Talk:Butternut squash

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I almost recommended the first version of this page for deletion (as it looked gibberish). However, it looks to me this subject is encyclopaedic, so I've left it largely as it is for others to expand on (as I've no understanding of the subject matter).

(Anonymous) Anyone know why the origin is listed as both Massachusetts and Mexico?

I live in Stow, but it seems a bit of a stretch to say it originated here. According to the Fall, 2004 Stow Conservation Trust Newsletter, "...The late Charlie Leggett was the developer of a new variety of squash, later named the Waltham Butternut Squash, in a field across Gleasondale Road from the Leggett Woodlands. This field is now the site of the Butternut Golf Course." There are other varieties of butternut squash.

Perhaps someone could reset the 'uses' section? It seems to have been overrun by an 8 year old.