[Homestead] ???

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Fri Mar 6 19:30:45 EST 2009


What I saw said butternuts are Moschata, so they would cross with the 
pepos...right, or not?

Just want to be clear..

B

Clansgian at wmconnect.com wrote:
>>> Butternut doesn't cross with Acorn?
>> Will either cross with cukes?
>> I can never remember.
> 
> It doesn't.  Acorn squash is 'cucurbita pepo' and butternut is 'cucurbita 
> mixta' and they can't cross.
> 
> Hubbard squashes are 'cucurbita maxima' and won't cross with either.  
> 
> Now here's the nicely confusing part.  Most summer squashes including 
> zucchini are C. Pepo and will cross with acorn squashes.  What passes for pumpkins 
> are sometimes C. Pepo, sometimes C. Mixta, and sometimes C. Maxima and will 
> cross within their species.
> 
> Most cushaws are C. Argyrosperma which means "silver seed" but some are C. 
> Moschata.
> 
> 
> James
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