Squash

Bischofsmütze is a trailing, multicoloured red-white-green squash. Its characteristic form makes it very decorative, but it can also be eaten. Orange coloured flesh. Stores very well. Sweet taste.

The squash variety Blue Ballet has round, slightly pear shaped fruits with turquoise to blue-green skin and firm yellow-orange flesh. Each plant 1-2 fruits. Good keeper. Slight floury consistency with strongly developed nutty flavour.

Japanese Hokkaido variety Blue Kuri has grey blue fruits. Weight of fruit varies between 1 and 2 kg. Each trailing plant has 4-5 fruits. Stores for up to six months. Very good flavour.

The bush-type squash Bush Delicata has only a slight trailing tendency. It has small, long-shaped fruits that grow close to the main stem like courgettes. Beige-green striped edible skin and light orange flesh. Healthy, vigorous plants with a high yi...The bush-type, slightly trailing squash Bush Delicata (Cucurbita pepo) produces small, elongated fruits (0.5-0.7 kg) that grow closely around the main stem similar to zucchinis. They have a beige-green striped, edible skin and light orange flesh. Hea...

Butternut Waltham is a trailing kitchen squash with a remarkable pear shape. The fawn coloured fruits are very practical for the kitchen because the orange coloured flesh is free of seeds throughout its 30 cm length; There is a small seed cavity at t...

Fictor is a trailing Hokkaido variety with small, pendulous, glowing red fruits. Very uniform and with a beautiful round fruit form. Early ripening. Variety with the best storage quality. Liable to stay small under less favourable conditions. Sow ca....

The squash variety Filamento has long, yellowish fruits. When cooked the flesh breaks down into spaghetti-like threads. The skin cannot be eaten. Fruits weigh between 1-3 kg.

Moschata squash Futsu Black is trailing and warmth loving, with relatively long development time. Fruit start off dark green and as they ripen they turn beige and finally gain a grey sheen. Inside they are brilliant orange. It has an exceptionally fr...

Green Hokkaido is a green, trailing Hokkaido variety. Notable for its specially fine flavour and its long storage capacity. It should be marketed in succession to Red Kuri. Dark green skin, fruit flesh yellow to orange. Particularly delicate flavour,...

Jack o' Lantern is a typical Halloween pumpkin. The plant is slightly trailing. The mature golden yellow fruits can weigh up to 3 kg and can keep for about four months.

Muscat de Provence is a trailing, vigorous squash variety with dark green, flattened, round and ribbed fruits which gain a yellowy grey shimmer as they ripen. Flesh orange red. Late ripening, stores well when well matured. Warmth loving and especiall...

Nutterbutter is a uniform, small-sized butternut squash with fruits weighing between 0.8-1.2 kg. Late maturing and resistant to powdery mildew. Good flavour.

Bush type. Patisson blanc is a flat, round, cream coloured squash, waved or serrated along the edge. Stores for a limited period. Mild in flavour. Eat young with skin like courgettes.

Red Kuri is a broad and round, orange, trailing Hokkaido squash with yellow flesh. Good storage quality. Sow ca. 10,000-12,000 seeds/ha. High yielding. Produces acceptably large fruits even in less favourable areas. Fine nutty flavour.

Rouge vif d'Etampes (Roter Zentner) is a trailing, vigorous squash, with very large flattened round, orange to orange red fruits. Flesh yellow orange. Stores a long time. Weight 5-25 kg.

Solor is a trailing, orange coloured, thick fleshed Hokkaido squash with uniform shape. Very good storage quality. Sow between 10,000-12,000 seeds/ha. Solor is somewhat darker and smaller in comparison to Red Kuri.

Sweet Dumpling is a small fruited squash with a decorative skin that can also be used for decorative purposes. The fruit has a creamy white background colour and green ribs. Stores for 3-4 months. The orange flesh has a distinct chestnut like flavou...