Squash
Jack Be Little squash
Jack Be Little squash: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
‘Jack Be Little’ is a squash variety of Cucurbita pepo, in the squash family, Cucurbitaceae. It is known for small orange pumpkins that are rounded, flattened and distinctly ribbed. Their shape recalls a miniature pumpkin that can fit in a hand. This small scale chiefly concerns the fruit: the plant has spreading stems rather than the footprint of a tiny, stationary clump.The plant is a trailing herbaceous annual with flexible stems, tendrils and broad, variably lobed leaves. Its summer foliage can occupy considerably more space than the little fruits suggest. Large yellow male and female flowers occur separately on the same plant. The female flowers have a swelling at their base that represents the developing fruit. Insects usually help carry pollen between flowers, connecting the floral display with the formation of pumpkins.At maturity, orange skin forms a firm covering around yellow-orange flesh and a cavity containing seeds. Ribs and a…
