| Crookneck Squash
- Fruit size: 6 inches
- Matures: 53 days
Easy to grow and fast to mature. This is our favorite summer squash, bearing many lemon-yellow, 6-inch fruit, with a slightly bent neck that earns it the name Crookneck. Plants are fast growing and very prolific. Harvest all summer long. Delicious steamed with nutmeg or fried in slices and sprinkled with parmesan cheese and crumbled bacon. Harvest while skins are soft. Keep plants picked so they keep producing. Set three transplants 3 to 4 inches apart in hills spaced 4 feet apart. Nutritional Information All varieties of summer squash have fewer nutrients than winter squash because the latter have a longer period of maturity and time to develop. Nonetheless, summer squash has a good combination of vitamins and minerals, especially manganese, vitamins C and K, folate, and potassium, and many of these nutrients have been found to be helpful in the prevention of heart disease. The skin is where most of these nutrients are found, and fortunately the entire squash—flesh, seeds, and skin—are edible. 1 cup cooked sliced summer squash (crookneck or straightneck): - Calories: 36
- Carbohydrates: 8 grams
- Dietary fiber: 3 grams
- Protein: 2 grams
- Sugars: 3 grams
- Vitamin C: 16% DV
- Vitamin K: 10%
- Folate: 9%
- Vitamin B6: 8%
- Manganese: 14%
- Potassium: 9%
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