Cucuzzo Squash

Commodity Overview

Cucuzza squash is a long Italian squash with a flavor similar to zucchini. Its light green skin is inedible, and, when the squash is more mature, its seeds become hard and inedible as well. Its firm flesh is cream-colored and can be used like a zucchini.

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3140 cucuzza

Characteristics

Commodity: Squash, Summer
Category: Cooking Vegetables
Appearance: Long, slender light green squash with short stem; younger squashes sometimes have a bowling pin shape
Flesh: Cream-colored, moist and firm
Flavor: Nutty, similar to a zucchini
Size: Cucuzza squash can grow up to 3 feet long
Color: Light green
Shape: Elongated and slightly tapered
Commonly Cooked: Yes
Seed: Small seeds that are tender and edible when the squash is young, but hard and inedible when more mature
Availability: Midsummer through late fall

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PTC Produce

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Broker

Location HQ:

Overland Park, 66212 Kansas

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries, Cape Gooseberries/Goldenberries

Citrus:

Melogold

Develop 360 LLC

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Grower, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Davenport, 33837 Florida

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries, Cape Gooseberries/Goldenberries

Citrus:

Melogold

Joseph A Cimino Food Brokers Inc

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Business Type:

Broker, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Liverpool, 13090 New York

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries

Gamez Produce Wholesale Dist.

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Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Laredo, 78040 Texas

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries

Santa Fe Veg LLC

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Business Type:

Grower

Location HQ:

Alachua, 32615 Florida

Cooking Vegetables:

Napa Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Green Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage, Pointy/Sweetheart Cabbage, Curly Kale, Baby Kale, Lacinato Kale, White Kale, Red Russian Kale