[2] A cultivar of Cucurbita maxima, it is closely related to the buttercup squash.

[2] Colors vary, but are often mottled in shades of orange, red, white and green.

[3] The squash is used as both a vegetable and as an ornamental gourd.

[4][5] Taste is similar to other C. maxima cultivars, though "not as vibrant,"[4] "reminiscent to hazelnut,"[3] and "coarse, watery and insipid.

"[6] Known in the nineteenth century as "the most beautiful in color, and the most worthless in quality, of all the varieties of squash;"[6] More recently, Ian Knauer, author of "The Farm", has described it as "nutty and sweet".