Banana Squash are large, long squash in a banana shape (actually, they are shaped more like a dirigible.) These are winter squash, with smooth, pale, hard skin, and finely-textured, dense orange flesh inside with a sweet taste. They are often sold cut up into pieces owing to their size. They grow on vines that can…
Winter Squash
Berrettina Piacentina Squash
Berrettina Piacentina Squash looks somewhat like a flattened pumpkin with greyish green, knobbly rind. In fact, it is often referred to as a pumpkin in English. The squash weighs 3 to 5 pounds (1 1/3 to 2 1/4 kg), and has yellowish-orange flesh. 105 days from seed. History Notes Berrettina Piacentina Squash was developed in…
Black Futsu Squash
Black Futsu Squash are flattened, with pronounced, heavy ribbing. The rind is black when harvested, turning a chestnut brown in storage. The weight ranges from 3 to 8 pounds (1 1/3 to 3 1/2 kg.) Inside, it has golden-coloured flesh with a nutty taste. High yields, 4 to 10 squash per vine. 100 to 120…
Blue Ballet Squash
Blue Ballet Squash has slate-grey, smooth rind. The squash grow 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) wide, and weigh 3 1/3 to 6 1/2 pounds (1 1/2 to 3 kg.) Inside, they have bright orange, finely-textured flesh, that is not stringy or watery, with a good sweet and rich taste. Semi-bush plant; 4…
Blue Kuri Squash
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…
Blue Lakota Squash
Blue Lakota Squash has a flattened shape, with light blue greyish-green rind, with slight ribbing. History Notes Blue Lakota Squash is reputed to be from the American mid-west.
Boston Marrow Special Squash
Compared to regular Boston Marrow, Boston Marrow Special Squash has thicker flesh, and a darker reddish-orange skin colour, and a larger size overall. History Notes Boston Marrow Special Squash was developed from Boston Marrow by the Northrup King seed company. Released 1948.
Boston Marrow Squash
Boston Marrow squash are oval with pointed ends. They have finely-textured, orangey-yellow flesh inside. They can grow quite large, which makes them nice for stuffing for a meal to feed a crowd.
Buttercup Squash
Buttercup squash have a thin but hard rind. Inside, they have finely-textured, orange flesh that is dense, not watery, with thick flesh walls, with a taste described by some as close to that of sweet potato.
Butternut Squash
Butternut squash has thin, light-brown, easy to peel skin. It has a small seed cavity and a sweet, slightly nutty taste. It is one of the more popular squashes at this time for these reasons.
Carnival Squash
Carnival Squash is shaped like a slightly flattened pumpkin with hard, thick, colourful rind that is mottled variously with green, yellow, orange and cream. They grow to be a maximum of 12 to 18 cm wide (5 to 7 inches). They have coarse, but not stringy yellow flesh, with a sweet, mild flavour that improves…
Chirimen 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…
Cornell Bush Delicata Squash
Cornell Bush Delicata Squash was bred to be an improved, more disease resistant and higher yield version of Delicata Squash. The main visual difference will be the rind colour: while the original Delicata is creamy-yellow coloured, the improved Cornell version has an ivory-coloured rind. This Cornell version is an open-pollinated compact bush plant that grows…
Crown Prince Squash
Crown Prince Squash is a winter squash, shaped like a pumpkin. Its hard rind is sometimes a pale, bluish-grey, sometimes a steely-blue. The squash can grow easily up to 5 pounds (2.5 kg), and not uncommonly up to 15 ½ pounds (7 kg.) Owing to its size, the squash is often sold in wedges. Inside,…
Cushaw Green Striped Squash
Cushaw Green Striped Squash has a long, curved neck coming out of a bulbous body, and green stripes on a cream-coloured rind. It grows to be about 17 inches (43 cm) long by 10 inches (25 cm) wide at its widest point, and weigh an average of 10 to 12 pounds (4 1/2 to 5…
Cushaw Squash
Cushaw Squash has a long, curved neck and a bulbous end. The rind has a cream-coloured background largely covered by burnt orange and green stripes from top to bottom. Most of the edible flesh is actually in the neck; the bulb part is largely fibrous material. Cushaw Squash is used a great deal commercially in…
Cushaw White Squash
Cushaw White Squash is gourd shaped with a long neck and bulbous base. It has white skin with very pale green bands on it, and pale orange flesh. The squash will weigh 4 1/2 to 8 1/2 pounds (2 to 4 kg.) High yields; 2 to 3 squash per plant. 100 to 130 days from…
Delicata Squash
Sweet Potato Squash has a classic acorn squash shape, with pronounced ribs, and cream-coloured rind ripening to pale gold. It grows to be 3 inches (7 1/2 cm) wide by 6 inches (15 cm) tall. Inside, it has thick, golden-yellow, finely-grained flesh with a sweet taste. Allow 1 per 2 people. 100 days from seed….
Delicata Squash
Delicata is a long, narrow squash with light to dark coloured cream rinds and dark green stripes. It has finely-textured flesh with a sweet taste.
Dulce de Horno Squash
Dulce de Horno Squash is flattened, with dark green, rough, thin rind ripening to pale orange, with heavy ribbing. The squash will weigh up to 10 pounds (4 1/2 kg.) Inside, it has sweet, dense orangey-yellow flesh with good flavour. The plant grows as a rambling vine. Cooking Tips Good used in pies. Or roasted…
Eat It All Squash
Eat It All Squash has rind with green and white stripes, and very sweet tasting flesh. The hulless seeds are good roasted. The vines grow out to 5 feet (1 1/2 metres.) History Notes Eat It All Squash was known as early as 1963, when it was listed in the spring catalogue of Farmer Seed…
Gem Squash
Gem squash is a small, round summer squash with a dark green rind. It is good for stuffing and baking. It can also be let ripen further for long-term storage.
Golden Delicious Squash
Golden Delicious Squash are tall and oval, with orange skin, and thick, finely-textured, yellowish-orange flesh that is not watery. The squash can weigh 8 to 14 pounds (3 1/2 to 6 1/3 kg.) Vine-type plant. 95 to 100 days from seed. Cooking Tips Good for baking, pie, soup, canning. The seeds are good roasted. Storage…
Golden Nugget Squash
Golden Nugget Squash has a very hard, orange rind that should be dull when the squash is fully ripe. The flesh is finely-textured and dry. Good for roasting, and soup.