Vegetables
Year Introduced: 1982
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Ferry-Morse
Days to harvest: 50

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 2 ft.
Plant Spread: 2 ft.
Fruit: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Various insects

Common names
  • Summer Squash

Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Mar 10, 2019 3:22 PM concerning plant:
    This open pollinated, yellow crookneck type with very uniform, attractive fruits was introduced by Ferry Morse in 1982. The plants are large, vigorous and medium open. Ferry- Morse no longer carries it, nor have I found any other vendor in the past 15 years. Probably extinct.

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