Hubbard Baby Blue Squash
Cucurbita maxima
(approximately 16 seeds per 4 grams, or 2633 seeds per pound)
A cross between Blue Hubbard and Bush Buttercup strains, this early maturing squash produces 4-6 pound fruit on a semi-bush plant. A good keeper, with pale blue-skin and sweet, dense, meat that you can enjoy through the winter.
90-110 days
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Winter Squash refers to those in the genus maxima including: acorn squash, banana squash, buttercup, hubbard squash and turban squash.
Heirloom winter squash comes in shapes round and elongated, scalloped and pear-shaped with flesh that ranges from golden-yellow to brilliant orange. Most winter heirloom squashes are vine-type plants whose fruits are harvested when fully mature. They take longer to mature than summer squash (3 months or more) and are best harvested once the cool weather of fall sets in. Winter Squash can be stored for months in a cool basement-hence the name "winter" squash.