Melonette Jaspee De Vendee Winter Squash: Growth Habit & Growing Tips

Key facts

Growth habit

Vining

Listed for

United States

Overview

Melonette Jaspee de Vendee, sometimes shortened to Jaspee de Vendee, is a French heirloom with round, golden-yellow fruit of 3 to 4 pounds whose skin is covered in melon-like netting. The flesh is orange. Grow it on vines in full sun like other small winter squashes and harvest once the netted rind has hardened.

Melonette Jaspee De Vendee traits

• French heirloom with netted, golden-yellow skin
• Round fruit of 3-4 lb
• Orange flesh

Good for

• Roasting
• Home garden

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Melonette Jaspee De Vendee FAQ

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every winter squash variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

• Winter Squash growing guide
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• Hand Pollinating Pumpkins: Timing, Technique and Why Fruit Abort
• Pumpkin Growing Calendar: From Sowing to the Curing Shelf
• Pumpkin Pests and Diseases: Vine Borers, Squash Bugs and Mildew
• When to Harvest Pumpkins: Ripeness Signs, Curing and How Long They Store
• All 219 winter squash varieties

Source

Source: Cornell University (CALS Garden-Based Learning)

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.