Industry Standard

  Spineless Beauty sets the standard for zucchini in the Eastern US. In commercial plantings, this variety has produced outstanding yields of high quality, uniform, medium green fruit that set early on an open plant. In shelf life tests, its fruit have maintained their attractive, glossy appearance, even after refrigerated storage. Spineless Beauty is the only commercial squash variety with spineless petioles, so fruit are less likely to be damaged during harvest.

  Dividend features intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus, making it a good complement to the Spineless Beauty variety from Syngenta/ROGERS. In the Midwest, Southeast, and winter production areas, this hybrid zucchini squash has demonstrated an ability to outperform competing varieties in cooler temperatures with improved fruit length and quality, especially under virus pressure. This variety’s vigorous, medium- to large-sized open bush is easy to harvest, and its uniform fruit often translate to high packouts.

  CashFlow has produced high yields of attractive fruit with adequate length in East Coast trials. In some university trials, yields have been 14 to 25% higher than comparable varieties and it has tended to have a larger, more vigorous plant. CashFlow benefits growers with an ability to produce high quality, straight, attractive fruit in later harvests when other varieties become less marketable.

  Payroll features intermediate resistance to powdery mildew, zucchini yellow mosaic virus, and watermelon mosaic virus. In Eastern trials, this medium green zucchini has demonstrated very good adaptability, high yield potential, and excellent fruit quality. Payroll also features wide adaptability, a key advantage noted in the Eastern growing regions of the US and Canada.

  Envy features glossy, cylindrical fruit and has shown wide adaptability for several Eastern growing areas where slightly darker zucchini are desirable. In trials, it has produced upright, open, nearly spineless plants with high yield potential. The variety has also shown adequate length plus more uniform fruit color and a more vigorous plant than comparable varieties. The excellent quality fruit are of the “easy-pick” type, meaning they are easily twisted off the plant with the fruit and peduncle intact. Envy has intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew.

  Paycheck features intermediate resistance to cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, zucchini yellow mosaic virus, and watermelon mosaic virus. In Eastern trials, this medium green zucchini has demonstrated very good adaptability, high yield potential, and excellent fruit quality. Paycheck also has the ability to maintain shape and length in cool/cold conditions.

  Noche offers growers improved performance as well as intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus and watermelon mosaic virus. In commercial plantings, this dark green zucchini has delivered excellent fruit quality and very good yield potential. It has also compared well to Raven and other competitive varieties.

  Contender provides strong, nearly spineless plants with the added benefit of intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus and watermelon mosaic virus. This zucchini has continued the high yield reputation of Raven and has developed fruit slightly longer than Noche under some circumstances. It tends to perform best in spring harvests in West Mexico.

  Equinox is a dark green zucchini with intermediate resistance to powdery mildew. This high quality hybrid tends to have exceptionally attractive, dark green glossy fruit borne on a nearly spineless, open, upright plant. In addition to the “easy-picking” peduncle, Equinox has been easy to harvest with minimal to no fruit damage. This high quality hybrid is an excellent addition to any dark green zucchini growing program and, with its disease package, will complement Noche, Contender, and Raven.

  Cuarzo features intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus, squash leaf curl virus, and powdery mildew. Developed for Mexico, this hybrid grey zucchini’s multiple disease package provides an extended harvest window for excellent yield potential. The fruit is high quality with good uniformity and an attractive appearance. In addition, Cuarzo’s upright, semi-open plant allows for easier harvest and less fruit damage. 

  Amatista is a hybrid grey zucchini with intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew. This grey zucchini features a plant that is very upright, allowing for easier harvesting. Its fruit have a slightly darker stem that contrasts nicely with the classic grey fruit color.

  Goldprize features intermediate disease resistance to watermelon mosaic virus and zucchini yellow mosaic virus. This attractive yellow straightneck offers high quality, glossy fruit with a smooth skin and uniform shape. It provides a very productive yield with improved yellow color in the smaller fruit.

