RE: [gardeners] gardeners Digest V1 #618

Ed Wise (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 20:23:08 -0500

> Anyone here raised delicata squash?  This is my first year, and I'm
> wondering how they should look when ready to be picked.  Thanks.
>
> Diane
>
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Yellow, but not as yellow as a crook-necked squash, and with green stripes
like a watermelon. They'll keep for weeks if you put them someplace cool.
And they are delicious no matter how you fix them.
Wonder how they got that name.