A great garden variety that is good for canning and pies, this variety also stores and ships very well. This heirloom squash variety weighs up to 15 pounds, has a dark green or black rind, and golden flesh that is fine-grained with wonderfully rich flavor. It takes about 110 days to grow. The story is that Elizabeth Hubbard, a washerwoman for the Gregory family in Marblehead, Massachusetts, gave her employer the seed for an heirloom squash. J. H. Gregory immediately named the squash “Hubbard,” saying that Mrs. Hubbard was “a good, humble soul, and it pleases me to think that the name of such a one had become, without any intent of hers, famous.” The Chicago Warted Hubbard in particular was developed and introduced in 1894 by Budlong Gardens in Chicago. OP Photo and text courtesy of Everwilde Farms.
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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