30 seeds. 105 days. Cucurbita moschata. Annual.
 
Squash 'Long Island Cheese' is a delightful pumpkin with buff colored skin and dark orange flesh. The fruits can weigh anywhere from 6 to 12 pounds. Most of our harvest was around 10 pounds. The texture of the fruit is a bit stringy like most pumpkins, so it is best blended for soup and pie. Long Island Cheese was very productive in our garden and I suspect we will be eating this squash at least until spring. Give the long vines plenty of room to roam. This heirloom squash originates from Long Island, New York and pre-dates 1806.
 
Long Island Cheese squash is a great storage variety. So far, our harvest has kept wonderfully for 3 months in dry conditions. I will update this description when we consume the last squash.
 
Sowing Squash Seeds: 
 
Sow seeds in hills 1 inch deep after the last frost date.  Space hills 4–6 feet apart. Thinned to 2 plants per hill. Full sun.
 
Grown by Megan's Heirloom Seeds.