Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Argentine Primitive'

Susceptible to blight, but got a great crop. Squash is heavy and dense, sweet with lots of meat. Meat does not readily leave skin after c...Read Moreooking like other squashes. Blue green turning to grey with warting on skin. Definately worth trying more of, looks to be a long keeper. Squash can take a frost. Left one out until mid November, several lows in the twenties and it is fine. Got my seed from Sandhill Preservation Center. Glen Drowns.

This squash grew well, however, the squash bugs flocked to it, ignoring various other squashes, pumpkins, and summer squash (scallop, ban...Read Moreana, buttercup, delicata, zucchini, big max, Connecticut field and spaghetti) that were all nearby. Also, the squash tends to have an extremely large seed cavity in comparison to the size of the fruit....basically, we got just as much squash out of one of these as a buttercup that was a third of its size.

As described by Baker Creek: "A beautiful deep green, ribbed pumpkin that grows to around 8 lbs, and is filled with thick, rich flesh of ...Read Morehigh quality and deep orange in color. A good-keeping, historic ancestor of the buttercup squash. It is flat to oval in shape. Very rare and unique."