1) squash- winter sweet dumpling
2) winter squash autumn crown
3) squash patty pan
4) squash yellow scalloped
5) winter squash sweet dumpling
6) squash butternut avalon f1
7) pumpkin rocket f1
Eight) squash spaghetti
9) squash harlequin
10) squash winter kabocha
11) squash queen
12) squash vegetable
13) squash crown price
14) pumpkin hundredweight
What can I expect size wise and yield from each variety?
1 & 5) are the same small squash I got on average 6 from each plant, they're suitable for stuffing, one for each person - generous, but not enough to serve 2 IMO. They store til about Winterval here.
2) I got only one fruit from Autumn Crown this year, maybe it was too dry for them. They taste quite like a butternut and store tll about about March - maybe longer if you're lucky.
3 & 4) are the same/very similar. Small custard pie shapped fruits with a scallopped edge to them. Pick small and use as courgettes. I'm not a great fan of these - I think there are tastier summer squashes. Children may prefer to eat these though, because of the shape
6) Not grown this particulat butternut, but tastewise they're prettymuch all the same. Most are harder to ripen in an average British summer than the other squashes.
7) I grew Rocket for the first time this year and only got 1 or 2 fruits on each plant and they were small for a pumpkin. The G kids will carve them soon, so can't help with taste or keeping quality.
Eight) Spaghetti squash are easy to grow and usually generous with fruit - they taste like courgettes to me, but are stringy like spaghetti inside. Should keep til Winterval.
9) I like Harlequin squash. With Celebration and Festival they make a group of very similar small squash that are called super sweets. They make very good eating IMO lovely however you cook them. About 6 - 8 per plant and store quite well..........if you don't eat them up quickly
10) ?
11) This is probably Table Queen an acorn squash. A nice shape, but a bit bland. Good for spiced soup - reliable croppers, up to 8 per plant (whatever the weather) and storage right through the winter.
12) ? Probably spaghetti squash
13) Lovely flavour, stores well, but a bit too large for me, as I'm only feeding myself.
14) A huge monster plant that would cover your whole plot given half a chance. For biggest pumpkin competitions only IMO.
15) I like Kabocha squash - I grow the red ones. A good ratio between flesh and seed cavity for the size and they are tasty. An in between size and they store well 4 or 5 per plant