North Georgia Candy Roaster|Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
(C. maxima) 100 days. Rare heirloom variety. Banana-shaped fruits are up to 18 in. long and 6 in. wide, pink with blue tips. Early 1900s Appalachian Thanksgiving feasts included “candy roaster pie” instead of pumpkin pie. Smooth, delicious orange flesh. Small (5 g) packet has about 17 seeds.
Oregon’s "Eat Winter Squash" project found North Georgia Candy Roaster to be one of the tastiest, most productive, and best storing winter squashes.
(C. maxima) 100 days. Rare heirloom variety. Banana-shaped fruits are up to 18 in. long and 6 in. wide, pink with blue tips. Early 1900s Appalachian Thanksgiving feasts included “candy roaster pie” instead of pumpkin pie. Smooth, delicious orange flesh. Small (5 g) packet has about 17 seeds.
Oregon’s "Eat Winter Squash" project found North Georgia Candy Roaster to be one of the tastiest, most productive, and best storing winter squashes.