148 – II.2. SQUASHES, PUMPKINS, ZUCCHINIS, GOURDS (CURCURBITA SPECIES)
Annex 2.A2
Horticultural types in Cucurbita species
Table 2.A2.1. Horticultural types in Cucurbita species
Species Type Description Typical cultivars
C. argyrosperma Cushaw Striped, green or white hard rind. Pear shaped or with a
straight or curved neck.
Green striped cushaw;
Japanese pie; Tennessee
sweet potato
C. maxima Banana Elongated fruit pointed at the ends. Orange or pink
moderately hard rind.
Banana; Pink banana
Delicious Top shaped. Orange or green hard rind. Delicious; Golden delicious
Hubbard Round at the middle tapering at each end. Blue, orange or
green, hard warty rind.
Hubbard; Blue hubbard;
Golden hubbard
Marrow Lemon-shaped with orange hard rind. Boston marrow
Show Very large globular, sutured, light orange fruit. Moderately
hard rind.
Atlantic giant; Big Max
Turban Turban shaped with a large button. Hard rind. Turks turban; Warren;
Turks cap
C. moschata Tropical pumpkin Round, oblate or irregular shape. Green, buff, yellow or
piebald hard rind.
La Primera; Seminole;
Solar
Cheese Variable shape, smooth, hard, buff-coloured hard rind. Dickinson; Kentucky field
Crookneck Long, curved or straight neck. Smooth, hard rind, usually
buff.
Golden crookneck;
Walthan butternut; Zenith
Bell Bell-shaped. Orange flesh. Tan hard rind. Seminole; Upper ground
sweet potato
C. pepo Acorn Acorn-shaped grooved fruit. Dark green, orange or white
hard rind.
Heart of gold; Table ace;
Tay belle
Cocozelle Long, cylindrical, bulbous blossom end. Striped or variegated
green soft rind.
Cocozelle; Long cocozelle
Crookneck Elongated with narrow, curved neck. Yellow soft rind. Dixie; Yellow summer
crookneck; Supersett
Ornamental gourd Variously shaped and coloured. Smooth or warty hard rind. Orange ball; Crown of
thorns
Pumpkin Large, round, oval oblate shape. Mostly orange, sometimes
white relatively soft rind.
Connecticutt field; Howden
Jack-be-little; Small sugar
Scallop Flattened with scalloped margins. White, yellow, green or
bicoloured soft rind.
Peter pan; Sunburst; White
bush scallop
Straightneck Long, cylindrical, yellow soft rind. Enterprise; Goldbar;
Multipic
Vegetable marrow Short, tapered, cylindrical. Light green. Clarita; Goya; Zahra
Zucchini Uniformly cylindrical. Green or yellow to gray soft rind. Dividend; Revenue;
Spineless beauty
Some of the types listed in Table 2.A2.1 are not grown in production agriculture.
For example, “Show” pumpkins are grown for competition in the heaviest fruit contests
held in various parts of the United States. The 2000 winner weighed in at 517 kilograms.
Other types that are regionally important and of historical interest are certain cushaw and
vegetable marrow squash. These cultivars can be bought commercially at concerns
dedicated to the preservation of heirloom varieties (e.g. http://www.sandhillpreservation.com).
