Cucurbita maxima
Contains 3 grams
Silver Bell was a selection from Blue Banana. Blue Banana was a Ferry-Morse introduction in 1956.
The vines are 5-6' long and produce squash that are typically 4 pounds.
Fruit is very dry and stores well.
The sugar content is AMAZING in Silver Bells. Watermelons, that we think of as sweet for example only have a brix of 7-10 (brix sugar level test). Silver Bells rated 15 brix in our test!!!
This high sugar content had us changing pie and bread recipes to suit this amazing squash. You literally need half the amount of sugar or less in your recipes.
Employees fight over who gets to take these home every year as they are so delicious.
A farm favorite!