Squash

By following a few simple rules, squash can make even the most indifferent gardener an unqualified success. As soon as the soil is warm, plant eight to 10 seeds in hills of soil that are spaced 4 to 6 feet apart. Then thin the seedlings out, leaving the three sturdiest plants to each hill. Squash likes lots of organic matter such as aged manure or compost in its soil. For best flavor, harvest the vegetables while they are young and still shiny, and before their seeds are well-developed. A versatile vegetable, the many varieties of squash lend themselves to everything from appetizers to desserts. They are excellent sautéed or steamed and when used in casseroles, breads or cakes. They're even good raw with dips.

Enterprise
Matures in 41 days
Enterprise sets the standard for southeast growers with a very productive, vigorous plant and broad adaptability. Fruit at optimum maturity is 7 to 8 inches long. Plant is vigorous.
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Butternut
Matures in 100 days
Delicious, high-quality winter squash. Smooth, lightly buff-colored skin is thick and firm. Fruit is 12 inches long with an elongated shape. Interior is light yellow with a sweet, nutty flavor.
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Early Prolific Straightneck
Matures in 50 days
The name says it all. For best taste, harvest when fruit is young—about 4 to 6 inches in length. Pleasing clear yellow flesh.
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Cream Of The Crop Hybrid
Matures in 85 days
A compact bush-type plant, perfect for smaller gardens. This All-America Selections winner is disease-resistant and produces 3 pound fruits. Creamy white flesh with a nutty flavor.
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Gold Rush
Matures in 49 days
Gold Rush produces early, straight, uniform yellow zucchini fruit. Fruit is golden yellow with dark green stem. Very productive single stem plant.
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Starship Hybrid
Matures in 45 days
Scallop variety that delivers flavorful fruit. Glossy, medium- dark green with a small blossom scar. Open bush makes the fruit easy to see.
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Golden Summer Crookneck
Matures in 52 days
A bush-type variety, this classic is about 10 inches long and 3 1/2 inches in diameter. It has a small crooked neck with enlarged blossom end where seeds are borne. Rich yellow and covered with warts. Weighs about 2 pounds.
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Dixie Hybrid
Matures in 41 days
These classic, high-yielding lemon yellow crooknecks grow 4 to 6 inches and are very uniform.
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Zenith Hybrid
Matures in 88 days
This high-yielding variety weighs an average of 2 1/2 pounds and has fine-grained flesh and delicious flavor.
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Royal Acorn
Matures in 85 days
Fruit of this fall and winter variety is about 5 1/2 inches long, 4 inches in diameter, acorn shaped and deeply grooved. Flesh is orange and sweet, and skin is smooth and greenish-black, sometimes becoming partly yellow in storage.
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Early White Bush
Matures in 52 days
Scallop-edged and flattened, this patty-pan variety is sweet, nutty and white-fleshed. For optimum eating quality, harvest when fruit is 8 inches in diameter. Compact bush-type plant is ideal when space is a factor.
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Spineless Beauty Hybrid
Matures in 43 days
Named for its spineless stems that reduce fruit damage, this high-yielding variety is cylindrical, dark-green and glossy. Fruit is 8 inches long.
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Heart of Gold
Matures in 90 days
A beautiful winter squash with golden orange, fine grained flesh. The large, heart-shaped fruit has a creamy white rind with green mottled stripes. Produced on a semi-bush-type plant.
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Early Butternut Hybrid
Matures in 92 days
Fruit is 10 to 12 inches long, fairly stocky and tan in color. Flesh is fine-textured and sweet. An early, highly productive, semi-bush hybrid.
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Black Beauty
Matures in 45 days
A continual bush-type plant that produces cylindrical fruit that are straight and slender with slight ridges. 6 to 8 inches at edible stage, fruit is very dark, turning green at full maturity. Flesh is white, firm and fine.
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Hybrid Sunburst Squash
Matures in 50 days
Beautiful butter yellow scallop-type squash. Each squash is accented with a small dark green ring. Mild, white flesh remains tender and firm. Best used when around 3 inches across. Ready to harvest 50 to 55 days after sowing.
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Goldbar Squash
Matures in 43 days
Goldbar produces high yields of cylindrical, uniform, smooth yellow fruit. The compact, upright, open plant is easily harvested by the commercial grower, processor, or home gardener.
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