NASR > Cushaw Squash

Cucurbita argyrosperma. Striped cushaw-type fruit. Squash fruits vary in shape, color and flavor. Flowers, seeds and growing tips of vines are all edible. All fruits can be eaten when small and immature as summer squash, and mature as winter squash. The fast-growing vines have large splotched leaves. Characteristic peduncles are large and corky. The fruits of this species usually have a long storage life. Approx. 4.5g/15 seeds per packet.