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Delicious Squash
  Available August through March,  it is said this variety resembles a top with the stem end at the end with the largest diameter.  The squash is harvested at  8 to 12 inches long and 8 to 10 inches in diameter,  The skin is dark green with light green stripes toward the blossom end, or bright reddish or tangerine with occasional green splotches at the blossom end or cream stripes at the blossom end.  A thick, dry, yellow, flesh is surrounded by a slightly warted and ridged rind that is thin and hard.

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