Cucurbita moschata: Butternut, Honeynut, Musquee de Provence, Long Island Cheese, and Black Futsu Squash Cucurbita moschata are medium on the sturdiness scale as far as winter squashes go — all of ...

Pumpkins are the star member of the cucurbit family in October, but they are just one of the winter squash varieties available now, and many others are as tasty as they are attractive. The cucurbit ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Winter squash is such a metaphor for life, isn’t it? Crack through its carapace-like shell and it’s little more than raw, bitter flesh, stringy and ...

Winter squash varieties with hard rinds are staples of comfort cooking when it's cold outside. They impart a sweet and earthy flavor and can be stored for a long time over the season. It might come as ...

For some, pumpkins conjure carved Halloween decorations, but for many people around the world, these gourds provide nutrition. Scientists have sequenced the genomes of two important pumpkin species, ...

Seminole pumpkin and tropical calabaza are two types of subtropical pumpkins that thrive in hot, humid climates like Southwest Florida. These pumpkins are the same species, Cucurbita moschata, and ...

If Pleistocene megafauna -- mastodons, mammoths, giant sloths and others -- had not become extinct, humans might not be eating pumpkin pie and squash for the holidays, according to an international ...