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'Tennessee Sweet Potato' Squash - Winter

Sub-Category:	Misc.

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Heirloom winter squash/pumpkin. Vines bear pear-shaped, 10- to 20-pound, light-green and cream-striped fruit. Good keeper but eating quality isn't great.
Days To Maturity:	95-100
Seed Sources:

Rating Summary

Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (2.0 Stars) Yield: (3.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

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Reviewed on 06/02/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This cultivar resembles a neckless Green Striped Cushaw. It is more difficult to grow and is inferior in quality to the Green Sriped Cushaw. I grow it for nostalgia, because I use to grow it as a kid. For years seed was almost impossible to find. It is a Cushaw type.

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