An average-size acorn squash will be enough for two servings. Butternut has a smooth skin and looks like a tan elongated pear. Butternuts have a moist sweet orange pulp. Hubbard squash has a football shape. It is lumpy skinned, with colors ranging from dark green, light-grey blue, creamy white or pumpkin colored in appearance.
All varieties have a bright yellow pulp.
They range in weight from 3 to 8 pounds. Turkish Turban is the most colorful of all the squashes, featuring a bright orange rind with deep green, white, and yellow splashes. It looks like a flattened pumpkin. Turkish turbans are wonderful and attractive when baked whole. Buttercup is turban-like in shape with a light green cap on a dark green base.