Squash - Burgess Buttercup Seedling

Burgess Buttercup is a dark green, turban-shaped winter squash with a distinctive button on the blossom end. It's been around since the 1930s and is prized for its dry, sweet, fine-textured orange flesh. A lot of gardeners consider it one of the best tasting winter squashes you can grow. Seeds came from a Sweet Yards organic seed pack.

These seedlings are ready for transplanting into a sunny spot with fertile soil. Buttercup is a vining type that needs about 95 to 100 days to mature, so starting from a seedling gives you a nice head start on the season. The fruits typically weigh 3 to 5 pounds each, which is a manageable size for the kitchen. Great roasted, mashed, or used in place of sweet potato in most recipes.