Vegetable Description: Vigorous vines of the Table Queen Acorn Squash produce medium sized dark olive-green acorn shaped deeply ribbed fruits. Productive and compact! Sweet, dry, golden-yellow flesh is excellent for baking. Great keeper! Mature fruit are 5-6" long x 4-4.5" in diameter with a thin hard shell. Average water needs. Attractive to bees, butterflies, and/or birds.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Cucurbita pepo

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Vegetable Duration: Annual

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 80

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 350

Vegetable Height: 6” to 12”

Vegetable Spacing: 4' to 6'

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside after danger of last frost. Plant in hills of 2-3 plants per hill at 4' to 6' 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.