Squash & Cucumbers

Acorn Squash (Table Queen)

85-100 days · Easy

Mild, slightly sweet, and nutty with tender texture

Autumn Colors Cushaw

105 days · Moderate

Benning's Green Tint Pattypan

50-60 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, and buttery with tender flesh

Black Beauty Zucchini

90-100 days · Easy

Mild, slightly sweet with tender texture when young

Blue Hubbard Squash

100 days · Moderate

Sweet, fine-textured, rich and creamy when cooked

Bottle or Birdhouse

125 days · Moderate

Burgess Buttercup Squash

100-110 days · Moderate

Extremely sweet, creamy, and rich with nutty undertones

Buttercup Maxima

95-105 days · Moderate

Exceptionally sweet, creamy, and smooth with nutty undertones

Buttercup Squash

115 days · Moderate

Sweet, creamy, and rich with notes of sweet potato and honey

Buttercup Squash (Burgess Strain)

100-120 days · Moderate

Very sweet, nutty, and creamy with rich, dense texture

Butternut Squash

105 days · Easy to Moderate

Sweet, nutty, and creamy with hints of brown butter

Butterscotch Winter Squash

100-110 days · Moderate

Exceptionally sweet with butterscotch notes, creamy and smooth texture

Carmine Splendor

51 days · Moderate

Sweet and mild flavor in both the immature pods and edible flowers.

Carnival Acorn Squash

100-110 days · Easy to Moderate

Sweet, nutty, slightly buttery with smooth texture

Casper

95 days · Moderate

Exceptionally mild and sweet with creamy, non-bitter flesh

Cocozelle Italian Heirloom Zucchini

55-65 days · Easy

Rich, nutty, and sweet with firm, dense texture

Connecticut Field Pumpkin

100-120 days · Moderate

Sweet, mild pumpkin flavor with smooth texture when cooked

Costata Romanesco Zucchini

52 days · Easy

Superior nutty, sweet flavor with tender, creamy texture

Cushaw Green Striped

110-120 days · Moderate to challenging

Sweet and nutty with fine, smooth texture, less fibrous than many winter squash

Delicata Squash

95 days · Easy to Moderate

Sweet and creamy like sweet potato with hints of corn

Dinosaur Gourd

125 days · Moderate

Fordhook Acorn Squash

85-100 days · Easy to Moderate

Sweet, nutty, and rich with dense, smooth texture

Gem Squash

70-85 days · Easy

Sweet, mild, and creamy with tender texture

Golden Acorn Squash

85-100 days · Easy to Moderate

Sweet, nutty, and mildly earthy with smooth texture when cooked

Green Zucchini (Black Beauty type)

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, tender flesh typical of young zucchini

Honeynut Squash

110 days · Moderate

Intensely sweet and nutty, concentrated butternut flavor

Hubbard Blue Squash

100-120 days · Moderate

Sweet, nutty, and rich with fine, smooth texture

Jack Be Little Pumpkin

95-100 days · Easy

Sweet, mild pumpkin flavor, similar to acorn squash

Jambalaya 2.0

50 days · Moderate

Sweet and mild flavor, particularly in the edible flowers.

Kabocha Winter Squash

95-105 days · Moderate

Extremely sweet, nutty, creamy like sweet potato with chestnut notes

Lakota Winter Squash

100-110 days · Moderate

Sweet, nutty, and rich with smooth, creamy texture when cooked

Luffa Gourd

125 days · Moderate

Mild, delicate, slightly sweet flavor similar to young zucchini; tender texture; best when harvested immature

Marina di Chioggia Pumpkin

100 days · Moderate to Advanced

Sweet, dense, and creamy with rich, complex flavor

Pattypan Squash (Sunburst)

50-60 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, and buttery with tender texture

Red Kuri Squash

92 days · Moderate

Very sweet, nutty, chestnut-like flavor with creamy, dense texture

Romanesco Zucchini

95 days · Easy to moderate

Nutty, sweet, and more flavorful than standard zucchini with firm texture

Spaghetti Squash

88 days · Easy to Moderate

Mild, slightly sweet, neutral flavor that takes on other flavors well

Straightneck Yellow Summer Squash

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, slightly sweet, tender texture with subtle squash flavor

Sugar Pie Pumpkin

100-110 days · Easy

Sweet, smooth, rich and creamy with classic pumpkin flavor

Sweet Dumpling Winter Squash

95-105 days · Easy to moderate

Sweet and nutty with hints of honey, tender and creamy texture

Table King Bush Acorn Squash

85-95 days · Moderate

Sweet, nutty, and smooth with hints of butter and honey

Tetsukabuto

100 days · Moderate

Sweet, nutty, with smooth dense flesh combining the best characteristics of kabocha and butternut varieties.

Tromboncino Squash

60 days · Moderate

Mild and tender when young, sweet and nutty when mature

Turban Squash

115 days · Moderate

Sweet, fine-textured, nutty flavor similar to buttercup squash

Vegetable Marrow (Long Green Trailing)

60-80 days · Moderate

Mild, slightly sweet when young, becomes more neutral and meaty when mature

Waltham Butternut Squash

105 days · Moderate

Sweet, nutty, and smooth with rich butterscotch notes

Yellow Crookneck Squash Early Summer

50-60 days · Easy

Rich, buttery, and sweet with tender, creamy texture

Yellow Crookneck Summer Squash

50-65 days · Easy

Mild, slightly sweet, and tender when young

Yellow Pattypan Squash (Sunburst)

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, tender, slightly sweet with delicate texture

Yellow Scallop Pattypan

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, and tender with delicate squash flavor

Yellow Straightneck Zucchini

48-55 days · Easy

Mild, tender, slightly nutty when young

Yellow Summer Squash (Early Prolific Straightneck)

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, and buttery with tender texture

Zucchini Ambassador

48-55 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, and tender with fine texture

Zucchini Costata Romanesco

50-60 days · Easy

Sweet, nutty, and tender with excellent texture

Zucchini Dark Green

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, slightly sweet with tender flesh and edible skin

Zucchini Eight Ball

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, tender with classic zucchini flavor

Zucchini Green Machine

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, tender, slightly sweet with delicate texture

Zucchini Grey

50-55 days · Easy

Mild, sweet, and tender with fine texture

Zucchini Partenon

48-52 days · Easy

Sweet, mild, and exceptionally tender

Zucchini Rampicante

60-65 days · Moderate

Sweet, nutty flavor with firm, dense flesh