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Qjure
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Qjurious
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Cucurbita maxima
English: Sqaush.
German: Riesen-Kürbis.
French: Potiron.
Dutch: Pompoen; Reuzenpompoen.
Source: Harry van der Zee, Links.
Cultural: a melo-drama; mellow.
Taxonomy
Cucurbita maxima is cultivated from the wild Cucurbita andreana in South America over 4000 years ago. The two species hybridize quite readily but have noticeably different calcium levels.
Varieties
Arikara squash, Arikara tribe of the Dakotas.
Banana squash, elongated shape.
Boston marrow, sweet tasting, narrow at one end and bulbous at the other.
Buttercup squash.
Candy Roaster squash, Cherokee people in the southern Appalachians.
Hubbard squash, tear-drop shape.
Jarrahdale pumpkin.
Kabocha, Japanese variety.
Lakota squash, American variety.
Nanticoke squash.
Turban squash.