Mandan Banquet Squash (C.Maxima)

(a.k.a. Will's Banquet) Oscar H. Will developed the Mandan Banquet squash from a cross between Buttercup and Gilmore Squash. According to Hedrick in The Cucurbits of New York(1935), the Gilmore Squash was the result of a cross between the Winnebago and Arikara Squash and was introduced in 1926. The resulting Mandan Banquet Squash were orange in color with a cup on the bottom similar to Buttercup. Mandan Banquet is very early and has good quality thick orange flesh for baking. EXTREMELY RARE. (20 seeds per packet)

20 seeds per packet.