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gorbelly · September 26, 2016

Oh, BTW, Carolyn--

I noticed that all the sellers (the few there are) print the same story, that it was introduced in 1927 by the Oriental Seed Co. of San Francisco.

I actually found it in a 1919 catalog from that company. Now, I personally don't care about a difference of a few years, but I figure the folks at SSE are interested in accurate history. And I bet all the other folks selling it got it from someone at SSE at some point, which is probably why everyone quotes the 1927 introduction date.

Link: 1919 Annual catalog of oriental novelties, Oriental Seed Co. Kikuza (and a few other squash) are on page 6.

I figured you might want to know and that, if interested in updating the history, you would know best how to do that/whom to contact.

September 26, 2016	#6
gorbelly Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,069	Oh, BTW, Carolyn-- I noticed that all the sellers (the few there are) print the same story, that it was introduced in 1927 by the Oriental Seed Co. of San Francisco. I actually found it in a 1919 catalog from that company. Now, I personally don't care about a difference of a few years, but I figure the folks at SSE are interested in accurate history. And I bet all the other folks selling it got it from someone at SSE at some point, which is probably why everyone quotes the 1927 introduction date. Link: 1919 Annual catalog of oriental novelties, Oriental Seed Co. Kikuza (and a few other squash) are on page 6. I figured you might want to know and that, if interested in updating the history, you would know best how to do that/whom to contact.