Fruits

fruit. A pumpkin is, in fact, a fruit. According to expert Joe Masabni, Ph. D., Texas A&M Agri Life Extension Service vegetable specialist in Dallas,… Read More »Is Pumpkin A Fruit Or Squash?

Summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) may be known in the United States as pattypan squash, but here in Australia, we generally just call them squash. Do… Read More »What Do They Call Squash In Australia?

So, if your recipe calls for pumpkin but you do not have any in your kitchen, you can substitute other winter squash varieties, measure for… Read More »Can Squash Be Used As Pumpkin?

Squash have been a staple of the American diet since the first prehistoric peoples entered North America via the land bridge from Asia. Squash and… Read More »Where Did Native Americans Get Squash?

Candy Roaster. The empress was a variety of Cucurbita maxima known as a Candy Roaster. Cherokee tribes in the southern Appalachians valued this squash for… Read More »What Type Of Squash Did The Cherokee Grow?

The buffalo gourd has the potential of being a crop adapted to arid to semiarid lands. Fresh gourd: The fresh young gourd can be eaten… Read More »Can You Eat Buffalo Squash?

Yellow squash is bad if the skin is mushy or spongy, and the skin should have a lustrous sheen and be worm-free. Squash with wrinkled… Read More »What Does Bad Squash Look Like?