Lenape Squash

Squash

Roughwood Seed Collection: Lenape Squash

Stephen Smith of Roughwood Seed Collection recently dropped off some squash that he harvested. This particular squash is a Lenape Maycock variety, it’s extremely rare and dates back hundreds of years. I’ll let Stephen explain more in the video above, but as he says, this squash is, “basically as Pennsylvanian as you could get.”

Roughwood Seed Collection is dedicated to saving seeds and preserving regional biodiversity. The work that Stephen, Dr. William Woys Weaver, and their organization do is incredibly important and it’s truly a privilege to be able to serve these indigenous squashes at Elwood.

For more information on their work, visit www.roughwoodtable.org.