Tender and delicious light green Middle Eastern summer squash similar to zucchini, but with a yummy sweetness. Typically picked and eaten small when they are light green but they are also very good as they get bigger (unlike zucchini). As they mature the fruit turn almost white and at this stage they are very good and store for over 4 weeks this way at room temp. We love them sliced and roasted, stir fried, stewed, grilled Mike says "they are good any which way". Plants are vining and productive but not as early as bush type plants - Homs Kousa makes up for this by giving squash all the way through to the first frost long after other summer squash plants are done! In our trial it showed good disease resistance to powdery mildew and pest resistance to cucumber beetles. This is a "landrace" which means that it has some natural variability in fruit size and shape. These seeds came to us via the Experimental Farm Network who obtained the seeds from the USDA GRIN seedbank. They identified it as one of the best Syrian heirlooms they have identified from the USDA's collection. They say "The people of war-torn Homs who developed this squash have given a great gift to the world in this plant." Homs was a bustling city until 2011 when war devastated the area. Many traditional seed varieties were lost due to the conflict. Learn more about Syrian seeds from the movie "Wild Relatives". Also known as "Lebanese Squash" and alternate spellings include "Coussa." 65 days to maturity.
