Gem Squash

There are different squashes referred to as Gem Squash. Both are small, round squashes, about the size of a large apple.

In New Zealand, South Africa and in the UK, Gem Squash is likely to mean a summer squash. In America, it is likely to mean a winter squash (aka Little Gem Squash.)

Both may be the same squash, just harvested at different times.

Gem (the Summer Squash)

The squash has smooth, hard, dark-green skin, turning orange when left on the vine too long. You harvest when they're the size of an orange. Inside, they have sweet, firm, dense, yellowy-orange flesh. The plant produces long vines, stretching many yards / metres. You don't need to peel them at this stage. They can also be harvested and used as a winter squash; they have a good storage life when harvested that mature.

Little Gem Hubbard Squash (Cucurbita maxima)

These are miniature Golden Hubbard squash, weighing 3 to 5 pounds (1 1/3 to 2 1/4 kg.) Inside, they have dense, finely-textured flesh that is not watery, and that is good as pie or vegetable. These squash can be eaten young as a summer squash when they're the size of an orange, or left to ripen into winter squash, in which case the rind will turn dark orange. They go on long vines and can be trained up a trellis. They store well. 80 days from seed for use as a winter squash. Use for baking, especially for stuffing, with each one being an individual portion.

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Other entries for: Winter Squash
Acorn Squash, Baby Blue Hubbard Squash, Banana Squash, Berrettina Piacentina Squash, Black Futsu Squash, Blue Ballet Squash, Blue Lakota Squash, Boston Marrow Special Squash, Boston Marrow Squash, Buttercup Squash, Butternut Squash, Carnival Squash, Cornell Bush Delicata Squash, Crown Prince Squash, Cushaw Green Striped Squash, Delicata Squash, Galeux d'Eysines Squash, Gem Squash, Golden Delicious Squash, Golden Nugget Squash, Hubbard Squash, Jarradale Squash, Lakota Squash, Mammoth Squash, Mountaineer Squash, Muscat de Provence Squash, Piena di Napoli Squash, Queensland Blue Squash, Red Warty Thing Squash, Rugosa Butternut Squash, Rumbo Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Sucrine du Berry Squash, Swan White Acorn Squash, Sweet Dumpling Squash, Sweet Keeper Squash, Sweet Kikuza Squash, Sweet Meat Squash, Table King Bush Acorn Squash, Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash, Tonda Padana Squash, Turban Squash, Winter Luxury Pie Squash, Young's Beauty Squash, Zapalo Plomo Squash

Other entries for: Squash
Gourds, Pumpkins, Squash Blossoms, Summer Squash, Ugu

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