Butternut Squash
With a smooth, buff-colored outer rind and distinctive gourd-like shape, the butternut squash is easily recognizable. Butternut squash tastes similar to pumpkin but has a smoother texture.
Butternut
(Juglans cinerea L.)
LEAVES: Alternate, compound, leaflets 11 to 17, each 3"-5" long, small-toothed; dark yellow-green above, paler, hairy below; end leaflet same size as side leaflets; main leaf-stem with conspicuous sticky hairs.
Butternut is a winter variety, one of the squashes with hard exterior shell and large, hard-shelled seeds. Because of their thick rind they can be stored for several months unlike their relatives, the thin skinned summer squash.
Butternut, walnut
Juglans species
Trees and Shrubs, Fruits and Vegetables ...
Butternut Squash, Ayote, Calabaza, Calabaza Pumpkin, Canada Pumpkin, Cheese Pumpkin, China Crook-Neck Squash, Crookneck Pumpkin, Crookneck Squash, Crookneck Winter Squash, Cuban Pumpkin, Cushaw Squash, Golden Cushaw, Japanese Pumpkin, Lacayote, ...
'Butternut' Winter Squash has been bred for early-maturation in cool climes. Its flesh is firm and sweet. They will tolerate partial sun and require high organic matter and well drained soil. Go easy on the fertilizer as you will end up with all vine.
---Medicinal Action and Uses---Butternut is a mild cathartic like rhubarb; it does not constipate and is often used as a habitual laxative, also for dysentery and hypatic congestions.
butternut Juglandaceae Juglans cinerea L. symbol: JUCI
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* 10. Butternut / Bn / Juglans cinerea leaf
11-17 leaflets.
rachis and underside of leaflets densely hairy.
terminal leaflet well developed.
Butternut Squash
A long, pear-shaped squash with a tan skin and orange, sweetly flavored flesh. It is one of the most popular winter squashes and is also known as the pumpkin squash.
Calabaza Squash ...
The butternut, or white walnut (J. cinerea), of approximately the same range as the black walnut, has a sweet and oily nut that is gathered locally but is not of commercial importance.
The Butternut Winter Hazel, sheltered against high winds
underneath a native does not always
put on the best autumn show, as it can range from
brown to bright yellow, & some years the brown will
dominate. But it was quite lovely in November 2003.
Early Butternut, Cornell's Bush Delicata, Table Ace
Pumpkins:
Carving: Autumn Gold, Ghost Rider, Jack o'Lantern, Howden, Magic Lantern, Merlin, and Spirit
Pie Type: Amish Pie, Small Sugar
Giant Pumpkins: Big Max, Big Moon ...
Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Butternut'
Cup and Saucer (Campanula glomerata 'Superba')
Cup and Saucer (Campanula glomerata 'Joan Elliot')
Cup and Saucer (Campanula carpatica)
Cup and Saucer (Campanula trachelium)
Cup and Saucer (Campanula glomerata) ...
Juglans cinerea, Butternut
Juglans nigra, Black Walnut
Juniperus virginiana, Eastern Red Cedar
Larix laricina, Tamarack
Liriodendron tulipifera, Yellow poplar
Maclura pomifera, Osage Orange
Pinus banksiana, Jack Pine ...
A number of butternut squash seeds from the compost bin volunteered to produce a crop. When the vines were several feet long, they began to produce blossoms where the leaves stemmed from the main vine.
Apple Pecan Cherry Persimmon Crabapple Plum Mulberry Black Walnut White Walnut (Butternut)
For more information: contact District Forester for copy of Illinois Department of Conservation Bulletin: "Landscaping for Wildlife".
1994-dr ...
Cucurbita moschata Squash, Waltham Butternut Winter
annual, easy care
created by gardengirl
zones: 3a thru 11b ...
The butternut squashes and tatume are largely immune to the squash-vine borer, and the zucchinis and yellow crook-necks develop so fast you can get a crop before the vine borers kill the plants.
Light: Full sun to partial shade.
 See also: Green, May, Walnut, Maple, Black walnut
  
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