Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash

The Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash is a cherished American heirloom, a variety of cushaw  dating back to at least 1847. This vigorous, vining winter squash yields large, distinctive pear-shaped fruits, typically 10 to 20 pounds, with creamy white skin often adorned with faint green stripes, making them an excellent ornamental as well as a culinary treasure. Revered by many for its creamy, finely-grained, and mildly sweet pale flesh—which is often described as resembling a dry, flavorful sweet potato—it is famously used in traditional Southern dishes like cushaw pie, or as a savory substitute for pumpkin in most recipes. Beyond its excellent flavor, the Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash is prized by gardeners for being an easy-to-grow, highly productive variety with good resistance to common squash pests and superior storage qualities, lasting well into the late winter or early spring.
 
Seed count: 10