  Gentry has consistently produced outstanding yields of butter yellow, smooth-skinned fruit with small blossom scars. This semi-crookneck summer squash tends to perform well even under high temperatures.  Its vigorous bush has fewer spines than competing varieties, a feature that can reduce fruit damage during harvest and maximize profits. Gentry is well adapted to most semi-crookneck production areas, particularly in the Southeast.

  Gold Star offers an improved disease package with intermediate resistance to cucumber mosaic virus and powdery mildew. In trials, this yellow semi-crookneck squash produced an extremely vigorous plant with outstanding fruit smoothness and quality even under rough field conditions. The plant’s reduced spine and the fruit’s strong neck mean fruit is less likely to be damaged during harvest. Compared to similar varieties, Gold Star has maintained a highly consistent pattern of adaptability and a demonstrated capacity for maintaining a crook and uniform fruit color through the last harvest of a planting. Gold Star can provide higher packouts of fancy grade fruit throughout the season.

  Golden Glory offers an improved disease package with intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus, and powdery mildew. This zucchini features an open upright plant that is nearly spineless, meaning less fruit is likely to be damaged during harvest. 

  Golden Delight offers intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus and watermelon mosaic virus. This golden zucchini produces high quality, very uniform golden-yellow fruit. The variety features a vigorous, semi-spineless plant that minimizes the risk of fruit damage and facilitates harvest.

  Golden Dawn III is considered a standard in the industry and features high quality fruit that can set continuously. This golden yellow zucchini has an open plant and its reduced spines ease harvest and minimize fruit scarring. It is well known for its exceptional quality and high yields.

  Sunburst yields the glossy, deep yellow fruit consumers prefer, making it one of the most sought after varieties for full-size and baby vegetable dishes. The fruit may be harvested at 2 to 3 inches as baby vegetables without compromising the tender, buttery flavor sustained in the larger and mature squash. Sunburst is carried on a compact, bushy plant.

HYBRID SUMMER SQUASH - GREEN ZUCCHINI

Variety

Description

Approx
Days to

Maturity

Avg Length (in.)

Avg

Diameter

Shape

Fruit Color

Plant Type

Disease
Resistance

CashFlow

CashFlow has produced high yields of attractive fruit with adequate length and has shown yields 14 to 25% higher than comparable varieties in trials.

44-47

7.5-8.5

1.5

Club shaped

green

Open; Vigorous.

IR: ZYMV

Contender

yellow mosaic virus and watermelon mosaic virus.

42-45

7-8+

2-2.5

Cylindrical

green

Nearly spineless.

IR: WMV; ZYMV

Envy

Features glossy, cylindrical fruit and has shown wide adaptability for California and several Eastern growing areas where slightly darker zucchini are desirable.

48

7-8

1.75

Cylindrical

green

Reduced spines.

IR: Px; ZYMV

Equinox

powdery mildew. Tends to have attractive, glossy fruit borne on a nearly spineless, open, upright plant.

45

7-8

2

Cylindrical

green

Nearly spineless.

IR: Px; WMV;

ZYMV

Variety

Description

Approx
Days to

Maturity

Avg Length (in.)

Avg

Diameter

Shape

Fruit Color

Plant Type

Disease
Resistance

Noche

Noche offers growers improved performance as well as intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic

virus and watermelon mosaic virus.

42-45

7-8

2-2.5

Cylindrical

Very dark

green

Open;

Nearly spineless.

IR: WMV; ZYMV

Paycheck

Paycheck is a medium green zucchini of the payroll type with intermediate resistance to ZYMV, WMV, CMV, and Px(PM).

43

7-8

2

Cylindrical

green

Reduced spines.

IR: ZYMV; WMV; CMV; Px(PM)

Payroll

high yield potential, and excellent fruit quality in Eastern trials.

44-47

7.5-8.5

1.75

Cylindrical

green

Reduced spines.

IR: Px; WMV;

ZYMV

Raven

A high yielding, nearly spineless, dark green fruit,

Raven features an open plant habit that facilitates

harvest of high quality fruit.

