Burgess Buttercup Squash (Cucurbita maxima) A selection from a chance cross between Essex and Quality varieties, propagated by plant breeders at North Dakota State University in the 1930’s. In search of a replacement for Sweet Potatoes, the resulting high flavour and texture squash was named Buttercup. Plants yield 8-10 hard green blocky fruits resembling mini curling rocks or flattened Turbans.
95-100 days to maturity
20 seeds per packet $4.45
Planting Instructions: Seed indoors 1/2 inch deep. Line out transplants after risk of frost has past, spacing 5-6 feet apart. Direct seed in raised hills sowing 5-6 seeds 1/2 inch deep. Soil temperature should be at least 21 degrees C. Space mounds 5-6 feet apart, thinning to 3 plants per mound.
