Re: Seed Question

**R* M* M* <r*@comcast.net>**

Hello Lorraine,

It takes more than two seasons before you can determine a variety is stable. I suggest keep saving the seed from the best plants and if you saw a uniform crop this season that is promising. I think Johnny's would be a good company to contact because they've had a squash breeding program for awhile. The one other thing I reluctantly add is the butternut squashes have often been selected for smaller sizes because the large ones don't mature in every area. If you decide to go this on your own for a few years try to observe which plants fruit earliest and if they are also large specimens. It's a lot of tagging and note taking but fun. Good luck.

Best,
Rose Marie Nichols McGee
www.NicholsGardenNursery.com

> 
> Last season, one of what I thought was an ordinary Waltham Butternut squash plant produced ginormous specimens that measured more than 14" and and several pounds each. We saved the seeds to see if they would come true in 2013 and indeed they did. I shared the seeds with other gardeners/testers and they also had the same results. So now I think I may have something to sell to one of the seed companies.
> 
> I have no clue how to do this, where to start, etc. Anyone have any experience with this? It's easy to make a phone call to a place like Johnny's, for example, but  after that, there's the shark pool!
> 
> Thanks, as always,
> 
> 
> Lorraine 
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