Tours Squash
Historic Variety
- Fruits grow to 17 pounds
- Very large seeds
- Dark green skin striped with yellow
- Winter squash
- 90-100 days
Item Details
(C. pepo) (aka Citrouille de Touraine, French Tours) An historic French field pumpkin, named for its place of origin, and listed by Vilmorin as early as 1856. Large-fruited (17 pounds), with distinctive large oil seeds with wide margins which were once used in the manufacture of sugar-coated pills and as a remedy for tapeworm. Great for displays and carving. 90-100 days.
Learn to Grow Tours Squash
Direct Seed: 1" Deep
Seeds to Hill: 6-8 Seeds
Thin: To 3-4 Plants
Light: Full Sun
Instructions - Sow seeds outdoors in 12" diameter hills after danger of frost has passed. Hills should be spaced 6' apart in all directions. Can also be started indoors 3 weeks before transplanting out.
Ratings & Reviews
1 review
Unique decorative squash
by Kathryn
Received this as a free seed packet with one of my orders last year and had one plant here in zone 5/6. It does take up a decent amount of space in the garden. From one plant I only received one squash but I suspect this was more due to low pollination and the powdery mildew I was battling. Produced a great squash that started out with light yellow stripes and deepened to a dark orange over about a month after picking, about 8lbs. Made for a nice decorative squash for the Fall and lasted until after Halloween.