Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

Reviewed on 08/26/2006 by FlipTX - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Harris, Texas, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
I planted Arikara and Butterbush squash seeds at the same time, in similar soils and conditions. Th Butterbush has yielded fruit, but the Arikara hasn't, despite supposedly being earlier. In fact, it's only had two female flowers bloom, and both of those went unfertilized. However, it hasn't been a total disappointment, because there has been a profusion of male blossoms that I've been able to harvest for frying. Perhaps this squash does not like the intense heat of a late TX summer. I will plant again earlier in the spring and update my review then. The vines are long and vigorous.