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| 'Rampicante-Tromboncino' Squash - Summer |
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Zucchini
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| Description: |
5-foot vines bear slender, up to 36-inch, yellow-green fruit with bulbous ends. Harvest anytime from a few inches to full length. Also known as 'Tromboncino'.
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60-80
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| Rating Summary
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Overall:
(5.0 Stars) 
Taste:
(4.7 Stars)
Yield:
(5.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability:
(5.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 9
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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, Sep 30, 2009
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Reviewer:
beckspenc from CA
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| This squash is fantastic! I especially love the mature winter squash variety. |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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, Jul 11, 2009
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Reviewer:
containergardener from CA
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| We grow this zucchetta squash under the name "Tromba d'Albegna." It seems to be the same as "tromboncino rampicante," listed here. In Italy, there are three types of squash: zucchini and close relatives (truly summer squash); zucchetta (can be either summer or winter squash, depending on the amount of time it spends on the vine) and zucca (what we call winter squash). The root word is zucca. Zucchini means "tiny zuccas" while zucchetta significes "rather small zucca." In the British Isles, zucchetta is called marrow or vegetable marrow. The beauty of zucchetta is that you can eat it young as you would zucchini, or you can leave it on the vine, where this variety grows to large size and turns beige. When it is entirely beige (no white stripes), it is ready to be harvested as winter squash. It is very good winter squash, similar to butternut, but tastier. We slice it and bake it with butter, cinnamon and nutmeg. It lasts all winter stored at room temperature. The longer it is stored, the better it gets. It is highly decorative and looks fine on a spinet piano top or as a table decoration. One plant will suffice for a family of ten. Give it plenty of room. It seems resistant to every disease and pest. A few leaves get powdery mildew, but it doesn't seem to phase the vigorous plant.
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, Jun 15, 2009
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Reviewer:
Calchick from CA
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| we always had trouble growing zucchini type squash because of powdery mildew here in S. California. We tried this and it tastes very similar and mild and grows up a trellis. No problem with the p. mildew! I make cakes, pancakes (like potato) and grill them. this variety is great. we grow every year |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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, Feb 07, 2009
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OhioMG from OH
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| My All-Time Favorite Zucchini and the one that got my "I don't like zucchini" husband to change his mind for good. It grills up lovely, sautes like a dream, and even stood up decently to being frozen, though that application is best for stews rather than plain. We had such superior production -- one planting fed us from mid-late July through to frost -- that we not only made bread from it (which it did wonderfully and with less liquid than other zukes), we also shredded it to make Zucchini Pancakes (like potato pancakes). Oh, wow, were they ever good! We also froze some raw shredded to use in pancakes or breads, and it worked like fresh. Can't go wrong with this variety!!
It is best trellised, however. We grow it up cattle fencing in raised beds. |
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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, Feb 07, 2009
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Reviewer:
OhioMG from OH
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| My All-Time Favorite Zucchini and the one that got my "I don't like zucchini" husband to change his mind for good. It grills up lovely, sautes like a dream, and even stood up decently to being frozen, though that application is best for stews rather than plain. We had such superior production -- one planting fed us from mid-late July through to frost -- that we not only made bread from it (which it did wonderfully and with less liquid than other zukes), we also shredded it to make Zucchini Pancakes (like potato pancakes). Oh, wow, were they ever good! We also froze some raw shredded to use in pancakes or breads, and it worked like fresh. Can't go wrong with this variety!!
It is best trellised, however. We grow it up cattle fencing in raised beds. |
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