VEGETABLES / SQUASH
C.-MAXIMA
Organic Listing
(aka Pike’s Peak) Introduced by Hiram Sibley & Co. of Rochester, New York in 1888. Superb banana squash with thick sweet flesh. James J. H. Gregory found it simply “magnificent.” Winner of the Seed Savers Exchange staff taste test in 2014. Hard-rinded, inversely pear shaped, excellent keeper.
110 days
Conventional
Winter squash
Banana type squash
Hard, light blue rind
Thick, sweet flesh
Excellent keeper
This variety works for:
Baking
Roasting
Soups
Pie
Storage
Purchased from Seed Savers Exchange
Seeds I am offering came from 6 plants, the only Maximo that I grew this year.
$2.00
Listed In: 2025