Talk:Acorn squash

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There seems to be a redirect from Cucurbita pepo to this page, when many other kinds a squash, including spaghetti squash are the same species of squash. Though I am not an expert of Cucurbita pepo, I do like to cook them, I would be willing to fix it up a bit. Either linking Cucurbita pepo to the squash page, or start a winter squash page. --User:Sven Heinicke 2004-12-30.

Clearly the whole thing needs cleaned up. I just looked at squash (fruit) and it needs a good discussion of what squashes are which species. A winter squash page would just confuse things further since several different species would fall under that category and the summer squashes are largely C. pepo, which includes many winter squashes. I would vote for everything including C. pepo, C. maxima, and C. mixta pointing to a general squash page and then give a good discussion of the different species and the varieties in them. Good luck! -- WormRunner | Talk 16:32, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Why is is called acorn squash? --radiojon 05:14, 2003 Sep 5 (UTC)

Article says it due to the shape but its not like any acorn I've seen nor any on the Acorn page. --JBellis 21:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted a claim that acorn squash is a summer squash. although it's the same species, my understanding is that "summer" vs "winter" is defined by some other properties like cultivation times and maturation state at harvest. The species also includes pumpkin (not a summer squash either), zucchini, and yellow croockneck squash. One might consider creating a small cucurbita pepo page that links to these different pages. -Madeleine 20:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]