I had trouble with my starter seeds this year. The Spring was so hot and dry that most of what I transplanted immediately died. I also couldn’t get my squashes to germinate.
However, there was a single exception, and the vine quickly revealed itself to be of the summer squash variety. After some time, it began producing fruit. The trouble was, I didn’t know the cultivar, so I didn’t know when to pick them.
But the internet can be quite revealing, even with the super secret and obscure plant varieties, and I identified it as a Ronde De Nice–a French cultivar (go figure).
It’s supposed to taste like zucchini, probably my least favorite squash, so Liz made zucchini bread, and it tasted as such. So I guess it’s a mildly interesting variety, but I doubt I’ll try growing it again.
–Simon