Sweet Meat Winter Squash Seeds - (Cucurbita maxima)

Sweet Meat Winter Squash

This beautiful hard slate-gray blueish squash with thick golden-yellow sweet dry string-less and fiber-less flesh makes wonderful baked pies. The flavor sweetens with age and keeps for many months. The 1947 Gill Brother’s catalog emphasized they ". . . kept six squash in good edible condition from crop to crop." and, ". . . the flavor and sweetness increases with age for at least six months from harvest."

The thick, rambling vines need some space to stretch out and grow, but you’ll get many flavorful squash in return for your efforts. Insects and animals rarely get through the tough skin. Store the squash after cleaning in a cool location or bake and freeze.

Originally introduced by Gill Brothers Seed Company of Portland Oregon in 1947. Also known as Sweet Meat Oregon squash.

Uses

Makes great pies, soups and baked-goods. Not as sweet as some pumpkin varieties but a great substitute.

Growing Tip

Sow 5 seeds per hill, 4' apart. Thin to best 2-3 plants. Squash seeds dislike cold soil. It's better to wait until the soil is warm to plant the seeds.

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