(Cucurbita pepo) Family: CUCURBITACEAE SEED COUNT PER GRAMME GERM. LASTS YEARS SOW (KG/HA) DEPTH OF SOWING CM DISTANCE (CM) SPROUTING TIME (DAYS) MACHINE SOWING BY HAND ROW-TO-ROW PLANT-TO-PLANT 90-100 4-5 25-30 - 2 20-30 2-10 10-15           Summer Squash Types FRUIT   VARIETY DAYS SHAPE LENGTH CM. COLOUR Round Light Green of Nice 45 round 5/6 light green Piacenza Round Dark 50 round 5/6 dark green Bolognese 50 cylindrical bulbous 11/12 green Grey Zucchini 45 cylindrical bulbous 12/14 grey-green White of Trieste 45 cylindrical bulbous 15/16 creamy white Long White Bush 2 50 cylindrical 20/22 creamy white Sarzana 50 cylindrical slightly ribbed 18/20 light green Italian Light Green 50 cylindrical 18/20 light green Genovese 45 cylindrical 20/21 light green Romanesco 55 cylindrical/ribbed 17/18 green with lighter stripes Firenze Long 55 cylindrical/ribbed 19/20 green with lighter stripes Caserta 50 cylindrical 17/18 grey-green with darker stripes Italian Striped - Cocozelle 50 cylindrical 20/21 green with dark stripes Black Beauty 50 cylindrical 18/20 dark green Friulano Wrinkled 70 cylindrical blossom end 26/28 yellow Custard White 50 disk 6/7 white Vegetable Spaghetti 80 cylindrical 26/28 yellow tan   ROUND LIGHT GREEN OF NICE   PIACENZA ROUND DARK   BOLOGNESE   GREY ZUCCHINI   WHITE OF TRIESTE   LONG WHITE BUSH 2   SARZANA   ITALIAN LIGHT GREEN   GENOVESE   ROMANESCO   FIRENZE LONG   CASERTA   ITALIAN-STRIPED-COCOZELLE   BLACK BEAUTY   FRIULANO WRINKLED   CUSTARD WHITE VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI           Hybrid Squash FRUIT   VARIETY DAYS SHAPE LENGTH CM. COLOUR Golden Zucchini 48 cylindrical 19/20 yellow Greyzini-Emerald Cross 40 cylindrical slightly bulbous 16/17 grey-green with darker stripes Storr’s Green 45 cylindrical 18/19 green Diamant 45 cylindrical 19/20 green President 46 cylindrical 21/22 green Ambassador 50 cylindrical 19/20 dark green     GOLDEN ZUCCHINI   GREYZINI - EMERALD CROSS   STORR’S GREEN   DIAMANT   PRESIDENT   AMBASSADOR