Little Dipper Butternut Squash

Description

(104 days) Cucurbita moschata F-1 hybrid. In summer 2015, we trialed a slew of those personal-size, supposedly powdery-mildew–resistant, hybrid butternuts. We were shocked to find that all but one variety melted down and yielded poorly. While we pawed around salvaging the few fruits of this and that failure, Little Dipper’s ongoing eruption of green stood in sharp contrast. The small fruits of the other personal butternuts come with restricted habit and often a correspondingly low yield. Dipper’s plethora of uniform pale-tan 2–3 lb fruits are set on fully running weed-suppressing vines. We harvested an impressive 22 fruits from 3 plants. Open-pollinated Burpee’s Butterbush stills reigns for flavor, but Dipper offers nice smooth semi-dry texture and medium nutty sweetness through long storage. While supplier stats of other varieties in the trial advertised their supposed-PMR status boldly, Little Dipper’s just warned of us of the crazy growth. For disease and worry resistance, we’ll take vigor and volume any day