A large Honey Boat type with extremely thick flesh & delicious rich flavor. Most delicata have a honey sweet flavor or even a maple flavor, Candystick has a richer date-like flavor that is truly addictive. Fruits are tan skinned with green stripes. Produces both short loaf shapes & long boat shapes. They keep very well & retain their sweetness better than other squash well into storage. 90 days.
Care: Plant 4-5′ apart in rows 6-8′ apart in full sun. Leave on the vine as long as possible, until rinds have hardened. Bring in after the first light frost, before rains.
Squash (Winter) ‘Candystick’ Delicata
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A large Honey Boat type with extremely thick flesh & delicious rich flavor. Most delicata have a honey sweet flavor or even a maple flavor, Candystick has a richer date-like flavor that is truly addictive. Fruits are tan skinned with green stripes. Produces both short loaf shapes & long boat shapes. They keep very well & retain their sweetness better than other squash well into storage. 90 days.
Care: Plant 4-5′ apart in rows 6-8′ apart in full sun. Leave on the vine as long as possible, until rinds have hardened. Bring in after the first light frost, before rains.
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