Squash & Cucumbers
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Summer squash, winter squash, zucchini, and cucumbers.
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All Squash & Cucumbers Varieties
Acorn Squash (Table Queen)
85-100 days · Easy
Mild, slightly sweet, and nutty with tender texture
Benning's Green Tint Pattypan
50-60 days · Easy
Mild, sweet, and buttery with tender flesh
Black Beauty Zucchini
50-55 days · Easy
Mild, slightly sweet with tender texture when young
Blue Hubbard Squash
100-120 days · Moderate
Sweet, fine-textured, rich and creamy when cooked
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
Carnival Acorn Squash
100-110 days · Easy to Moderate
Sweet, nutty, slightly buttery with smooth texture
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
95-105 days · Easy to Moderate
Sweet and creamy like sweet potato with hints of corn
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
105-115 days · Moderate
Intensely sweet and nutty, concentrated butternut flavor
Hubbard Blue Squash
100-120 days · Moderate
Sweet, nutty, and rich with fine, smooth texture
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
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
95-105 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
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
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