Hybrid
BSX 425• Uniform medium large fruit • Large vigorous plant • Late Maturity: 105 - 110 days • Compact fruit • Resistant to cracking of fruits • Rind: 2 mm • Brix: 12 • Average Weight: 1.7 - 1.9 kgs • Long shelf life |
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BSX 426• Medium size fruit • Large vigorous plant with long vine • Late Maturity: 110 days • Good quality even fruit • Tan external color • Orange internal color • Blossom Scare End: 2.2 cm • Brix: 11 • Average Weight: 1.5 - 1.8 kgs • Long shelf life |
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BSX 433• Lebanese Squash with cylindrical shape • Open plant habit • Heavy yielder • Good fruit quality • Tolerant Against: ZYMV, PRSV, MWV2 |
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BSX 443• Pumpkin type • Smooth dark green skin with brown spots • High flat shape • Yellow flesh • Average Weight: 2 - 4 kgs • Average Maturity: 80 days |
Open pollinated
Variety | Summer/Winter | Days to maturity | Plant habit | Fruit size | Fruit shape | Fruit skin | Remarks |
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Black Beauty | S | 50 | Open bush | 20 x 5 cm | Slightly tapered | Dark green glossy | Home market and shipping variety. Good flavor. |
Caserta | S | 40 | Open bush | 12-15 cm | Cylindrical, tapered toward stem ends | Gray-green striped | Early maturing and distinctive. Good for shipping and home. |
Crookneck Early Summer Squash | S | 45 | Compact | 12-15 cm | Curved neck, bulbous at blossom end | Light yellow | Popular standard variety, mild sweet flavored. Holds and ships well. |
Straitneck Early Prolific | S | 60 | Upright | 15-20 cm | Slightly tapered, cylinder | Lemon yellow | Popular standard variety. Firm, tender and succulent flesh. Very prolific. |
Table Queen Acorn | W | 85 | Vine medium | 10-14 cm | Acorn shaped, deeply ribbed, pointed toward blossom end | Dark olive green | Excellent storage, good shipping, good baking quality. |
Vegetable Marrow, White Bush | S | 45 | Large | 17-20 cm | Bulbous | Creamy white | Excellent flavor, good for stuffing. Best when used before maturity. |
Vegetable Spaghetti | W | 90 | Vine | 25-30 cm long, 12-15 cm diam. | Cylindrical | Yellow | Yellow tender flesh can be stored into mid winter. Excellent for home and market. |
Waltham Butternut | W | 95 | Vigorous vine | 20-25 cm long | Bottle shaped, elongated pear | Tan | All purpose variety with medium storage capability. |
Zapallito Del Tronco | S | 50 | Upright, bushy | 7-10 cm diam. | Round | Medium green | Fresh market and home garden variety. Popular in the southern part of South America. |
Zucchini Black | S | 45 | Bushy with heavy cover | 15-20 cm long, 5 cm diam. | Cylindrical, straight with slight ridging at the stem end | Very dark green | Ships and stores well. Seeds are distinctively long and narrow. |
Zucchini Gray | S | 50 | Open bush | 15-18 cm long, 5 cm diam. | Almost cylindrical | Green with grayish tone | Good shipper. High quality flesh. Mild flavor. |
Zucchini Round | S | 45 | Vigorous | 6-7 cm diam. | Globe | Greenish gray skin | Tasty home garden type. Very productive. |
Dark Green Zucchini | S | 50 | Bush, closed habit, spiny | 18-22 cm long, 5 cm diam. | Cylindrical, smooth | Rich dark green | Excellent Italian squash flavor. A home and market variety. |