Queso Grande

C. moschata. Winter squash. Cheese type. Highly oblate (flattened), buff-colored fruit with pronounced ridges. A few fruit develop a slight neck. Smooth rind. Uniform fruit. Intensely orange, moderately thick flesh. Fair eating qualities. Good flavor. Stringy texture. Moderately sweet. Moist flesh. Mature fruit reach 4-9"" long by 9-13"" wide. Fruit weigh 7-22 lbs. Vigorously sprawling plants. Large leaves with intermediate lobing. No silvering. Soft hairs on stems and leaves. Mid-season maturing when grown in 2013 at Heritage Farm. Fruit kept 59 days on average when stored at Heritage Farm in 2013-3014. Given to SSE by Eduardo Valenzuela (CA VA E); Indios en Sinaloa.