We bought many years ago a squash from an Amish farmer and it was the best-tasting butternut squash that I have ever tried. So I saved seeds and grew it out. To my amazement, there was a cross or a mutation and it looked nothing like the butternut squash. But tasted even better!
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23 Comments
Have the successive generations maintained the flavor of that first “suprise?”
They look to me like a mini Tahitian melon squash which is a type of butternut squash.
How much does the better flavor correlate with the shape? Are the seeds mature now or do you have to age the fruit first? Thanks
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That is really cool that you're breeding your own new varieties!
You are devoping "heirloom"varieties. I use heirloom varieties because they are supposed to have been developed at least 50 years ago. Which means before GMO.
So if you can produce new heirloom varieties in a short time, what keeps a GMO company from calling their new varieties "heirloom"? And how can gardeners be sure variety is nonGMO?
Reminds me of a smaller version of Pa neck pumpkin that is an heirloom
Have you ever seen an Illinois Squash. You pretty much described the flesh and the shelf life. But their skin is much paler than your variety, and they grow upwards of 10 pounds but the general shape is the same. It’s easy to imagine that they cross pollinated with a butternut to lead you down your path. I hope this works out for you.
This one's for the ladies!
thank you this was helpful, and interesting, adding to the list
I want some!!
It was crossed with a Canada crookneck and another mochata type squash. The best tasting and longest keeping squash I've ever had is the Seminole. I've crossed the Seminole with the Canada crookneck and with a butternut and have my very own landrace squash that taste great and keeps for up to a year.
So for example if i want a big watermelon i should save the seeds from my biggest watermelon?
Careful, it looks like they'll try to spread their seed all over your garden
Perfecting new breeds of plants is my fav part of gardening next to eating fruits i grow. Ive been working on my own corn here in michigan for quite a few years and finally got the colors the way i wanted this year. I took it for 3 colors of Hopi/Navajo flour corn to over 300 unique colors/patterns and up to 50 unique colors on a single cob. I plan on setting some seed in the spring to spread the genetics out. If anyone is interested in seeing some of my fav colors from this years crop they are in my banner image. Take it easy.
I would name this squash "Bachelorette".
If you want an interesting rabbit hole to dive down, check out the Dwarf Tomato Project. They got the dwarf gene and put together an open source seed saving initiative and created over a hundred new open pollinated dwarf tomato varieties! They are just like your favorite heirloom, but dwarf size (my favorites are the Rosella Purple (exactly like the Cherokee purple fruit size and flavor wise) and the Adelaide Festival).
Very phallic
I can't be the only one thinking it…
Gooseneck? Giraffeneck? Also, maybe track down the amish guy and offer them seeds. They'll be so proud of your discovery.
In terms of some of the discards, if you still have their seeds, they could be interesting to be shielded from the choice butternecks and selected for different characteristics (good necks but more seeds, or different colours).
I have made a manual cross between the butternut squash and sweet dumpling squash. I call it Butternut Dumpling. It's still at the F2 stage and the genetic variation is crazy. I am surprised you have only had 2 shapes really as at the F2 stage (and later stages) plants will exhibit a wide range of genetic differences. But that sounds like a great mutation / cross.
I absolutely LOVE these squash, I remember the first year and even suggesting the name🤣 I grew some this year and it's DELICIOUS, fantastic texture too