Relative Days:
105
Type:
Ornamental / Moschata
Size:
3 - 5 lbs.
Color:
Dark Blue-Green to Tan
Characteristics:
This small, bumpy, heavily ribbed Japanese squash is gaining in popularity. Fairly early for a moschata family squash, it has a very smooth, fine-grained flesh and a fruity flavor at harvest. The fruitiness takes on a nutty depth in storage and is excellent roasted in wedges or battered and fried as tempura. Due to its very edible thin skin, it doesn’t require peeling. Productive vines have a medium sprawl and very heavy fruit set. The dark green fruits ripen to a remarkable buff tawny blushed bluish color and develop a thin white film known as “bloom” on the surface.
