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fran
September 25, 2015
You know curcubites interbreed freely, don't you? We once saved seeds from a homegrown-pumpkin and the next year's crop was enormous, green, and had pointy ends. So if this squash was grown from seeds gleaned from a garden squash instead of a seedsman, it could be ANY kind of mutt squash, or part pumpkin, or part gourd, or part … well, you get it.
Colleen S.
September 24, 2015
I think it's the special google squash that only google employees get.. An employee perk.
AntoniaJames
September 24, 2015
Mystery solved. Kirsten Lepore responded to my question about this as follows:
@HowMotherCooks @google Hi Helen! I'm not entirely sure what it is, but this was my original reference image:
http://www.thesustainablespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/10-seasonal-fruits-and-vegetables-to-be-thankful-for-fall-pumpkin-e1414017443271.jpg
So, Micheal Hoffman, Google did not engage in any fraudulent conduct. ;o)
@HowMotherCooks @google Hi Helen! I'm not entirely sure what it is, but this was my original reference image:
http://www.thesustainablespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/10-seasonal-fruits-and-vegetables-to-be-thankful-for-fall-pumpkin-e1414017443271.jpg
So, Micheal Hoffman, Google did not engage in any fraudulent conduct. ;o)
cheese1227
September 24, 2015
When my kids were small, we always painted gourds for festive fall table decorations. The squash in question looks like the one my daughter painted the year she loved pink.
Elizabeth B.
September 23, 2015
The much more important part is that the squirrel is trying to make eye contact. That is so not the way squirrels operate.
AntoniaJames
September 24, 2015
That depends on the squirrel. The cheeky fat ones living in an established metropolis they built in the giant redwood not far from my kitchen window actually will stare you down, generally with a smirking expression that says something along the lines of "Hey, you gotta problem with that?" ;o)
BJGBK
September 23, 2015
http://plantandplate.smugmug.com/Shop/Projects/How-to-roast-kabocha-squash/i-Hwrc7Lm/0/L/kabocha-squash-whole-L.jpg
Christopher G.
September 23, 2015
Marrow. don't know what you call it in USA but in England the g or the l could be a marrow.
AntoniaJames
September 23, 2015
The colors have obvious been played with on more than one of those.
On another note . . . .
A family of cushaws was spotted last fall at the Piedmont Grocery in Oakland: https://instagram.com/p/uKGb8fmB9o/?taken-by=howmothercooks ;o)
On another note . . . .
A family of cushaws was spotted last fall at the Piedmont Grocery in Oakland: https://instagram.com/p/uKGb8fmB9o/?taken-by=howmothercooks ;o)
amysarah
September 23, 2015
Actually, the one on the far left may be a real squash, but it's a more, uh....interesting depiction.
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