Hubbard squash

Cucurbita maxima is a variety of winter squash that can grow as large as 50 lbs. Native to South America, it has been grown in New England since the 1830s.

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Left: Francisco Manuel Blanco. Flora de Filipinas [...] Gran edicion [...] [Atlas II]. Source: plate from a book. Date: between 1880 and 1883. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain.

Right: Cucurbita maxima Hubbard group. Top left: 'Golden Hubbard'. Top right: 'Blue Hubbard', cut open. Bottom: 'Blue Hubbard'. Badagnani (top left), Laurascudder (top right), Michael Fielitz (bottom), montage: RoRo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. 16 November 2008.