Delicata
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C. pepo
Sweet and mild tasting squash with thin, edible skin. Delicata produce oblong, 0.5-1kg (1-2lb), pale yellow fruit with green stripes.
Delicata have a very sweet, appealing flavour that people frequently compare with sweet potatoes. Fruit average 13-18cm (7-9") long by 8cm (3"). Allow the fruits to ripen fully on the vines but harvest before frost. Delicata squash require little to no curing post-harvest, and store for about 3 months when properly stored.
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- Mild tasting
- Vining habit
- Thin-skinned, delicate
- Open-pollinated seeds
- Matures in 100 days
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Original: $2.92
-65%$2.92
$1.02
Description
[description action="start"]
C. pepo
Sweet and mild tasting squash with thin, edible skin. Delicata produce oblong, 0.5-1kg (1-2lb), pale yellow fruit with green stripes.
Delicata have a very sweet, appealing flavour that people frequently compare with sweet potatoes. Fruit average 13-18cm (7-9") long by 8cm (3"). Allow the fruits to ripen fully on the vines but harvest before frost. Delicata squash require little to no curing post-harvest, and store for about 3 months when properly stored.
[description action="end"][quickfacts action="start quickfacts"]
- Mild tasting
- Vining habit
- Thin-skinned, delicate
- Open-pollinated seeds
- Matures in 100 days
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