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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.

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

A family of small oblong squash that may have a green or yellow skin and contain a firm inner flesh that provides a delicately mild flavor when served raw or cooked.

A slightly dry sausage of pork and/or beef combined with a mixture of spices, most notably coriander.

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 very young and small acorn shaped, summer squash that develops a smooth outer skin accented with a scalloped edging around the middle outside of the squash as it matures.

A delicate herb with velvety soft leaves that are dark green on top and somewhat irredescent on the underside.

A round flat summer squash that has scalloped edges with a pale green, white or yellow outer rind. The pale green variety turns white in color if allowed to mature longer.

An Asian summer squash that has a long tapered shape with a light green outer skin covering a white to cream colored speckled flesh.

A variety of summer squash with a dark green skin covering an off-white flesh. The cylindrical variety is much like a cucumber in size and shape.

A variety of summer squash with a dark green skin covering an off-white flesh. It is much like a cucumber in size and shape.

A melon that is grown as a summer melon, muskmelons are often referred to as cantaloupes. This melon has an outer skin that ranges in color from green to orange and an inner flesh that is light orange to pale green.

A pear-shaped, summer squash, which is grown in warmer and more tropical climates such as the Caribbean or Mexico.

A type of summer squash that comes in crookneck and straightneck varieties. It is much like a zucchini in shape, flavor, and texture, except that the color is yellow.

Often referred to as "summer sausage" or "blockwurst", Cervelat is a mildly seasoned sausage made from chopped pork or from a combination of chopped pork and beef.

A type of summer squash that has a bulbous rounded shape at the bottom with a tapering curved neck at the top or vine end.

A variety of apple that grows well in cooler climates. Zestar apples are harvested late in the summer season maturing into a bright red fruit with some greenish yellow coloring.

A semi-hard to hard well-known Italian cheese made from partially skimmed cow's milk processed during the spring, summer or fall.

Made with a base of creamery butter, this is a seasoned spread infused with tiny bits of truffles for flavoring.

A perennial plant that has celery-like stalks that are greenish pink to dark red in color. Garden variety Rhubarb that is grown outside during the summer months matures from a green into a light pink colored stalk with streaks of green amongst lighter red shades of color.