Summer squash

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Summer squash
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'Zephyr', a variety of straightnecked summer squash [1]
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 20 kcal (84 kJ)
4.1 g
Sugars 2.0 g
Dietary fiber 2 g
Fat
0 g
1 g
Vitamins and minerals
Vitamins Quantity
%DV†
Vitamin A equiv.
10%
90 μg
Vitamin C
20%
18.4 mg
Minerals Quantity
%DV†
Calcium
2%
20 mg
Iron
2%
0.37 mg
Sodium
0%
0 mg
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults. [2]

Summer squash can either refer to a squash plant with fruit that is harvested when immature, or the fruit itself. The word "summer" reflects their early harvest period and short storage life, in contrast to winter squashes. Some Cucurbita species and varieties are cultivated for both "summer" and "winter" fruit.

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Cultivation

Summer squash often have a bushy growth habit, unlike the rambling vines of many winter squash varieties. [3] [4]

The varieties grown for use as summer squash vary by region and culture but include types from each of the five Cucurbita species generally acknowledged as domesticated. [3] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The species Cucurbita pepo [3] is thought to include the greatest diversity of summer squash varieties.

Summer squash varieties by species

Zapallito relleno made by baking zapallito (C. maxima) summer squash stuffed with corn, meat, and mozzarella cheese. Zapallito tronco relleno con arroz, carne y queso mozzarella.jpg
Zapallito relleno made by baking zapallito (C. maxima) summer squash stuffed with corn, meat, and mozzarella cheese.

Cucurbita argyrosperma [7]

Cucurbita ficifolia [8]

Cucurbita maxima varieties: [6] [10]

Cucurbita moschata varieties: [11]

Cucurbita pepo varieties:

History

In the journals of Lewis and Clark, on October 12, 1804, Clark recorded that the Arikara tribe raised "great quantities of Corn Beens Simmins, &c." [12] Clark also used the spelling simlin in his journal entries. Simlin, variously spelled simblin, symnel, cymling, cimnel (Thomas Jefferson's spelling) and simnel were words for summer squash, particularly Cucurbita pepossp.pepo, common name pattypan squash. The word simnel was used because of the visual similarity between the squash and the simnel cake. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Zephyr (F1) Squash Seed". Johnny's Selected Seeds. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  2. ↑ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Zucchetta". Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center: Vegetable Research and Extension. Washington State University . Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Summer Squash". University of Illinois . Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Prohens-Tomás, Jaime; Nuez, Fernando (2007-12-06). Handbook of Plant Breeding - Vegetables I: Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodicaceae, and Cucurbitaceae. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 351. ISBN   978-0-387-30443-4.
  6. 1 2 López-Anido, Fernando Sebastián (2021-07-31). "Cultivar-Groups in Cucurbita maxima Duchesne: Diversity and Possible Domestication Pathways". Diversity. 13 (8): 354. Bibcode:2021Diver..13..354L. doi: 10.3390/d13080354 . ISSN   1424-2818.
  7. 1 2 Neglected crops: 1492 from a different perspective. Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1994. p. 64. ISBN   978-92-5-103217-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  8. 1 2 Neglected crops: 1492 from a different perspective. Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1994. p. 74. ISBN   978-92-5-103217-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  9. ↑ "Pipián | WorldCrops". worldcrops.org. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
  10. ↑ Massolo, Juan Facundo; Zarauza, Juan Manuel; Hasperué, Joaquín Héctor; Rodoni, Luis María; Vicente, Ariel Roberto (2019). "Maturity at harvest and postharvest quality of summer squash". Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 54 e00133. doi:10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2019.v54.00133. ISSN   0100-204X.
  11. ↑ Hong, Kue Hyon; Om, Young Hyun; Ko, Kwan Dal; Heo, Yun Chan; Yoon, Jin Young (1997). "Short Information (Characteristics of New Varieties Developed in 1997): A New Semi-bush Type "Aehobag" (Elongated Squash for Picking at Green Mature Stage) Lines, 'Wonye #401' and 'Wonye #402'". Korean Journal of Breeding Science. 29 (4): 509.
  12. ↑ "Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online". Lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu. 12 October 1804. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Whitney, William Dwight (1889). "simnel, 2". The Century Dictionary . New York: The Century Company. p. 321. Retrieved 2013-09-04.


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