Burgess Winter Buttercup Squash:
The Squash Winter Burgess Buttercup, 'Cucurbita maxima', is arguably the best tasting and best flavored winter squash. The Burgess Buttercup Squash has very sweet, stringless, and fiberless flesh. Being a winter squash, it will store for several months. The 6 foot vines have flattened turban-shaped squash that are 5 to 8 inches in diameter and about 4 pounds in weight. They should be harvested when you can't dent the hard skin with your finger. Winter squash cannot be overripe, but can be under ripe.
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