Cucurbita, Delicata Squash, Winter Squash 'Delicata'

This was a nice healthy squash that was extremely productive for me - tons of smallish striped cylinders per vine. It actually seemed to ...Read Morebe fairly early and I had no trouble getting ripe squash in our short season. However, I didn't think the flavor was anything special. It was edible, but texture was kind of stiff and it was not very sweet. (Similar to an acorn, which I'm not wild about either.) There was also not much actual squash meat per unit - the walls are thin and it's mostly seeds inside.

A compact vining winter squash. Orange flesh is of good quality. Cylindrical shape, off-white with jagged green stripes. Actually can be ...Read Moreused an an ornamental, but most appropriate for stuffing and baking. The small fruits are perfect to split in half and provide two individual servings. It is a long season squash, but under good conditions yields well. It is a whole month later than Acorn with which it competes as an edible

A creamy-textured winter squash popular in the early 1900s, but it fell from favor because of its susceptibility to disease, and poor yields.