Rosalind
Deeply Rooted
This is a completely random question, you'd think I'd be able to find more info on the internet, but no.
I like to know the history of the things I'm planting, know when they were cultivated and how they were developed. It helps me make better-than-random decisions about what to buy, you know? Sometimes I get seed catalog descriptions that are a bit overoptimistic in their estimates for weather tolerance, but I know if I get a variety that was developed in Minnesota, it'll probably do well in Massachusetts.
A couple of times when I've gotten "Waltham" varieties of seeds, they haven't done too well. I know that Waltham, MA has had a USDA extension service and research facility for decades, and I had assumed that these varieties were developed at that site. Since they're about 20 minutes down the road from me, I figured, OK, this'll be fine.
Is there some other Waltham ag. extension service / research site out there? Are they referring to Waltham, Essex? How did Waltham broccoli, Waltham squash get developed?
I like to know the history of the things I'm planting, know when they were cultivated and how they were developed. It helps me make better-than-random decisions about what to buy, you know? Sometimes I get seed catalog descriptions that are a bit overoptimistic in their estimates for weather tolerance, but I know if I get a variety that was developed in Minnesota, it'll probably do well in Massachusetts.
A couple of times when I've gotten "Waltham" varieties of seeds, they haven't done too well. I know that Waltham, MA has had a USDA extension service and research facility for decades, and I had assumed that these varieties were developed at that site. Since they're about 20 minutes down the road from me, I figured, OK, this'll be fine.
Is there some other Waltham ag. extension service / research site out there? Are they referring to Waltham, Essex? How did Waltham broccoli, Waltham squash get developed?