch.
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Save space in your garden for squash! Fast-growing summer squash bears big crops even in small spaces. Steam, stuff, bake or use raw in salads. Winter squash is easy to store and nutritious. Harvest when skins cannot be pierced with a fingernail. Deep orange flesh contains cancer-fighting beta carotene.
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(105 Day) An excellent butternut with thick cylindrical necks, a very small seed cavity and uniform size 8 to 10 inches long. Rind is creamy-tan with delicious golden-yellow flesh. Heavy yields and a good keeper. 1970 AAS Winner.
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Send this page to a friend NEW! 103 days. One of the best keeping winter squash with smooth textured delicious sweet orange flesh that improves in storage. Bred in Waltham MA and winner of the AAS Award in 1970. Plants set 4-5 fruits per plant approaching 9" in length and averaging 3-4 pounds each. 5000 seeds/lb. Pkt (~40 seeds) plants 20'.
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