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Crookneck’s skin is sometimes a bit firmer and its seeds somewhat larger, but it can be used in all the same ways as straight-neck yellow squash (or other summer squashes). Pattypan Squash iStock
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Crookneck squash, also known as yellow squash, is a cultivar of Cucurbita pepo, [3] the species that also includes some pumpkins and most other summer squashes. The plants are bushy [ 3 ] and do not spread like the plants of winter squash and pumpkin. [ 4 ]
Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita.It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, called summer squash.
It is often used in recipes interchangeably with zucchini. A good yellow summer squash will be small and firm with tender skin free of blemishes and bruising. It is available all year long in some regions, but is at its peak from early through late summer. [2] [3] [4] One similar inedible C. pepo variety is C. pepo var. ovifera. [5]
Resistant varieties to squash bug are lemon squash, butternut squash, Zucchino Rampicante squash, early summer crookneck, Royal Acorn, Butternut 23 and Improved Green Hubbard.
Most summer squashes are varieties of Cucurbita pepo, [4] though some are C. moschata. Most summer squash have a bushy growth habit, unlike the rambling vines of many winter squashes. [4] The term "summer squash" refers to the early harvest period and short storage life of these squashes, unlike that of winter squashes. [5]