Sibley or Pike's Peak Squash
Cucurbita maxima
110 days, 4 grams (15-20 seeds)
Also known as Pike's Peak
Hubbard type squash that are oblong, tear-drop shaped slate-blue colored fruits. Average fruit weights around 9 pounds, can range from 5-15 lbs in size. Vigorous 12-15 foot vines.
The flesh is orange and thick with an excellent sweet flavor. With a hard rind it is an outstanding winter keeper. The flesh dries out and the taste often become more full-flavored and delicious with time. Keep this squash until after the new year and enjoy its sweetened flavor.
Introduced commercially by Hiram Sibley & Co. of Rochester, NY in 1887. Sibleys squash is believed to be Native American in origin and is similar to varieties found among the Winnebago Indians.