Winter Squash, Acorn Squash 'Carnival'

Vigorous plant with excellent taste. In fact, some critters thought so too, so I had to surround the ripening fruit with flowerpots to k...Read Moreeep them from being nibbled on. Most skins have a mottled green and cream color, but some have colorful splotches of yellow and dark green as well. Getting anywhere from 2 to 4 fruits per vine. The meat is a pleasant orange when roasted in the microwave.

Carnival Squash - Cream colored with orange spots or pale green with dark green spots in vertical stripes - coloration sometimes divided...Read More part and part . Carnival Squash have hard, thick skins and only the golden flesh is eaten.

I've not actually grown this squash, but I have eaten it and it is supurb!

A lovely decorative squash that you will actual...Read Morely enjoy eating. They can be cooked like the traditional Acorn types (split and baked with butter and brown sugar, or rosted with onions, ginger and black pepper.

It keeps well and seems to develop a richer flavor with age.

Harris Seeds describes as follows;"
85 Days. This is the most exciting squash to be introduced in years! The vigorous, semi-bush p...Read Morelant produces a high yield of acorn-shaped fruit that are shades of green, yellow and orange. The fruit are easy-to-pick, growing near the crown of the plant, and have a golden yellow flesh that is delicious. And, the great taste improves during storage. Try Carnival this year – you’ll love it!"