White Bush Scallop Patty Pan Squash
While the vines and leaves look much like any other squash plant the fruits of patty pan squash look like flattened balls with scalloped edges.
White bush scallop patty pan squash. Early white bush scallop squash is a variety of summer squash more familiarly known as pattypan squash. They can be almost white green yellow or some combination of those colors. White scallop squash white scallop squash is a very ancient native american heirloom squash grown by the northern indians for hundreds of years. The unusual pattypan squash shaped like a miniature alien spaceship the pattypan squash comes in white yellow and green and can be solid mottled or striped.
As we work through the order backlog and re evaluate our inventory we are no longer accepting new orders at this time. The early white bush scallop patty pan squash is an excellent summer squash for the home garden. Like all patty pan varieties white bush squash displays a. One of the best tasting and highest yielding patty pan varieties around today.
Scallop squash or patty pans should be grown in full sun in rich well draining soil. Early white bush scallop squash description very ancient native american squash. Thank you so much for your patience and support during these difficult times. Patty pan squash are small and mild flavored like zucchini or summer squash.
I like to harvest the squash when they are from 1 to 4 inches across. Lobed and somewhat scratchy which is typical of squash plants. A type of tender flavorful summer squash white bush squash cucurbita pepo early white bush scallop belongs to the patty pan family. They are usually planted in groups with two or three seeds per hill and spaced 2 3 feet apart.
Early white bush scallop white patty pan summer squash heirloom open pollinated non hybrid victory seeds attention. Taking their nickname from their scalloped edges pattypan squash are white yellow or light or dark green. Try roasting halved squash in the oven with olive oil and herbs or fill whole patty pan squash with a cheese mixture before baking them. I planted this squash from seed into the garden mid april and harvested my first squash from it late june.
This type was depicted by europeans back to 1591 and one of the best tasting and yielding varieties still around today. What s more it has as many names as it has color varieties. Very productive bush type plants produce deeply scalloped fine textured pale green 7 d.