Talk:Squash (plant)

message: Why is squash categorized as "vegetable"?  Isn't it a fruit? --Timc 01:41, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Botanically speaking, yes. In the culinary arts, no. Take your pick. Pollinator 04:14, Jun 27, 2004 (UTC)
Bringing up this subject again:  "Fruit" is a botanical term, but can also be used as a culinary term.  "Vegetable" is entirely a culinary term, with no botanical meaning.  I see little justification in this article having been moved to "Squash (fruit)".  It is not just the fruit that is used for culinary purposes, but tendrils, flowers and seeds as well.  "Squash (vegetable)" was ok IMO, but if people don't like that, "Squash (plant)" would probably be best. I propose to move it there unless there is serious objection. -- WormRunner | Talk 21:23, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vegetable 

message: There needs to be several sub-articles on the cushaw, in order for Wikipedia to have a wider encyclopedic nature.  I've noticed that the article on the hubbard squash is a stub with no picture, and the butternut squash article has no picture.  There is no article on the cushaw.   I think these pages three pages should all look and have the same quality  like the Acorn Squash page does now.  Then these pages need to be linked to this main page of squashes.
I agree that this should be split up into multiple articles and expanded on.  However, there is little detail here as it is, and there are a lot of kinds of squash out there.  Jupiterjones 05:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix different squashes and pictures 

message: C. maxima has distinctive seeds and pedicel, but how can the other two main squash species be identified?  No one ever seems to address this!  141.216.1.4 03:26, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need distinguishing characteristics for C. pepo vs. C. moschata 

message: I placed a picture today with a honeybee pollinating a squash flower. It went missing a few hours later... can anyone tell me why? Nogatonga 03:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like it's there now.  Did you refresh your browser?--Mr Fink 05:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing picture 

message: In dutch there is no seperate word for squash it seems, referring to the fact that both the english squash page is translated to the dutch 'pompoen' page as well as the english pumpkin page.
A squash is not the same as a pumpkin, but is it so in dutch..? Jackjoker 17:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Botanically speaking, a pumpkin is a specific species of squash, in the same manner that a coyote is considered to be a specific species of dog.  In English, at least, "squash" refers to any members of the Squash family that are cooked and eaten like primarily like vegetables, like butternut squash, or acorn squash, or pumpkins.  "Melons" tend to refer to those members of the squash family that have sweet and juicy flesh that are eaten raw, as a dessert, like cantelope, honeydew or watermelons.--Mr Fink 17:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On the contrary, the term "pumpkin" has no real botanical meaning.  Any of the four common species of domestic squash (C. pepo, mixta, maxima, and moschata) may be called pumpkins provided that they are relatively round and orange.  There is enough variation between cultivars within species that each has at least some varieties which fit the image of a pumpkin.  Also, as I understand it, in some countries/areas/dialects (I don't know which) the term "pumpkin" refers to a large tasteless or mealy squash which is fit only for animal consumption (or carving).  
All that said, I would believe that in Dutch there are not two terms for what English speakers would term pumpkins and other squashes.68.97.8.215 01:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pumpkin or Squash? 

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message: This picture is named and captioned as autumn squash. However, it actually appears to be a collection of gourds. Should this picture be moved to Gourd, retained here and recaptioned, or am I missing something? --Aurochs (Talk | Block) 18:57, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  File:AutumnSquash.jpg 

message: A large number of different kinds of (winter) squash can be obtained from a few species of plants. How does this happen? Are they different cultivars, or are they grown under different conditions? What directs the formation of gourds rather than squash? --Aurochs (Talk | Block) 18:57, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Variety - missing info