Sugar Loaf Winter Squash: Growth Habit & Growing Tips

Key facts

Growth habit

Vining

Listed for

United States

Overview

Sugar Loaf (OSU D26) is a delicata-type winter squash released in 1990 by J.R. Baggett at the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. Its fruit are small and short cylinders, tan with green stripes, much like Delicata but selected for sweet flavor and high dry matter, which means dense, non-watery flesh when baked. Vines are of ordinary vining habit; grow it as you would any delicata and harvest when the rind is hard and the stripes have set.

Sugar Loaf traits

• Small, short, cylindrical fruit
• Tan rind striped in green
• Sweet flavor with high dry matter
• Delicata type bred at Oregon State (J.R. Baggett), 1990
• Vining plants

Good for

• Baking in halves
• Roasting
• Small households

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Sugar Loaf 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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• Growing Pumpkins Vertically: Trellis, Slings and Small-Garden Squash
• 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.