This attractive Acorn Squash is a winter variety with pale orange skins and creamy white flesh. The fruits are produced in abundance, each weighing up to 700g. As the name suggests, they make a delicious alternative to traditional baked potatoes, but can also be roasted or used in warming soups.
Trailing. Unique introduction in the butternuts. Squash Barbara Butternut has a rich orange, delicious tasting flesh with an unusual striped green skin
Very prolific fruiting winter squash - each plant can produce over 25 fruits! The tennis ball-sized, cream-skinned fruits are delicious baked whole - just prick the skin and pop them in the oven. Or slice off the top and cook individual stuffed squash. Mature fruits will store over a very long period.
Perfect for growing in the vegetable plot or in containers on the patio.
Bushy. An outstanding early British-bred Butternut squash. In T&M's trials Squash Harrier F1 was the quickest to ripen, and was ready to harvest approximately 95 days from sowing. The bushy plants of Squash Harrier have an open habit allowing the sun to ripen fruits naturally on the plant giving added sweetness. Pear shaped fruits weigh 800g (1 3/4lb). 4 to 5 fruits per plant, with excellent long storage at 10C.
Here's four 'highsugar' varieties to offer home-growers an attractive mix of fruits to brighten the veg patch and the dinner plate.
Versatile and with a wonderful flavour, Squash ?Honeyboat? is one of the sweetest available and can be used in a wide variety of ways.
This British bred variety is perfectly adapted to our cooler climate, producing very high yields of 5-6 squash per plant! Butternut Squash ?Hunter? forms a bushy, open plant that allows the sunlight to penetrate for improved ripening. Crops are quick to set and ripen, so you can harvest the pale-tan, pear-shaped fruits, in just 95 days from sowing.
Growing winter Acorn Squash in your veg patch or allotment will provide you with, on average, four squashes per plant, each weighing up to 700g.
A winter Acorn Squash with a wonderful secret! Beneath the dazzling white skins lies a creamy white coloured flesh which looks just like mashed potato when it is baked and fluffed ? but at just a fraction of the calories!
Trailing. A famous French heirloom, the name of Squash Potimarron derives from potiron (pumpkin) and marron (chestnut). Squash Potimarron is one of the very best for baking and roasting, fruits reach 125-175 kilos (3-4lbs) in weight with an aromatic chestnut like taste. Good for storage.
A winter squash from British breeding, with unique silver foliage! This eye-catching variety makes a superb ornamental edible, worthy of a prominent spot, where its unusual colouring can be fully appreciated. Its compact habit makes Squash ?Silver Dust? ideal for large patio containers, as well as the vegetable plot.