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Most varieties of squash are placed into two categories: summer and winter squash. Winter squash varieties have hard skins and firmer, denser flesh than summer squash varieties.

A pumpkin-like squash that is large and round, easily growing to a size of 15 to 25 pounds at maturity.

A variety of Asian squash that is popular in China and Japan, as well as many other countries. It is typically a larger variety squash that has a waxy dark green speckled skin that contains tiny prickly hairs.

The fruits of various members of the gourd family, which fall into two classifications, summer squash and winter squash.

A winter squash with a flesh that forms translucent spaghetti-like strands when cooked. Quite mild in flavor if not enhanced with other ingredients, the Spaghetti Squash can be cooked easily by baking, boiling or steaming.

A winter squash that has a long, pear-shape covered with a smooth tan skin that surrounds a golden-orange, somewhat fiberous flesh.

A type of winter squash that resembles an acorn in shape and typically measures from 6 to 10 inches in length.

A winter squash, which is a variety of buttercup squash, that has a round, pumpkin shape weighing approximately 3 to 4 pounds.

A winter squash, typically weighing 5 to 7 pounds, that is round in shape and grows with a very distinctive protruding ring around the flower end opposite the stem end.

Similar in appearance to a pumpkin, this variety of squash is a Kabocha winter squash that has a bright reddish-orange skin.

An older variety of winter squash not commonly found because it is grown from heirloom seeds. Large and pumpkin-like in appearance with a round shape and flat outer ribs, this squash will grow to a weight of 20 to 25 pounds at maturity.

A winter squash with a thick bumpy skin that may range in color from grayish-blue (Baby-blue and blue hubbard) to green (Green hubbard) to bright orange (Golden hubbard).

An early winter squash that combines a sweet dumpling with an acorn squash to produce a small acorn shaped vegetable.

A variety of winter squash, which is sometimes referred to as an Oriental pumpkin, that has the appearance of a small pumpkin in shape and color.

Shaped like an elongated oval, this variety of winter squash is a relative to the Delicata family squash species.

Summer squash are a soft-shelled vegetable with thin edible skins and seeds. With a tender flesh that requires only a short amount of cooking time, summer squash are very low in calories, high in vitamin C and high in fiber.

Despite its name, the winter melon is grown in the tropics and is not a melon at all. It is a wax gourd that resembles a melon, is harvested during the summer months, and has spots of white on the light green surface that looks like snow.