{"id":27367,"date":"2021-12-12T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:30:15","slug":"sweetnut-squash","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/","title":{"rendered":"Squash Sweetnut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Squash Sweetnut<\/strong>
\nCucurbita pepo<\/em><\/p>\n

Small naked seed squash. Round, 7 to 10 cm in diameter. Green, turning orange at maturity. Bush-type plant. Small naked seeds, very good raw or roasted in the oven. The flesh is sweet and of good quality. Selected by Elwyn Meader in 1960. 90 days to maturity.<\/p>\n

Full sun, well drained and rich soil. Direct sowing not recommended. Sow in individual pots 2 to 5 weeks before transplanting. 1 cm deep. 60 cm between plants.<\/p>\n

Germination: <\/strong>
\nEcological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>
\nUsually, the flesh of naked seeded squash is of no interest because these varieties are bred for seed production, not for the flesh that normally remains in the field in autumn or is fed to animals. The plants generally become huge and take up a lot of space in the garden.<\/p>\n

Sweetnut is rather the opposite: a small plant like a zucchini plant, tasty flesh that keeps well until the end of January, and lots of delicious seeds without hulls, albeit smaller than commercial ones. It was developed by Elwyn Meader<\/a> at the University of New Hampshire in 1960 to make a naked-seeded squash suitable for all gardens. And that’s exactly what we were looking for!<\/p>\n

It was obtained at a seminar on seed production held in Montreal in autumn 2019. Heron Breen, who was working for seed company Fedco in Maine at the time, kept it alive in his personal collection. He enthusiastically told the whole group about it and offered us some seeds.<\/p>\n

Who knows why, the variety has been completely forgotten. No mention in our 2004 500-page “Garden Seed Inventory” from Seed Savers Exchange. A Google search will turn up a mention here and there, but it’s hard to find information and impossible to find seeds on the web… until now!<\/p>\n

After our harvest, we sent seeds to Plant Genec Resources of Canada<\/a> and to American curator Glenn Drowns at Sand Hill Preservation Center<\/a>, in case anything happened to our seeds. A variety is so quickly forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in 2027<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[317,316,352,490],"product_tag":[309],"class_list":{"0":"post-27367","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-pepo","7":"product_cat-squash","8":"product_cat-open-pollinated-seeds","9":"product_cat-zucchinis-and-bush-or-semi-bush-squash","10":"product_tag-heirloom-varieties","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nSquash Sweetnut - SEEDS - Le potager ornemental de Catherine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sweetnut squash - Small, naked-seed squash with sweet, delicious flesh. Bush-type plant. Small seeds without husks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Squash Sweetnut - SEEDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Small naked seed squash. Round, 7 to 10 cm in diameter. Green, turning orange at maturity. Bush-type plant. Small naked seeds, very good raw or roasted in the oven. The flesh is sweet and of good quality. Selected by Elwyn Meader in 1960. 90 days to maturity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Le potager ornemental de Catherine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-24T14:30:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001-1024x768.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Squash Sweetnut - SEEDS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Small naked seed squash. Round, 7 to 10 cm in diameter. Green, turning orange at maturity. Bush-type plant. Small naked seeds, very good raw or roasted in the oven. The flesh is sweet and of good quality. Selected by Elwyn Meader in 1960. 90 days to maturity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001-1024x768.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/\",\"name\":\"Squash Sweetnut - SEEDS - Le potager ornemental de Catherine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-12T14:30:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-24T14:30:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"Sweetnut squash - Small, naked-seed squash with sweet, delicious flesh. Bush-type plant. Small seeds without husks.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Sweetnut Squash\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/catherines-ornamental-garden\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/shop\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Squash Sweetnut\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Le potager ornemental de Catherine\",\"description\":\"Artisanal seed grower\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Le potager ornemental de Catherine\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-dessin.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-dessin.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":166,\"caption\":\"Le potager ornemental de Catherine\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Squash Sweetnut - SEEDS - Le potager ornemental de Catherine","description":"Sweetnut squash - Small, naked-seed squash with sweet, delicious flesh. Bush-type plant. Small seeds without husks.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Squash Sweetnut - SEEDS","og_description":"Small naked seed squash. Round, 7 to 10 cm in diameter. Green, turning orange at maturity. Bush-type plant. Small naked seeds, very good raw or roasted in the oven. The flesh is sweet and of good quality. Selected by Elwyn Meader in 1960. 90 days to maturity.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/","og_site_name":"Le potager ornemental de Catherine","article_modified_time":"2026-04-24T14:30:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001-1024x768.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Squash Sweetnut - SEEDS","twitter_description":"Small naked seed squash. Round, 7 to 10 cm in diameter. Green, turning orange at maturity. Bush-type plant. Small naked seeds, very good raw or roasted in the oven. The flesh is sweet and of good quality. Selected by Elwyn Meader in 1960. 90 days to maturity.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001-1024x768.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/","url":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/","name":"Squash Sweetnut - SEEDS - Le potager ornemental de Catherine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-12T14:30:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-24T14:30:15+00:00","description":"Sweetnut squash - Small, naked-seed squash with sweet, delicious flesh. Bush-type plant. Small seeds without husks.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7468-001.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"Sweetnut Squash"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/produit\/sweetnut-squash\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/catherines-ornamental-garden\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Squash Sweetnut"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/","name":"Le potager ornemental de Catherine","description":"Artisanal seed grower","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Le potager ornemental de Catherine","url":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-dessin.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-dessin.png","width":300,"height":166,"caption":"Le potager ornemental de Catherine"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/27367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=27367"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=27367"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potagerornemental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=27367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}