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Daniel Prince 31-07-2007 08:29 PM

What kind of squash is this?
 
Please look at these pictures and tell me what kind of squash is
this? It is a volunteer.

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0955cp6.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0952as9.jpg
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grimey gopher guts" I imagine my cat saying; "That sounds REALLY,
REALLY good. I'll have some of that!"

George Shirley 31-07-2007 10:13 PM

What kind of squash is this?
 
Daniel Prince wrote:
Please look at these pictures and tell me what kind of squash is
this? It is a volunteer.

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0955cp6.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0952as9.jpg


Looks to be a cushaw or green-striped pumpkin. Get rather large and have
orange or yellowish-green meat?

George


Pat Kiewicz 01-08-2007 11:37 AM

What kind of squash is this?
 
Daniel Prince said:

Please look at these pictures and tell me what kind of squash is
this? It is a volunteer.

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0955cp6.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0952as9.jpg


Hard to tell without a better look at the stem and blossom end.

I think it might be some sort of Cucurbita maxima squash. If so,
its stem would look more rounded and not so obviously five-sided.
The blossom end might have a bit of a 'button' on it.

C. maxima squashes include hubbard, buttercup, turk's turban
and kabocha types as well as some varieties that are marketed
as 'pumpkins' (including 'white' pumpkins and the Aussie 'blue'
pumpkins).

Cushaws, which the other poster mentioned, have a stem end
with five sides and very often the fruit is 'necked' like a butternut.
They generally have a flat, smooth blossom end scar.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

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(attributed to Don Marti)


The Cook 01-08-2007 12:54 PM

What kind of squash is this?
 
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:29:33 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

Please look at these pictures and tell me what kind of squash is
this? It is a volunteer.

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0955cp6.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ict0952as9.jpg



If it is a volunteer, what squashes did you plant in that area last
year? We have had some very interesting squash from the ones that got
tossed in previous years.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

[email protected] 12-08-2007 09:21 AM

What kind of squash is this?
 
Has anyone considered that the squash leaves appear very like it could be a
melon? Birds are great for planting volunteers.


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