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Heirloom Vegetable. An excellent squash, weighing on average 1.5-2.3 kg (3.5-5 lbs). Creamy-yellow coloured fruit has a small seed cavity and a bulbous end with solid, smooth skin and deep orange flesh. Store through the winter at 15ºC.
Butternut will turn a light tan color, and spaghetti will turn a golden yellow when they're ripe. If there is any green to the skin, they're not ripe. The second is to look at the stems that connect the squash to the vine.
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