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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.

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 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 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.

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 has a bulbous rounded shape at the bottom with a tapering curved neck at the top or vine end.

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 type of vegetable considered to be a pumpkin and squash heirloom variety that is often used as a decorative squash rather than an eating squash.

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

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

A large oval shaped green and tan colored squash that has a watermelon appearance in shape and color.

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 short, stout pumpkin squash that is a true field pumpkin and an heirloom variety of squash native to France.

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

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