`Sugar Loaf and `Honey Boat' Winter Squashes

Additional index words.Cucurbita pepo, 'Delicata', vegetable breeding 'Sugar Loaf and 'Honey Boat', which were jointly released by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station and the Washington Agricultural Research Center, are winter squashes (Cucurbita pepo L.) developed from a rind color mutant of the old cultivar Delicata.These new cultivars have the same striped fruit characteristics as 'Delicata', but differ in having a tan instead of cream background color.Each has a distinctive size and shape, compared to the array of sizes and shapes found in commercial stocks of 'Delicata'.'Sugar Loaf' and 'Honey Boat' are small squashes suitable for baking in halves for individual servings.They are smaller, but higher in soluble solids content (SSC) and total dry matter, than currently popular cultivars of the 'Table Queen' type.We recommend them for home garden and commercial uses. OriginThe development of 'Sugar Loaf' and