Winter Squash Varieties

Acorn Table Queen

85–95 days Heirloom / OP Winter Squash

Dark green ribbed acorn shape; 0.5–1 kg fruit; sweet orange flesh; compact vines; good for small gardens.

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Blue Hubbard

110–120 days Heirloom / OP Winter Squash

Large teardrop-shaped 5-7kg blue-grey fruit; thick hard shell; excellent dry sweet orange flesh; outstanding keeper storing 5-6 months; maxima type; vigorous sprawling vines.

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Butterbaby Butternut

Heirloom / OP Butternut

Cucurbita spp. In the diverse family of squash are true nutritional powerhouses, encompassing a wide array of forms, flavors, colorations, and culinary applications. Squash are rich in the carotenoids necessary for vitamin A production and boast a wide complement of amino acids. While starchy, most of the carbohydrates in the fruit come from special polysaccharides, pectins, which have exhibited strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-diabetic, insulin-regulating properties.

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Buttercup

105 days Heirloom / OP Buttercup

Cucurbita spp. In the diverse family of squash are true nutritional powerhouses, encompassing a wide array of forms, flavors, colorations, and culinary applications. Squash are rich in the carotenoids necessary for vitamin A production and boast a wide complement of amino acids. While starchy, most of the carbohydrates in the fruit come from special polysaccharides, pectins, which have exhibited strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-diabetic, insulin-regulating properties.

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Butternut Waltham

95–110 days Heirloom / OP Winter Squash

Tan bell-shaped 2–3 kg fruit; rich sweet orange flesh; excellent keeper storing 4–6 months; moschata type resists vine borers.

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Delicata

95–100 days Heirloom / OP Winter Squash

Oblong 20cm cream-coloured fruit with green stripes; sweet orange flesh; edible thin skin; pepo type; compact vines suit small gardens; stores 2-3 months.

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Honeynut

110 days Heirloom / OP butternut

A renowned farm-to-table chef and a Cornell breeder worked for 6 years, crossing the flavorful, savory butternut with the sweet buttercup, to create this more manageable, 4"–5" butternut. The thin, edible skin signals ripeness by turning from green to terracotta, either on or off the plant. Compact vines are great for containers or trellises. Plants are resistant to powdery mildew and squash vine borers. Stores up to 6 months.

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Red Kuri

92–100 days Heirloom / OP Winter Squash

Japanese maxima type; teardrop-shaped 1.5-2.5kg bright orange-red fruit; smooth chestnut-like flavour; thin skin; makes excellent soup; stores 3-4 months.