8 Ball Squash

8 Ball Squash

8 Ball Squash

Commodity Overview

Eight ball squash is a hybrid variety of zucchini. It's round, ranging from quite small to softball-sized, and has striated dark green skin with cream-colored flesh that tastes like nutty Italian zucchini. 

PLUs

3418 zucchini, round

Characteristics

  • Commodity: Squash, Summer
  • Category: Cooking Vegetables
  • Appearance: Round squash with smooth, shiny dark green skin with white striations
  • Flesh: Cream-colored, firm, tender flesh
  • Flavor: Nutty and sweet when smaller, similar to Italian zucchini; can be slightly bitter or more woody when larger
  • Size: Ranges from about an inch in diameter to the size of a softball
  • Color: Dark green with lighter green or white striations
  • Shape: Round
  • Commonly Cooked: Yes
  • Served Raw: Yes
  • Seed: Nearly seedless
  • Availability: Year-round, peaking in late spring and summer
Retail Price Data is based on USDA Specialty Crops Market News surveys. Data collection ends on the report date and encompasses ad pricing good from the Saturday before the report release date through the following Friday. Weekly data - from over 400 retailers, comprising more than 30,000 individual stores with online weekly advertised features - covers over 250 produce items. Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
USDA Specialty Crops Market News publishes FOB and Movement data on a daily and weekly basis. Pricing and volume information is aggregated by commodity and published weekly, subject to any source-data adjustments. Commodity data is further processed based on origin (domestic vs imports) and type (regular vs. organic). Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
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