Vegetable Description: Early Summer Crookneck is a popular early variety that is great for the home garden or market! Holds and ships well. Bush type plants produce warted light-yellow curve-necked fruits with creamy-white flesh, with a good buttery flavor! Generally used at the 5-6" stage. Matures in about 50 days. Average water needs. Attractive to bees, butterflies, and/or birds.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Cucurbita pepo

Other Common Names: Summer Yellow Crookneck, Summer Crookneck, Early Golden Summer Crookneck, Early Summer Crookneck

Vegetable Duration: Annual

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 50

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 380

Vegetable Height: 24” to 36”

Vegetable Spacing: 36” to 48”

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside after danger of last frost. Plant in hills of 2-3 plants per hill at 36”-48” apart, and 1“ below soil surface.

Vegetable Seed Saving: Allow squash to ripen on plants; then collect seeds. Clean and dry the seeds before storage in cool dry conditions.

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