Here, he has planted two acres with watermelon, okra, cabbage and
cushaw.
mixta These huge fruits 'Green Striped
Cushaw' (
cushaw squash) (up to 40 pounds) (115 days) usually have hard 'Orange
Cushaw' rinds.
Cushaw squash are believed to have been domesticated in Mesoamerica several thousand years B.C.E.
COOKING WITH CUSHAW Boil cushaw until soft and add two cups to any boxed cake mix you like.
Companion planting for cushaws, much like other squash, include corn and beans, which help balance the nutrients in the soil.
Cushaw is a winter squash that has a curved neck, but it also can produce a spring harvest.
maxima), and most canned "pumpkin" in stores actually is cushaw or butternut squash (C maschata).
Good varieties: 'Orange Cushaw' (OP), 'Fortna White' pumpkin (OP), 'Pueblo Indian' (OP),'Tequila Black' (OP)
CUSHAW PIE 2 1/2 cup s cooked, mashed cushaw or other squash 1/4 cup cream 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract 2 tablespoons butter 1 unbaked pie shell [1] Heat oven to 450[degrees]F, [2] Stir together cushaw and cream; add beaten eggs and mix well.
white-and-green-striped, crookneck squash called Kershaw or Cushaw.
A
cushaw of the mixta family, it was described as "Possibly the only white skinned Taos
Cushaw still around (in 1991), very good keeper, very rare."
Another late-blooming green that matures late and requires a suitable storage space is the
cushaw. A nook under your house would be perfect.
I pollinated
cushaw squash, we ate a bowl of fresh-picked raspberries, pulled a basket of weeds for the ram and buck, switched the drain hose to another cistern when it started raining, gave the tomatoes a pep talk, and have bacon in the freezer and flour ready for bread (BLTs).
A half dozen plants each of a buttercup, a butternut, a cushaw, and a zucchini will produce plenty of food for the average family, and probably the entire community.
In the maxima species you have the buttercups and hubbards; in the mixta, the cushaws and some gourds; the moschata includes butternuts and cheeses; and pepo has the acorns, small gourds, summer squashes (crookneck, scallops, zucchini), and many pumpkins (pumpkins are squashes).
