My latest "big warty" version of summer squash.

I've been saving squash seeds for a number of years now and had two plants this year which have really done well. One has the taste, size, shape, tenderness and color that I was looking for and the other seems nearly identical but with a green coloring. I was so impressed that I let one mature for seeds much earlier in the season than I normally do. The borers have started getting interested in it so I went ahead and harvested it a few days ago and cut it open last night. I was tickled to see not only lots of decent looking seeds but the meat of the squash looked good like a winter squash. Most of it went into the crock pot overnight on low heat and made a nice soup this morning. I just wanted to share that because I'm so happy to have my own strain of squash looking so promising. I plan to only plant seeds from that "prime" plant next year and hope to replicate those traits.

Here are three from plants growing close to each other. I'm sure my favorite plant has the potential for a lot of genetic variation in those seeds but I'm hopeful.

Nice Bill !

You're on your way to creating a new cultivar. The Warty Bill Ram sounds good. Most of our old varieties started out with people developing a strain that suited their soil, climate and taste. Thumbs up and an apple.