Blue Kuri Squash are small squashes with a flattened shape, bluish-grey rind and moderate ribbing. They grow 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) wide, and weigh about 2 1/2 pounds (1.1 kg.) Inside, they have yellowy-gold, dense flesh with a very sweet taste. They grow on a vine-type plant, with about 8 squash…
Chirimen Squash are flattened, with deep ridges in the rind, but the rind is so rough and warty that the ridges are almost swollen under. The colours on the rind are blue, green and yellow. Inside, they have yellow, moist flesh. They will be 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) wide. 100 days…
Kabocha squash will weigh 1 to 1 1/2 kg (2 to 3 pounds), with finely-textured, dense, firm, pale orange flesh that is not watery. It has good flavour and a taste that gets even sweeter after a few weeks of storage.
Kakai Pumpkin is a pumpkin grown for its large, dark-green hull-less seeds, which are used as snack seed. The seeds are good tasting both raw and roasted. The pumpkins are round in shape. The relatively soft rind ripens from shades of green to broken, mottled blackish-green stripes on a orangish-yellow background. They will weigh 2.25…
Shishigatani Squash is perhaps described as “bottle-shaped” for lack of a better comparison. It is oblong, with a dark, greenish-blue rind, ripening to tan coloured. The rind is heavily ribbed, and very warty. Inside, it has finely-textured pale yellow flesh with a rich flavour. The squash grows to be 8 inches (20 cm) tall, and…
