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'Neck' Squash - Winter |
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Vines bear 15-pound, butternut-like, tan-skinned, orange-fleshed, 20- to 30-inch fruit that are 20 inches around at the base and 10 inches around at the neck. Necks may be straight or curled. Also known as 'Neck Pumpkin'.
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120
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (5.0 Stars)
Taste: (5.0 Stars)
Yield: (4.7 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.7 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 3
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 02/28/2011 by
Joseph L
- An experienced gardener
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Cache, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This is my favorite winter squash. It grows well. It stores until next years crop is ready. It tastes great. It is reliable year after year. |
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Reviewed on 02/27/2010 by
OhioMG
- An experienced gardener
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Huron, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This is my favorite winter squash, bar none. Flavor, yield, fineness of the flesh, keeping power -- you name it! First one I got was at a local Amish grower in 2007. We had one come up in the compost pile as a volunteer from those seeds, and even though we had a drought that summer that was broken by a deluge that covered the fruit with a couple inches of water, despite my best propping up efforts, that one plant gave us about 50 mature fruits. More were on the vine when frost finally took it. Plus, the flavor made other winter squash taste like softened styrofoam by comparison. Love it! |
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Reviewed on 02/11/2006 by
jpatti
- An intermediate gardener
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Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season:
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| These are sold in grocery stores here in PA and make the most incredible pies I've ever eaten. It took me some time to figure out what they were so I could order seed. Besides the above sources, Seedway also carries this. Although everyone else seems to call it a "neck pumpkin", Seedsavers calls it "Pennsylvania Dutch Crookneck Squash". It looks like a deformed butternut, is easy to grow, and as already mentioned, makes pies that are to die for. The fruits are insanely huge - you can get 6-8 pies out of one easily. Because they are so big, this plant replaces both winter squash and pumpkin in my garden. |
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