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‘Lakota’ Winter Squash, A Cultivar Derived From Native American Sources In Nebraska, Dermot P. Coyne, J.M. Reiser, Lisa Sutton, Alice Graham

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

‘Lakota’ is a novel, smooth- and thinskinned, small-fruited, early maturing, ovoidshaped winter squash [Cucurbita maxima (Duch.)] (Fig.1). Plants produce fruit exhibiting various degrees of green and orange variegated patterns, along with some solid green and orange fruit. ‘Lakota’ was released because of its novel decorative value and good baking quality. A similar winter squash is not available commercially.

Origin

Seeds of the winter squash population from which ‘Lakota’ was selected were donated to the Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, by A.G., who originally received the seed from the late Martha Newman, Alliance, Neb. By examining the Quarter Master Reports (1820), …