43

7-8

2-2.5

Cylindrical

Very dark

green

Nearly spineless

petioles.

Spineless Beauty

Sets the standard for zucchini in the Eastern US, and has produced outstanding yields of high quality, uniform, medium green fruit in commercial plantings.

43

7.5-8.5

1.5

Cylindrical

Medium

green

Open; Medium

vigorous. Spineless

leaves and petioles.

HYBRID SUMMER SQUASH - YELLOW

Variety

Description

Approx
Days to

Maturity

Avg Length (in.)

Avg

Diameter

Shape

Fruit Color

Plant Type

Disease
Resistance

Enterprise

Enterprise sets the standard for Southeast growers with a very productive, vigorous plant and broad adaptability.

41

7-8

1.75

neck

Yellow

Vigorous

Fortune

Fortune is an early maturing straightneck hybrid squash that allows for early harvest of bright yellow

fruit for baby vegetable markets.

39

6-7

1.75

Cylindrical

Yellow

Medium vigorous

Precocious trait may mask some

virus symptoms

Gentry

yields of fruit with small blossom scars, and tends to perform well even under high temperatures.

43

5.5-6

1.5-1.75

crookneck

Yellow

Vigorous

Bottle Shaped

Gold Star

Gold Star has produced an extremely vigorous plant with outstanding fruit smoothness and quality in trials.

42

6-6.5

1.5-1.75

crookneck

yellow

Vigorous

IR: Px; CMV

Sunbrite

A semi-crookneck squash popular with South- eastern growers, Sunbrite consistently yields an abundance of

high quality fruit.

43

5

1.5

Club shaped

Yellow

Vigorous

Sunglo

Maintains a crook even in late pickings, resulting

in higher packouts of fancy grade fruit throughout

the season.

42

6.5-7

1.5-2

Club shaped

Yellow

Open, Vigorous.

May produce a

short runner.

HYBRID SUMMER SQUASH - GREY ZUCCHINI

Variety

Description

Approx
Days to

Maturity

Avg Length (in.)

Avg

Diameter

Shape

Fruit Color

Plant Type

Disease
Resistance

Amatista

Amatistais a hybrid grey zucchini that features a plant

that is very upright, allowing for easier harvesting.

45

4-5

1.75

Tear drop

Light

white/green

Upright, vigorous

plant.

IR: Px; ZYMV

Club shaped

Topazio

Topazio yields fruit with a classic grey fruit color and

shape.

45

4-5

1.75

Tear drop

Light

white/green

Upright, vigorous

plant.

IR: Px; SLCV; ZYMV

HYBRID SUMMER SQUASH - GOLDEN ZUCCHINI

Variety

Description

Approx
Days to

Maturity

Avg Length (in.)

Avg

Diameter

Shape

Fruit Color

Plant Type

Disease
Resistance

Golden Dawn III

Golden Dawn III is considered a standard in the

industry and features high quality fruit that can set continuously.

47

7-8

1.5-1.75

Cylindrical

Dark

yellow

Open. Vigorous.

Upright.

Golden Delight

Golden Delight produces high quality, uniform

golden-yellow fruit with intermediate resistance

to some viruses.

47

7-8

1.5-1.75

Cylindrical

Dark

yellow

Upright. Open.

IR: WMV; ZYMV

Golden Glory

50

IR: Px; WMV; ZYMV

HYBRID SUMMER SQUASH - SCALLOP

Variety

Description

Approx
Days to

Maturity

Avg Length (in.)

Avg

Diameter

Shape

Fruit Color

Plant Type

Disease
Resistance

Starship

Starship is a quality scallop squash that has consistently maintained its shape and glossy dark green

color through multiple harvests without rounding.

45

2

3-4

Disc-shaped.

Scalloped edges.

Medium-dark green

Vigorous.

Sunburst

Sunburst yields the glossy, deep yellow fruit consumers prefer, making it one of the most sought after varieties for full-size and baby vegetable dishes.

50

2.5

3

Disc-shaped.

Scalloped edges.

Medium-dark yellow

Compact.

Open.