Description
Canada Crookneck squash is a butternut type with superior flavor, yields and storability. It sports long, bottleneck shaped fruits that average 3-4 lbs and are seedless down the entire length of the neck. Slice the necks into perfect rounds for easy cooking and halve the bulbous for your favorite stuffed squash recipe. This squash’s earliness and productivity absolutely amazed us at it outperformed all other butternuts in our trials. Canada Crookneck is part of Slow Foods US Ark of Taste, a catalog of over 200 culinarily exquisite foods in danger of extinction. Reported to originate with the Iroquois Indians, it was first introduced commercially in 1834 by Boston seedsman Charles H Hovey. Seed grown by Adaptive Seeds
Days to Maturity: 95 days
Latin Name: Cucurbita moschata
Life Cycle for seed saving: Annual
Planting Instructions:
Direct seed Canada Crookneck Squash in early May or start indoors 3 weeks before transplant. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 75-85°. Seeding depth:1/2”. Plant spacing: 24-36”. Row Spacing: 5-6 ft
All of our seed is Non-GMO and Certified Organic by Washington State Department of Agriculture. We grow the majority of our varieties here at Deep Harvest Farm on Whidbey Island while we purchase the rest from other small, organic Northwest seed growers. Finally, all of our offerings are open-pollinated (OP) so that you too can save and share seed from these plants!
