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'Boston Marrow' Squash - Winter


Sub-Category:	Misc.

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Vines bear 12- to 14-pound, orange-red fruit.
Days To Maturity:	110
Seed Sources:	Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 11/13/2008 by CvilleGardener - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This squash is great; easy to grow, though vines easily took up 100 sq. ft. The color is a beautiful deep orange; the shape is oblong, not quite round, with bumpy ridges -- very striking. I only got two squash out of four plants before the frost, but the two I got were huge -- 25lbs each. If I had planted earlier in the summer, I might have gotten more. Nevertheless, the flesh is quite tasty;it makes great cakes and soups ...

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