What are the varieties of zucchini?

There are many kinds of zucchini, so today I will tell you about the varieties of zucchini:

【A Nest of Monkeys】

A local variety of Beijing, it can be cultivated in North China. The plant is upright, with strong branching, and the leaves are three-lobed heart-shaped, with many hairs on the back of the leaves. Female flowers appear on the sixth to eighth nodes of the main vine, and there will be female flowers on the nodes of 7-8 leaves in succession. Each plant produces 3-4 fruits. The fruit is short columnar, with dark green rind at the end, 5 inconspicuous longitudinal ridges on the surface, and densely covered with light green net patterns. The rind of mature fruits is orange-yellow, and the weight of a single fruit is 1-2 kg. The fruit is tender, slightly sweet, thick and small. It takes about 50-60 days from sowing to harvesting, and the harvesting period is about 45 days, with an output of 4,000 kg per mu. It is early-maturing, cold-resistant, and not drought-resistant.

【Zucchini】

Also known as Algerian zucchini. Commonly cultivated in northern regions. The vine is short, upright, with few branches and a compact plant shape, suitable for dense planting. The leaves are deeply palmately lobed, narrow and long, with grayish-white spots near the veins. The first female flower grows on the fifth to sixth nodes of the main vine, and each plant produces 3-5 melons. The melon is oblong, the rind is dark green with irregular yellow-green stripes, the flesh is green-white, dense, with little fiber and good quality. A single melon weighs 1.5-2.5 kg. It takes about 50-60 days from sowing to harvesting, and the harvesting period is about 60 days, with an output of more than 4,000 kg per mu. It is relatively heat-resistant, drought-resistant and cold-resistant, but susceptible to viral diseases.

【Atai】

A hybrid developed by Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The leaves are dark green with sparse white spots on the leaves. It is a dwarf plant with a vine length of 33-50 cm and short internodes. The first female flower is born on the fifth or sixth node, and there will be melons on each node. The harvest period is concentrated. The young melons are dark green and shiny, while the mature melons are dark green. It can be harvested after 50 days, with an annual yield of about 5,000 kg per mu.

【Early Green】

A first-generation hybrid bred by the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It has good fruit-bearing performance, dense fruit arrangement, and early maturity. It can be harvested 45 days after sowing, and fruit bearing usually begins at the fifth node, with a single fruit weight of 1-1.5 kg. Harvest tender fruit weighing more than 250 g, and 7-8 fruits can be harvested from a single plant. The fruit is long cylindrical, with light green skin for tender fruit and yellow-green for old fruit. Both petiole and stem are short, with a vine length of 30-40 cm, suitable for dense planting. The yield per mu is more than 4,000 kg. This variety has the habit of opening female flowers first, so in order to make the early female flowers bear fruit, it needs to be dipped in 2,4-D.

【Standing rice seedlings】

This is a local variety in Heilongjiang Province, and is widely cultivated in the Northeast. The main vine is 30-40 cm long, with very short internodes, and can grow upright, suitable for dense planting. The leaves are large, with prickles, and deep notches. The young melon is long cylindrical, with white-green skin, and the mature melon is earthy yellow with white-green flesh. The single melon weighs 1.5-2.5 kg, matures early, and is relatively resistant to angular leaf spot and powdery mildew. It can be harvested about 44-50 days after sowing, with an annual yield of 4000-5000 kg per mu.

【Black Beauty】

An early-maturing variety introduced from the Netherlands. The plant has strong growth potential under low temperature and weak light conditions, with a plant expansion of 70-80 cm. The main vine bears melons from the fifth to seventh nodes, and there will be melons at almost every node thereafter. After the melons are set, they grow rapidly and it is suitable to harvest young melons, with an average weight of about 200 g per melon. The melon skin is dark green and long stick-shaped, with the same thickness from top to bottom, good quality, and high yield. Each plant can harvest more than 10 young melons and 2 mature melons (single melon weighs 1.5-2 kg). It is suitable for protected cultivation in winter and spring and early-maturing cultivation in the open field in spring, with an output of about 4,000 kg per mu.

【Gray Color】

A hybrid introduced from the United States. Its appearance is similar to "variegated zucchini", but the leaves are slightly less fissured. It has strong growth potential, strong disease resistance, fast fruit growth, and a high fruit setting rate.

【Long Vine Zucchini】

A local variety in Hebei Province. The plant grows prostrate, with a stem length of about 2.5m and moderate branching. The leaves are triangular, shallowly lobed, green, and hairy on the back. The main vine begins to produce fruits after the ninth node, with 2-3 fruits per plant. The fruit is cylindrical and slightly thin in the middle. The fruit skin is white with slight ridges on the surface. The weight of a single fruit is about 1.5kg, with thick, tender flesh, sweet taste, and good quality. It matures in the middle and is harvested 60-70 days after sowing. It is heat-resistant, not drought-resistant, and has strong disease resistance. The yield per mu is 3000-4000kg.

【Green zucchini】

A local variety in Jiangxi Province. The plant is 3m long and 2.2cm thick. The leaves are heart-shaped, dark green, with irregular serrations on the edges. The first female flower is borne on the fourth to sixth nodes of the main vine. The melon is oblong, with a smooth green-white skin and 6 ridges. The average weight of a single melon is 2-3kg. The young melon is crisp and has a light taste. The growing period is about 100 days, and the yield per mu is more than 2,000kg.

【Courgette without seed coat】

Bred at Wuwei Horticulture Experimental Field in Gansu Province. The seeds have no seed coat and are edible. The plant is vine-like, with a vine length of 1.6m. The first female flower is born at the seventh to ninth nodes, and then another female flower appears every 1-3 nodes. The melon is short columnar, and young melons can be used as vegetables. The skin of mature melons is orange-yellow, and a single melon weighs 4-5kg. 1.5kg of seeds can be harvested for every 100kg. The seeds are gray-green, without seed coat, and weigh 185g per thousand seeds. The seeds can be fried or made into cakes.

In addition, there are two varieties of zucchini: the horticultural variety Cucurbita pepo L. var. Kintoga Mak. and the special vegetable Cucurbita pepo L. var. medullosa Alef., both of which are called golden melon in Chinese.